First day at Sabina Park abandoned

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – No play was possible in the day/night, third “Test” between Windies “A” and Sri Lanka “A” on Thursday.

Umpires Verdayne Smith (left) and Patrick Gustard (right) speak to Sabina Park head curator Michael Hylton. (CWI Photo/Athelstan Bellamy)

Rain forced the umpires to abandon play with a ball being bowled around 5 pm – about three hours after the scheduled start – on the first day at Sabina Park in the Jamaica capital.

The three-match series is level 1-1, after Windies “A” won the first “Test” by an innings and 13 runs at the Trelawny Multiplex on the Jamaica north coast two Saturdays ago, and Sri Lanka “A” recovered to win the second “Test” by 280 at the same venue a week later.