Five days, zero balls bowled - Afghanistan v NZ washed out
Persistent bad weather in Greater Noida meant Afghanistan's one-off Test with New Zealand was washed out without a ball bowled
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New Zealand's one-off Test match against Afghanistan has been washed out without a single ball bowled across the five days.
The match in the Indian city of Greater Noida became just the eighth men's Test in history to be abandoned without any play.
Persistent rain across the five days led to the abandonment, with days three, four and five all called off because of overnight rain.
It is also the first time a men's Test in India has been completely washed out.
The last men's Test to have been postponed without a ball bowled was in 1998, when New Zealand hosted India in Dunedin.
The Black Caps now head to Sri Lanka for a two-Test series later this month, returning to India for three Tests in October before hosting a three-Test series with England across November and December.
Men's Tests abandoned without a ball bowled
England v Australia - Manchester, 1890
England v Australia - Manchester, 1938
Australia v England - Melbourne, 1970
New Zealand v Pakistan - Dunedin, 1989
West Indies v England - Georgetown, 1990
Pakistan v Zimbabwe - Faisalabad, 1998
New Zealand v India - Dunedin, 1998
Afghanistan v New Zealand - Greater Noida, 2024
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- Published6 June
