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T20 World Cup cricket: Ireland-Afghanistan match washed out

Teams split the points after match is abandoned at Melbourne Cricket Ground

Ireland's Andrew Balbirnie and Barry McCarthy at the washed-out Twenty20 World Cup cricket match between Afghanistan and Ireland at Melbourne Cricket Ground. Photograph: MARTIN KEEP/AFP via Getty Images
Ireland's Andrew Balbirnie and Barry McCarthy at the washed-out Twenty20 World Cup cricket match between Afghanistan and Ireland at Melbourne Cricket Ground. Photograph: MARTIN KEEP/AFP via Getty Images
Fri Oct 28 2022 - 11:27

The Ireland-Afghanistan match at the T20 World Cup was abandoned without a bowl balled due to rain at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) on Friday, leaving the teams to split the points.

It was winless Afghanistan's second wash-out in the Super 12's after their New Zealand game at Melbourne was abandoned due to poor weather on Wednesday.

The no-result left Ireland second in Group 1 on three points after three matches behind leading New Zealand, though New Zealand have a game in hand.

Afghanistan remain bottom of the Group on two points.

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The weather could yet shape the group, with fifth-placed Australia and fourth-placed England also finding their game – scheduled to be played after the Ireland match at the MCG – also being rained off.