Rain Plays Spoilsport, First ODI Abandoned

Chester-Le-Street, Sep 3: India’s quest for a morale-boosting victory was today dashed after persistent rain forced abandonment of their first cricket One-Dayer against England after the visitors found themselves in a comfortable position here today.

India had made 274 for seven, riding mainly on opening batsman Parthiv Patel’s fluent 95, after being put into bat and had reduced England to 27 for two from 7.2 overs before the rain came and no further play was possible.

Twice it appeared the rain had relented and play after all would be possible as England, under revised targets, were first asked to make 224 from 32 overs and later 164 from 20 overs. On both occasions, rain came again to make the restart impossible.

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