LAUDER­HILL – Wet con­di­tions caused by rain forced a no-re­sult be­tween Nepal and Sri Lan­ka in the ICC Men’s Twen­ty20 World Cup on Tues­day in the Unit­ed States.

The two teams were set to con­test their Group D match un­der the lights at Cen­tral Broward Re­gion­al Park in the Amer­i­can city of Lauder­hill in the state of Flori­da, but heavy rains forced an aban­don­ment with­out the toss be­ing spun and a ball bowled.

The re­sult meant that the chances of both teams reach­ing the Su­per Eight quar­ter­fi­nal stage of the tour­na­ment took a big hit, and they will re­quire mirac­u­lous per­mu­ta­tions to oc­cur for them to beat the odds.

Weath­er fore­casts for the three re­main­ing fix­tures at the venue be­tween co-hosts Unit­ed States and Ire­land on Fri­day, Cana­da and In­dia on Sat­ur­day, and Ire­land and Pak­istan on Sun­day – all Group A match­es – do not look promis­ing ei­ther.

Nepal are fourth in the group ta­ble on one point from two match­es, hav­ing lost their pre­vi­ous game against The Nether­lands, while Sri Lan­ka al­so has one point from three match­es, but they are rock bot­tom due to net run rate, fol­low­ing loss­es in their first two match­es against Bangladesh and South Africa.

Nepal flies to the Caribbean for their re­main­ing two group match­es against the South Africans on Fri­day and Bangladesh on Sun­day – both match­es un­der the new­ly in­stalled flood­lights at the Arnos Vale Crick­et Ground in St Vin­cent, while Sri Lan­ka flies to St Lu­cia for their fi­nal group match against the Nether­lands on Sun­day un­der the lights at the Daren Sam­my Crick­et Ground.

CMC