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 Crowd makes merry as rain plays spoil sport in Colombo
26th Aug 2008 23:05 IST
Agencies
The fourth and penultimate one-dayer between India and Sri Lanka was called off today without a single ball being bowled due to intermittent rain at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo.
The day-night match will be played on the reserved day on Wednesday.
Umpires Billy Doctrov and Gamini Silva made the final inspection at around 6 pm and took the decision to draw stumps.
They had waited for over three and a half hour for the rain to stop but it continued intermittently.
It had started raining around half an hour before the match was scheduled to begin, leaving the outfield damp.
India is leading the five-match series 2-1 and looking to seal the match while the home side would be trying to keep the series alive.
As the Indian cricket team temporarily left the ground realising the futility of even having any match practice due to the relentless drizzle, the colourful Sri Lankan crowd remained undeterred and preferred to make most of it through dance and music.
While the ground screen kept highlighting the beating of plastic sticks and dancing by a section of spectators, the crowd in the other part of the stadium intermittently reciprocated through loud cheers.
Amidst the flashes in the electronic advertisement board and tapping of water on the ground cover due to the showers, the patient crowd kept the atmosphere alive either through animated discussions about the prospects for Sri Lanka in the match or joining in for some dancing.
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