Martin Guptill and Doug Bracewell might now be thankful to have been left behind for the limited overs portion of New Zealand's cricket tour to Sri Lanka with the first two games ruined by rain and seemingly little chance of the third going ahead.
Persistent rain washed out any chance
of play in the first one-day international overnight (NZT) with neither team even leaving their hotels in Pallekele. That came on the back of the Twenty20 international that was severely affected by rain.
It now means only 16 of a possible 140 overs of play have been played.
Both Bracewell and Guptill, New Zealand's Player of the Year in 2011/12, were rested for the limited overs games of the tour, although Bracewell is playing for Central Districts after being told to work on some technical issues.
The second one-day international is scheduled to be played in Colombo on Sunday night (NZT) but rain and lightning are forecast and the ground is also partly under water.
