England have still got their T20 World Cup destiny in their own hands despite a soggy end to their blue riband clash with Australia without a ball bowled.
Continuous heavy rain all day on Friday washed out both the Afghanistan v Ireland match and the game between the oldest of enemies as the La Niña weather system wreaked more havoc on a tournament threatening to descend into farce if many more games were to be abandoned.
The rain did relent for a couple of hours, allowing the umpires to carry out a couple of inspections of the sodden outfield and run ups, but just when hopes were raised of a five over thrash more rain arrived to end any chance of a contest.
