NW Warriors vs Knights, 6th Match at Bready, , Aug 27 2019 - Ball by Ball Commentary

Day 3: 10:30am. Hello and welcome once again to Bready Cricket Club for what we were hoping was going to be an exciting final day of this InterPro championship match. After the first two days were washed out, the third days play has gone the same way as the other two. It's cold, it's raining and with the outfield already bad, there is no chance of play today. What a complete shame to end the season this way.

It means that in this damp squib of a summer, the third trophy of the year has been decided whilst the players sit in the pavilion. In a season where no team could win on the field, Congratulations to the Leinster Lightning who have regained the IPC Title.

That just leaves me to thank you for following both Ian Callender and myself over the season. Sorry that most of the time it was weather that we were commentating on rather then cricket. Winter well and let's hope that Summer 2020 is hot, sunny and full of cricket!

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2pm: Lunch has come and gone, there is plenty of blue sky and sunshine around the ground. The Groundstaff have removed all the covers so that the pitch and the square doesn't start sweating. That's the good news. The bad news is that the outfield hasn't dried enough and in the Umpires opinion isn't going to be in a position to play on it before the close of play. There isn't going to be any play today. Hopefully there won't be anymore rain between now and the start of play tomorrow. Could set up an interesting final day of the Championship. I'm hoping that play will get underway at 11:00am tomorrow. So please join me then.

Day 2: 10:30am Hello and welcome back to Bready Cricket Club for the second day in the Test Triangle InterPro Championship game. With Yesterday being a complete washout, we were hoping that the weather was going to be better today. Unfortunately, from when play was called off yesterday till about 9am this morning it's been raining here. Speaking to the Umpires they have said that the outfield is 20 times worse than it was yesterday.

There is not going to be any play before Lunch today, the Umpires are going to have a look at the ground then with the Captain's of the two teams to make a decision on whether there is going to be any play today. There is some blue sky around today although there is going to need to be a lot of drying done, quickly, if we are going to see any play today. It's just as well that Bready is such a lovely ground with the amount of time spent staring out of the windows this year….

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1:30pm The Umpires have been out for their after-Lunch inspection and with the covers still firmly in place, play has been called off for the day. There is more rain due later today, so there is no chance of getting the out-field dry. The great news is that the weather forecast for the next couple of days is a lot better. So hopefully you'll be able to join us tomorrow morning.

11:10am The Umpires have been out for a look in the middle and have confirmed that there is no chance of play before Lunch. It means that it's going to be almost 2pm before we have a chance of play today. Fingers crossed that we don't have any rain between now and then, or the whole day could be a wash out again. Summer 2020 is going to need to be a scorcher to make up for all of this!

Good Morning and welcome to Bready Cricket Cricket club for the final game in this year's Test Triangle InterPro Championship. The North West Warriors are going to be taking on the Northern Knights, although we are still waiting for a team to win this season, with a win for either team probably going to be enough to secure the Championship.

This season has been decimated by the weather, so why would today be any different? Arriving at the ground this morning the covers are firmly on and even though it's not raining at the minute, we are definitely not going to be starting on time. I've heard a rumour that there isn't going to be any play before Lunch, sadly they didn't say which day they were talking about!

I'm sure that once play gets underway, both teams will be pushing for the win. The

Leinster Lightning are 11 points ahead of the Knights and 13 points ahead of the Warriors. It really shows how close it has been this year with the 5 draws. Can all 3 teams finish on the same points? I will let you know when we have any details of play.