T20 World Cup: South Africa-Zimbabwe rained off in strange fashion

Sean Williams was tally retired aft colliding with Wesley Madhevere successful the mediate of the pitch

A frantic Super 12s brushwood betwixt South Africa and Zimbabwe successful the Men's T20 World Cup ended successful bizarre manner erstwhile the lucifer was yet abandoned due to the fact that of rain.

Quinton de Kock smacked 23 disconnected the archetypal implicit of the reply, earlier a abbreviated hold a shot later, with South Africa's people past reduced to 64 disconnected 7 overs, but heavier rainfall returned.

Umpires Ahsan Raza and Michael Gough allowed play to proceed initially, but gait bowler Richard Ngarava slipped and injured his thigh successful his travel through, earlier Zimbabwe opted to vessel rotation lone to support their bowlers.

Wicketkeeper Regis Chakabva besides slipped arsenic helium moved down the leg-side, prompting spinner Sikandar Raza to say: "We whitethorn arsenic vessel underarm oregon we won't person 11 players for the adjacent game."

With South Africa connected 51-0 disconnected 3 overs, spinner Sean Williams was acceptable to bowl, but enactment his limb retired successful protest. The umpires past decided to spell disconnected and subsequently extremity the game.

South Africa had reached the full they would person needed disconnected the minimum 5 overs required to represent a game, but without those overs being bowled they person to settee for a nary result, with each broadside awarded 1 point.

The Proteas adjacent play Bangladesh connected Thursday astatine 04:00 BST, portion Zimbabwe play Pakistan from 12:00.

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A atrocious look for cricket

Cricket spectators and media tin often beryllium captious of umpires for taking excessively agelong during rainfall delays and being overly cautious.

Gough and Raza should beryllium praised for attempting to spot the crippled done to a result, but the ending was not a bully look for cricket, with the information of players appearing to beryllium compromised.

The forecast was for rainfall passim the evening, and to person 12 overs of play - capable to represent a crippled if divided arsenic - but not get a effect is frustrating.

The rainfall was astatine its heaviest erstwhile Ngarava slipped, and the information play continued for different over, pursuing respective minutes of attraction to the stricken bowler, was scarcely believable.

South Africa volition consciousness hard done by arsenic they were cruising successful the chase, with De Kock hitting a blistering unbeaten 47 disconnected 18 balls, but Zimbabwe would person rightly felt aggrieved excessively if the crippled had been played to a conclusion.

Earlier, Zimbabwe's batting show was chaotic. They were intent connected lapping and ramping South Africa's speedy bowlers, with minimal occurrence arsenic they slumped to 19-4.

There was mediocre moving and connection excessively arsenic Williams collided with Madhevere successful the mediate of the wicket earlier David Miller's close propulsion ran the erstwhile out.

They improved astatine the backmost extremity of their innings arsenic Madhevere shared 60 with Milton Shumba, with some knowing the request to play much orthodox cricket shots amended than those that came before.