The Proteas’ only chance to adjust to New Zealand pitches under match conditions was lost on Tuesday, when their warm-up game in Auckland was washed out. Rain forced the T20 fixture against a New Zealand XI‚ which was to be played at Eden Park Outer Oval‚ the main ground’s B field‚ to be called off at the scheduled start time. The weather could also endanger Friday’s T20 international at Eden Park – the forecast is for rain until Saturday. SA’s team management might need the time off to rejig their travel plans‚ what with the fourth one-day international scheduled for March 1 having been moved 300km across New Zealand’s north island from Napier to Hamilton. The visitors are unlikely to complain about the change‚ having never lost at Hamilton’s Seddon Park. SA have beaten India and New Zealand in ODIs in Hamilton‚ won a T20 against the Kiwis there and clinched a Test series at the ground in 2012. A New Zealand Cricket release on Tuesday said an investigation into the abandonment of a...
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