The men’s T20 World Cup final between England and Pakistan at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) on Sunday could be postponed due to rain, necessitating the use of a reserve day or even a shared trophy. Over the next few days, this will make some people in Melbourne look up in fear.
Currently, Sunday is anticipated to rain with a 95% chance of 15 to 25mm of precipitation. Showers are quite likely to occur—nearly 100%. “As of Friday morning, according to the Bureau of Meteorology, there is a chance of severe thunderstorms with significant rainfall.
The reserve day is set for Monday, but that day’s forecast is also hazy; it calls for rain, with a 95% chance that it will fall between 5 and 10mm.
If 10 Overs Per Side Are Not Bowled On The Scheduled Day, Reserve Day Will Be Used
The knockout matches needed a minimum of 10 overs per side, as opposed to the tournament’s group rounds, which only needed five overs per side.
The number of overs will be reduced before the reserve day is used if it becomes necessary to finish a shortened game on Sunday. If the game was started on Sunday but cannot be completed, it will continue from where it left off on the reserve day. After the toss, the game is regarded as being in progress.
If the game starts on Sunday with fewer overs but play cannot possible proceed due to the weather, it will resume as a 20-over struggle on the reserve day.
With play starting on Monday at 3 p.m. local time, the final’s reserve day will have two hours extra time available, while the original day will only have 30 minutes.
“The match will restart at the point where the last ball was played on the reserve day if the game has already begun on the scheduled day and the number of overs is subsequently reduced after a break, but no further play is feasible.”
If the two days weren’t long enough to get the necessary amount of overs, the trophy would be shared. The 2002–03 Champions Trophy match between India and Sri Lanka finished in this way, despite the fact that a fresh game was started the following day due to the playing conditions at the time.
At almost the same moment, both games were abandoned. The 2019 ODI World Cup semi-final between India and New Zealand was played over two days at Old Trafford.Melbourne’s T20 World Cup 2022 Will Be Significantly Affected By Weather
Three Super 12 matches—New Zealand vs. Afghanistan, Afghanistan vs. Ireland, and Australia vs. England—were postponed or abandoned due to bad weather in Melbourne during this event. Ireland notably prevailed on DLS despite the England-Ireland game in Melbourne being postponed due to rain.
With the exception of the South Africa-Zimbabwe game in Hobart, which was also a no-result, the remainder of the tournament has largely dodged the rain during what has been a soggy start to summer across the east and southeast of Australia.
Prior to the India-Pakistan game at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), the outlook was not good, but it was cleared to allow a complete game, and the match ultimately turned out to be one of the finest T20 matches ever. The organisers, competitors, and spectators will all be hoping for the same good fortune in the final.