Zimbabwe sure to clinch series behind bad weather
Posted: Sunday December 20, 1998 12:02 PM
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) -- Zimbabwe is virtually assured to win
its first ever series outside home after dense fog prevented play
for the fourth successive day in the third and final cricket Test
against Pakistan in Faisalabad on Sunday.
Umpires Dough Cowie and Salim Badar called off the day's play in
the morning session as there was no chance of improvement in dense
fog and fading light.
The fog and poor visibility had so far not allowed a single ball
to be bowled at the Iqbal Stadium. It will be third time for
Pakistan when its Test will be abandoned without a ball being
bowled. Pakistan's 1993-94 Test against Sri Lanka was abandoned
because of curfew in Colombo while in 1988-89 a Test against New
Zealand at Dunedin was washed out due to rain.
Zimbabwe leads the three-match series 1-0 after winning the
first Test by seven wickets. The second Test was also marred by
dense fog at Lahore as 13 hours were lost in the drawn game due to
poor visibility and fog.
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