After continuing rain, match officials on Friday (13 Sep) decided to abandon the one-off Test between Afghanistan and New Zealand in Greater Noida, India, without a ball being bowled.
It was only the eighth time in the Test history and the first since 1998 that a test match had been abandoned without any play because of rain.
“It was our first Test match against Afghanistan and we were really excited about that. They’ve been great competitors of ours over the last few World Cups. We’ve had some great games of cricket.” New Zealand head coach Gary Stead said at the post-match press conference.
“The most disappointing part for us is that we lost the opportunity to be match-hardened and match-ready when we go into our Test match next week. The guys are really disappointed. It was an opportunity to play Afghanistan. It doesn’t come around that often.”
The New Zealand Test squad will relocate to Sri Lanka tomorrow ahead of the two-Test series which will be part of the World Test Championship in Galle. The first Test gets underway on September 18.
Full List Of Abandoned Test Matches –
- England vs Australia – 1890 (Manchester)
- England vs Australia – 1938 (Manchester)
- Australia vs England – 1970 (Melbourne)
- New Zealand vs Pakistan – 1989 (Dunedin)
- West Indies vs England – 1990 (Guyana)
- Pakistan vs Zimbabwe – 1998 (Faisalabad)
- New Zealand vs India – 1998 (Dunedin)
- Afghanistan vs New Zealand – 2024 (Greater Noida)
