KARACHI – The first one-day international between Pakistan and Sri Lanka has been abandoned because of heavy rains clogging the outfield making it impossible for the resumption of play
It is the first instance that an ODI match has been cancelled at the National Stadium due to rain without a ball being bowled.
? The first #PAKvSL ODI has been called off due to rain ? pic.twitter.com/rI8aLT0RkO
— Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) September 27, 2019
The last time an ODI had been abandoned in Karachi, it was 1988 when the authorities had to call off the clash between Pakistan and Australia due to crowd unrest.
Showers started at around 1:20pm on Friday local time turned into heavy rainfall with thunderstorm later in the day.
The toss was originally scheduled to be held at 2:30pm local time with the first ball being scheduled to be bowled at 3pm.
The second match is scheduled to play in the same place on Monday.
