{"id":87183,"date":"2021-06-18T15:14:36","date_gmt":"2021-06-18T15:14:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=87183"},"modified":"2021-06-18T15:59:34","modified_gmt":"2021-06-18T15:59:34","slug":"india-vs-new-zealand-world-test-championship-final-day-1-called-off-due-to-rain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=87183","title":{"rendered":"India vs New Zealand World Test Championship Final: Day 1 called off due to rain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For all the buildup to the grand showpiece event of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesportsnews.in\/cricket\/icc-world-test-championship\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ICC World Test Championship<\/a> Final, the day one was a completely contrary. Once again English conditions played spoilsport as no play was possible.<\/p>\n<p>Not a ball was bowled on the first day of the WTC Final. Firstly the toss was delayed due to rain and no play was possible at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesportsnews.in\/southampton-to-host-world-test-championship-final-between-india-and-new-zealand-icc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ageas Bowl in Southampton.<\/a> Fans will be hoping that day 2 can bring in sunshine and some fantastic cricket.<\/p>\n<p>Board of Cricket Control in India took to Twitter to declare that play on day 1 has been called off due to rain. The ground staff tried their best but were unable to dry out the wet outfield.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;UPDATE &#8211; Unfortunately, play on Day 1 has been called off due to rains. 10.30 AM local time start tomorrow,&#8221;<\/em> BCCI tweeted.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">When rain didn&#039;t stop play <img src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/13.0.1\/72x72\/1f609.png\" alt=\"?\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em;max-height: 1em\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TeamIndia?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TeamIndia<\/a> members enjoyed a game of dart on the sidelines during the rain break in Southampton <img src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/13.0.1\/72x72\/1f3af.png\" alt=\"?\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em;max-height: 1em\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WTC21?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WTC21<\/a> Final <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nirjCfzjMM\">pic.twitter.com\/nirjCfzjMM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; BCCI (@BCCI) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BCCI\/status\/1405897386031861764?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 18, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>On the other hand New Zealand cricket said on Twitter to say that a total of 98 overs will be played out on Saturday. The time for start is scheduled to be at 3pm (IST).<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">With rain all day in Southampton, the most important decision of the day was shoes or no shoes on the way back from lunch? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WTC21?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WTC21<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2rtrrIJi43\">pic.twitter.com\/2rtrrIJi43<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; BLACKCAPS (@BLACKCAPS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BLACKCAPS\/status\/1405894843595952129?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 18, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><em>&#8220;Day 1 has been called at the Hampshire Bowl. A brief period without rain after lunch but it&#8217;s back now and the Match Officials have called things. 98 overs now scheduled for tomorrow with a 10-30am local start. #WTC21,&#8221;<\/em> New Zealand Cricket said their statement.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thesportsnews.in\/2021-india-vs-new-zealand-wtc-final-day-1-called-off-as-rain-spoils-fun\/\">India vs New Zealand World Test Championship Final: Day 1 called off due to rain<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thesportsnews.in\">The Sports News<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>The first day of the ICC World Test Championship Final between India and New Zealand has been called off due to rain.<br \/>\nThe post India vs New Zealand World Test Championship Final: Day 1 called off due to rain appeared first on The Sports News.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87183"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=87183"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87183\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":87185,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87183\/revisions\/87185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=87183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=87183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=87183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}