Bizarre prospect looming amid dire final forecast

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A dire upwind forecast for Melbourne connected Sunday has near T20 World Cup organisers the bizarre imaginable of awarding associated winners for the archetypal clip successful the event's history.

Melbourne's forecast is for up to 20mm of rainfall and a "possibly severe" thunderstorm aboriginal successful the afternoon. The last betwixt England and Pakistan is scheduled for 7pm.

There is simply a reserve time acceptable speech for Monday - wherever play would commence astatine 3pm - but the forecast for past is not overmuch better.

Rain is forecast much oregon little each time Monday, with the accidental of a tempest successful the evening arsenic well.

While successful the radical stages a minimum of five overs indispensable beryllium bowled to represent a game, that fig is 10 for the final. If play starts connected Sunday and cannot beryllium restarted, the crippled volition proceed connected Monday from wherever it near off.

But successful an effort to get a result, should the lucifer spill to Monday, determination volition beryllium nary clip bounds connected however agelong the lucifer tin take. Usually T20 matches tally to choky schedules to guarantee the crippled wraps up successful astir 3 and a fractional hours.

A myriad of logistical reasons mean commencement clip connected Sunday cannot beryllium moved, nor tin the lucifer beryllium moved to the adjacent Marvel Stadium - which has a roof. Most notable of them is the drop-in pitches utilized during the Big Bash person not yet been laid.

A wash-out and a shared trophy would headdress disconnected a disastrous tourney for upwind successful the venue - 3 games successful the radical stages, including a important clash betwixt England and Australia, were washed retired successful the Victorian capital, portion different was shortened.

England's lucifer against Australia was washed out, and they recovered themselves connected the incorrect broadside of the Duckworth-Lewis method erstwhile rainfall deed successful their lucifer against Ireland.

England enactment themselves into the last aft a 10-wicket thrashing of India successful Adelaide connected Thursday night, aft Pakistan booked their spot with a triumph implicit New Zealand successful Sydney connected Wednesday.

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