India vs New Zealand, World Test Championship final, day five live: Raining again ahead of play

The start of day five of the #WTC21 Final is delayed due to rain 🌧️#INDvNZ pic.twitter.com/79zIswTW28

— ICC (@ICC) June 22, 2021

2.59 pm: “Deeply frustrating news,” starts Michael Atherton. Overs won’t be lost till 330 pm IST. Start of day’s play has been… SURPRISE, SURPRISE… delayed. Covers are on. “Forecast is good,” he adds.

Update from BLACKCAPS: “The covers are back on at the Hampshire Bowl and it’s looking like a delayed start in Southampton”

It is drizzling again. Sigh. They should give cricket a version of the Telematch series or have a few races… like Richardson and Lehmann did… all in good fun.https://t.co/S3aT3P0Ndb

— Ashish Magotra (@clutchplay) June 22, 2021

wtc stands for world trust-issues championship

— A (@kyaaboltitu) June 22, 2021

Pitch report: “Brilliant we are going to get some play,” optimistically says Ian Bishop. (Wonder when this was recorded). Says there should be something in the pitch for the seamers as it’s been covered for a day and more. India must go the “front edge” of a good length, even if the ball can rise from short of length. Sunil Gavaskar says the footmarks will bring the spin into play and that India would be better off using pace-spin in tandem.

Play is scheduled to start at 3 pm IST but there it’s reportedly drizzling at the…

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