The World Cup’s first semi-final between India and New Zealand risks being completed in front of an underwhelming crowd after Manchester rain pushed it into a reserve day.
The match was interrupted at 2pm, with New Zealand precariously placed at 211 for five from 46.1 overs, and never resumed – despite the ICC’s desperation to get things done and dusted.
For a while, it looked as if India might have to chase a potentially tricky 148 off the 20 overs that would have constituted a game – a scenario that would have brought New Zealand’s high-class seam attack into contention, and risked robbing India of a place in Sunday’s Lord’s final against either England or Australia.
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