2024-09-13 14:10:27
Published: 12:44, 13 September 2024 Updated: 12:48, 13 September 2024
Afghanistan got the opportunity to play the first Test against New Zealand. The only Test was historic for them. But because of this, this test of Noida will take place in history like this?
From the first day to the fifth day! Five consecutive days of this test are raining. Through this, the Test made its place in history. The last time that happened to New Zealand was 26 years ago. It happened once before. In total, New Zealand got such a fate three times.
In the history of Test cricket, there are 7 examples of not even a ball being bowled on the field due to five consecutive days of rain. The first occurred in the 1890 Test between England and Australia. And the last one happened in 1998.
26 years ago i.e. in 1998 in Dunedin Test between India and New Zealand, no game could be played on the field even in five days. After 26 years, the Kiwis had such a fate again. This time their partner is Afghanistan, another country in Asia.
In addition, in 1998, all five days of the Test between Pakistan and Zimbabwe in Faisalabad were washed away by rain. In the Guyana Test between West Indies and England in 1990, not a single ball was bowled in the field in five days. The Dunedin Test between Pakistan and New Zealand in 1989 was also washed out by rain.
And two more Tests between Australia and England in 1970 and 1938 were played for five days in rain.
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