Cliff Notes – Rain in the air but forecast mostly clear for World Cup final
- South Africa’s training session was interrupted by a brief shower, highlighting the potential for rain during the women’s ODI World Cup final on Sunday.
- The weather forecast predicts only brief showers between 1pm and 7pm, allowing for the possibility of a truncated game starting at 3pm local time.
- If heavy rain prevents the final from being completed on Sunday, it will be rescheduled to the reserve day on Monday, with efforts to achieve a result that day.
Rain in the air but forecast mostly clear for World Cup final
Just the way a brief shower cut short South Africa’s training session on Saturday night, the women’s ODI World Cup final on Sunday could also see some rain, but nothing to not allow even a truncated game, as per the forecast.
Soon after the Indian team came out to warm up and play football around 2pm local time at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai on Saturday, it suddenly got overcast and the covers came on as a precautionary measure, while one of the nets was quickly taken down. While it didn’t rain or drizzle, the players and support staff hung around near the dugout for over an hour, with some parts of the ground still looking a little damp from earlier showers as Navi Mumbai has been experiencing rain through the week.
The players gradually returned to the ground just before 5pm as the nets were put back up. It wasn’t a full-fledged training session, as only some of the players trained and wrapped up in an hour.
A sudden shower at the DY Patil stadium on the day before the final sends the South African team packing as they were training on the right side#CWC25 pic.twitter.com/y7awHXqu69
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The South Africa team arrived for their scheduled training around 6pm, and spent a lot more time working on the three facets of the game. When their nets had gone past two hours, a brief and quick shower suddenly sent the South African players scrambling back to their dugout around 8.15pm local time, and more than two-thirds of the ground was covered.
The forecast for Sunday doesn’t look that bad, with only brief showers expected between 1pm and 7pm, with possible intermittent breaks for the game that is scheduled to start at 3pm local time. The India vs Australia semi-final was the last game to be played at the same ground, when only one small shower interrupted, as soon as Alyssa Healy got out at the start of the sixth over of the match.
The World Cup has been marred by several rain breaks, and if, unexpectedly, heavy rain doesn’t allow the final to be completed on Sunday, it will move on to the reserve day on Monday. As per the ICC’s playing conditions, overs will first start reducing on Sunday, and efforts will be made to get a result that day itself, with each team required to bat for at least 20 overs.
However, if play starts on Sunday but a result is not achieved on the day, play will continue on Monday from the same point where it would have stopped on Sunday.
Whenever the result is achieved, this ODI World Cup will see a new team lift the trophy.