MELBOURNE – The International Cricket Council (ICC) has revised the playingconditions for the Pakistan vs England World Cup final game to avoid awashout at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Sunday (November 13).
As fans are eagerly waiting for final showdown, showers could spoil thefinal game with a 100 percent chance of rain forecast.
Amid wet weather forecast at the iconic stadium in coastal capital of thesoutheastern Australia, the game’s governing body announced additional timeto complete the match on the reserve day if rain disrupts the high-octaneclash.
In a statement, the top cricket body said: “The Event Technical Committee(ETC) has increased the provision of additional playing time on the reserveday to four hours from the original provision of two hours in case moretime is required to complete the match and get a result”.
It was reported that extra covers will be used amid predicted thunderstorm.The mega event has already seen much of rain as several matches were washedout.
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For the final showdown, organisers first priority will be to go for ashortened game if required, and in this case overs will be slashed beforethe reserve day is activated.
In another scenario, if the final can’t be completed on Sunday then it willresume on the reserve day. Furthermore, if there is not enough time overthe two days to achieve the minimum overs, in that case, the trophy wouldbe shared.
