The England vs Pakistan Test at the Rose Bowl in Southampton was impacted by bad weather and rain on all the five days, resulting in the shortest Test match in terms of balls bowled in England for 33 years. Both England and Pakistan were the teams involved in 1987 when their Test match in Lord’s was impacted by rain. The constant stoppages due to bad light has drawn the ire of former Australia legspinner Shane Warne, who has blasted the ICC for the ‘ridiculous’ time constraints imposed during Test matches. I think that’s one of the biggest changes that should be made the conditions and the laws,” Warne said. Big changes requiredThe whole of day 3 was impacted by rain and the umpires made the decision to abandon play after tea.

Source: dna August 18, 2020 06:22 UTC