It's just not cricket
Two of England's Twenty20 matches in a row have been called off because of rain, or the effects of rain to be more precise. Wetness, in other words.
However, yesterday's cancelled match against Australia was a bitter pill to swallow for the 19,000 fans who turned up at Old Trafford.
They were kept waiting, told the start would be delayed. Then the match was called off without a single ball being bowled.
Was this bad luck, bad preparation or bad decision making by the umpires and players?
We put it to the Chief Executive of Lancashire Cricket Club Jim Cumbes, who was not very happy:
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What you expect this is Manchester not London. It always rains in Manchester. Hold them in the South next time.
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Wait til Friday, there is an ODI at the Oval............
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Wetness? Bit of rain? Stop whining!!! We need the rain to replenish all the reservoirs we've been steadily draining by increasing the population without increasing the infrastructure. If it was wall-to-wall sunshine, the hosepipe bans and standpipes would come out - and you'd moan about that, too.
I don't imagine fans went home without a refund, having seen no cricket.
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