Rain threatens weekend washout
This weekend’s back-to-back one-day internationals in Guyana are already in doubt after heavy rain left the Bourda soaked.
Chetram Singh, president of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB), told The Nation that groundstaff were working overtime to get the venue fit and ready. “It’s been raining really heavily and you know how Bourda is when the rain falls,” he explained. “If the rain stops now we have a chance of play over the two days. If it continues, we’re in very big trouble. It looks very bad and we are doing all we can do to ensure there is play.”
Although it was dry yesterday, the forecast was for scattered thunderstorms and heavy showers over the next three days.
The West Indies team arrived in Guyana late Wednesday and were scheduled to train at the Everest Cricket Ground in Georgetown yesterday, but had to cancel that outing because of a wet outfield, and were forced to go indoors.
The Zimbabweans arrived from Antigua on Thursday night and had a training session scheduled for this morning.
