NEW PLYMOUTH, New Zealand – Continuous rainfall over a 24-hour period has forced Match Officials to call off the 4^th T20 International on Thursday, March 22, between the WINDIES Women and New Zealand White Ferns, scheduled for Pukekura Park in New Plymouth.

An early morning inspection of the venue was done by Match Officials. Then at 1:00pm local time, the Captains and Coaches of both teams accompanied the Match Officials to the venue for a second inspection. It was then decided to call off the match as the rain was forecasted to continue falling thereby leaving no time to dry the playing surface before the stipulated cut-off time of 4:30pm local time.

WINDIES Women’s Captain Stafanie Taylor commented after, “It’s a bit disappointing having the match abandoned today because we felt like it would’ve been another close game and we were looking forward to getting that first win. But we’ll now switch our focus to the last match in Hamilton on Sunday and on finishing the tour on a winning note.”

The White Ferns hold a 3-0 lead in the 5-match T20 International series.

For images from the WINDIES Women Tour of New Zealand 2018, visit

https://www.flickr.com/photos/windiescricket/albums/72157693365276394

Full match details visit https://scoring.nzc.nz/livescoring/match5010/scorecard.aspx

Match Schedule

Wednesday 14   1^st T20 International at Bay Oval, Mt. Maunganui, Tauranga

Friday 16            2^nd T20 International at Bay Oval, Mt. Maunganui, Tauranga

Tuesday 20       3^rd T20 International at Pukekura Park, New Plymouth

Thursday 22      4^th T20 International at Pukekura Park, New Plymouth

Sunday 25         5^th T20 International at Seddon Park, Hamilton

-CWI Media