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Barbados Delight vs Jamaica Scorpions – No Super50 Cup winners after finalists forfeit rain-affected closing

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In a unprecedented conclusion to the Super50 Cup one-day event within the West Indies, the finalists – Barbados Delight and Jamaica Scorpions – determined to not flip up for the toss and forfeit the ultimate in Tarouba as an alternative.

This got here after heavy spells of rain lowered the match to a 20-overs-a-side contest. Because of the groups’ no-show, the trophy went unawarded.

The sport was scheduled to begin at 1pm native time on Saturday however, because the event organisers defined in an announcement, “scattered showers started on the floor round noon, forcing the primary indefinite delay to the beginning of proceedings”.

Elaborating on the sequence of occasions, the assertion mentioned: “Match referee Reon King, at the side of the umpiring crew, knowledgeable each groups that the newest attainable begin time was 6.17pm, at which level the sport can be performed as a 20-overs-a-side contest. Nevertheless, round 5.45pm, the officiating crew decided that the sport might proceed on the newest attainable begin time of 6.17pm. They knowledgeable the gamers of this and that the toss can be performed at 6pm.

“Regardless of assurances from the umpires and match referee that the circumstances had been protected for play, each captains didn’t be current for the toss, permitting time to elapse previous the newest start line. Consequently, each groups didn’t take the sphere, successfully refusing to play. This resulted in a double forfeit, with no champion being declared.”

Cricket West Indies will now evaluate the event laws, with a double-forfeiture being an unprecedented incidence.


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