England and Pakistan’s T20 World Cup preparations had been once more dented by dangerous climate because the third worldwide in Cardiff on Tuesday was deserted and not using a ball being bowled.
The woeful scenes within the Welsh capital adopted one other full washout within the first of this four-match T20 sequence at Headingley.
England stays 1-0 up with one to play at The Oval on Thursday after a 23-run win in at Edgbaston however this newest abandonment got here only a week earlier than it begins its T20 World Cup title defence towards Scotland in Barbados on June 4.
Rain in Cardiff on Tuesday began to fall steadily an hour earlier than the scheduled begin, with a capability 15,600 crowd anticipated at Sophia Gardens.
However the dangerous climate delayed the toss, with the pitch and sq. at Sophia Gardens remaining absolutely coated.
And minutes after a 1910 GMT inspection, the umpires deserted the match as a consequence of a saturated outfield and protracted rain.
The groups will now journey to London for Thursday’s finale at The Oval within the hope of 1 final likelihood for aggressive motion forward of the World Cup.
Pakistan, the 2009 T20 World Cup winners, begins this 12 months’s event towards co-host the USA in Dallas on June 6.