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Sri Lanka v India, 1st ODI, Colombo, Unitech Cup
Play called off due to wet outfield
Dileep Premachandran in Colombo
August 16, 2006
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A wet outfield ensured that the one-day international between Sri Lanka and India did not get underway on Wednesday. The outfield at the Premadasa Stadium received a battering after heavy overnight rain, and though the weather cleared in the morning, there were still several wet patches which made the umpires call off play after an inspection at 3pm local time (0930GMT).
With a reserve day in place, the match is expected to be replayed tomorrow, weather permitting. The umpires will inspect the ground at 11.30 local time and take a decision.
Off the field, the South African will-they-won't they saga was winding to a conclusion. The independent security assessment was taking place and Cricket South Africa was due to announce a final decision by noon (3:30pm in Sri Lanka). With the heavens in angry mood, and one team just wanting to go home, it hasn't been the sort of opening that the tournament organisers would have hoped for.
Dileep Premachandran is features editor of Cricinfo.
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Associate editor Dileep Premachandran gave up the joys of studying thermodynamics and strength of materials with a view to following in the footsteps of his literary heroes. Instead, he wound up at the Free Press Journal in Mumbai, writing on sport and politics before Gentleman gave him a column called Replay. A move to MyIndia.com followed, where he teamed up with Sambit Bal, and he arrived at ESPNCricinfo after having also worked for Cricket Talk and total-cricket.com. Sunil Gavaskar and Greg Chappell were his early cricketing heroes, though attempts to emulate their silken touch had hideous results. He considers himself obscenely fortunate to have watched live the two greatest comebacks in sporting history - India against invincible Australia at the Eden Gardens in 2001, and Liverpool's inc-RED-ible resurrection in the 2005 Champions' League final. He lives in Bangalore with his wife, who remains astonishingly tolerant of his sporting obsessions.
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