Rain Wipes Out First Session: Well, the inevitable has happened. England and rain go hand in hand. The toss has been delayed and there will be no play in the opening session of the WTC Final.
14:11:46 IST
To assert with emphatic finality that the WTC has altered the landscape of international cricket will be stretching things a little, but there is no disputing the infusion of context to the flagging format since the introduction of this much-needed competition in the middle of 2019. Admittedly, the WTC in its current shape and form is far from ideal, but that has perhaps as much to do with the disparity in skill levels between the teams as anything else.
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