England v New Zealand: third women’s cricket one-day international delayed by rain – live
Key events
Ali has been casting his eye over the men’s Test set up with a few weeks to go until the first Test of the summer against New Zealand at Lord’s:
Toss at 11:40 and scheduled start for 12pm
Good news! If the rain stays away we’ll be underway in a little over half an hour with no overs lost. Big IF but we’ll take it.
The inspection has taken place out in the middle and it currently isn’t raining. We haven’t had any official confirmation of a toss and potential start time yet though…
It is brightening up in Cardiff, the covers are off and the stumps are being put in place. Promising signs ahead of the inspection in five minutes.
Time to get acquainted with one Douwe Egberts. While we wait for news, why not have a read of this week’s Spin:
Tanya is on the County Blog tools, not everywhere is as wet as Cardiff thankfully.
There’s an inspection due at 11:15am. We have an hour before we start to lose overs, Ian Ward and Tash Farrant have got their cagoule and winter coat on respectively. They seem to be hopeful we’ll get some play at some point.
Preamble
James Wallace
Hello and welcome to the third ODI between England and New Zealand from Cardiff. After squeaking over the line by one wicket in Durham last weekend, despite a ropey display in the field (once again), England would have been hoping for the same result but with a more polished and clinical performance in Northampton in the week.
Sadly, the inclement English spring weather put the kibosh on any play in the second ODI and today’s match in Cardiff looks to be a hostage to the Welsh weather gods too.
Sunshine and showers this morning lead to a more murky outlook on the weather radar but I’ll be here to bring you any and all updates as they happen. We were due to have a toss any moment now but the covers are firmly in place in and the coin flipping has officially been delayed.
Hmmm, it could be one of those days folks. Fingers crossed we get some play in and can get a game on ‘mongst the showers.
As ever, you can get in touch at the link on the left flank of this page. Thoughts and theories most welcome, especially if the rain continues to fall…
