| 0.0 : The Tri-Series continues with another crucial contest, Australia taking on South Africa from Kensington Oval in Bridgetown, Barbados. |
| All three sides have two wins each, so it's important for all sides to win, with two matches remaining for all. Bonus points have been key, with South Africa earning one from each of their wins. |
| South Africa are in the box seat to qualify for the final, needing a win and nothing more to book themselves a place in the final next week. |
| There's been plenty of rain about in Barbados, overnight and this morning, and that's influenced Steve Smith's decision to bowl first having won the toss. The pitch is green, which has also influenced selection for both sides. |
| South Africa make the one change, with Morne Morkel playing his first match of the Tri-Series, replacing left arm spinner Tabraiz Shamsi. |
| Australia make three changes. Travis Head is replaced by Glenn Maxwell, who will provide a spinning option, with Adam Zampa and Nathan Coulter-Nile also out. In come strike bowler Mitchell Starc, and Scott Boland, who plays his first match of the series. |
| So just over 10 minutes until we start this match. More rain is forecast and it's breezy, so it could be a stop start game, with Lewis/Duckworth a chance to make an appearance. Back for the first ball shortly. |
| South Africa: Quinton de Kock k),/(w Hashim Amla, Faf du Plessis, AB de Villiers (c), JP Duminy, Farhaan Behardien, Chris Morris, Wayne Parnell, Kagiso Rabada, Morne Morkel, Imran Tahir. |
| Australia: Aaron Finch, Usman Khawaja, Steve Smith (c), George Bailey, Glenn Maxwell, Mitch Marsh, Matthew Wade k),/(w James Faulkner, Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood, Scott Boland. |
| Mitchell Starc starts from the Joel Garner End. |
| 0.1 : Starc to de Kock, wide, and starts with a short ball bouncer that is called wide, well over head height |
| Starc to de Kock, FOUR, now overpitched outside off, room to just place that through point, using the pace of the delivery to guide it to the rope |
| 0.2 : Starc to de Kock, no run, straight ball now is defended back to the bowler |
| 0.3 : Starc to de Kock, no run, gets it to nip back a fraction, finds the inside edge, lands safely in front of square |
| Starc to de Kock, wide, two slips in place as he bowls a short ball down leg side, a second wide to start |
| Mitchell's not happy with the surface and asks for assistance from the ground staff. His front foot is slipping a little when he plants it. |
| 0.4 : Starc to de Kock, no run, fired in towards leg stump, gets the bat down to defend behind square |
| 0.5 : Starc to de Kock, one run, low full toss, clips it off his pads down to long leg |
| Starc to Amla HM, wide, full and wide ball angled across Amla, outside those guidelines and another wide called by Umpire Dharmasena |
| 0.6 : Starc to Amla HM, no run, length ball angled across outside off, left alone, expensive first over with three wides. |
| Rain has started to fall. Just light at the moment, now getting heavier, and the covers are coming on already, one over in. Lights are on too with the overhead conditions. |
| The rain is quite heavy, but the one saving grace is the breeze. Hopefully it continues to blow the rain away, though not looking good at the minute. Lets hope it's only a short delay. We start losing overs in just under an hours time. |
| 13:25 local time: Nothing to report from Barbados, with rain continuing to halt play. |
| 13:50 local time: The radar still shows quite heavy rain falling in Bridgetown, and no real let up for a while yet. |
| 14:10 local time: Reaching that point where we start to lose overs in this match, with rain continuing to halt play in Bridgetown. |
| 14:40 local time: It continues to rain in Bridgetown, with the radar showing no let up. It's a crucial match, which would throw final spots right up for grabs should the rain continue to persist. |
| 15:30 local time: Rain continues to persist and put a halt to proceedings. We've lost over two hours of play so far, which equates to between 30-35 overs of play. |
| 15:45 local time: It still rains in Bridgetown with the match cut off time 19:00 local. So we continue to wait. |
| 16:20 local time: Still no change in the weather in Bridgetown. We've had constant rain since we went off. Light to heavy according to the weather radar. Over 3 hours have been lost so far. |
| 16:40 local time: A positive sign with the drizzle stopped in Bridgetown and the covers coming off. The ground will need to be prepared for a resumption now so we wait, and hope for no more rain. |
| 16:45 local time: It appears the pitch got wet while under covers. Not good. That could pose a problem. The waiting game continues. |
| 16:55 local time. Definitely some moisture on the pitch, with an inspection to take place at 17:10 local time. 19:00 local is the cut off time. We must start play before then. |
| 17:10 local time: Inspection time. The pitch did indeed get wet while under cover and the ground staff are using a portable blower to try and dry areas of concern. |
| Official inspection now at 17:15 local time. Any moment now. Will be interesting to hear the thoughts of the umpires. There is still the possibility of more rain, but we won't think about that at this stage. |
| 17:15 local time: Inspection taken place and the word is there will be another inspection at 17:45 local time. The concern is a wet spot on a good length. That will need to dry out first. The ground staff are working on that. |
| 17:25 local time: There is rain coming on the radar, some light drizzle. Might throw a spanner in the works. |
| 17:45 local time: Covers are on with the inspection due now. Slight drizzle. Doesn't look good. The umpires haven't called the game off yet, so we continue to wait, and hope for the drizzle to clear. Then the pitch needs to be dried out. |
| It's only a passing drizzle, but there's still rain about the Caribbean. One reckons that the game will be called off. |
| 18:15 local time: Nothing to report from Bridgetown, but there has been more rain, so the prospect of a result looks grim. |
| There'll be another inspection at 18:30 local time. One suspects a final decision will be made then. |
| 18:25 local time: Well it didn't reach that point. The game has been officially called off. Just the one over. Two points each for no result. So all teams still alive and a chance to reach the final. |
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The rain just never let up in time to allow for that wet patch to be dried. A shame, though it does mean all teams are still alive, and we will have mini finals ahead of us in the remaining two matches. Hope you'll join us for those. Cheers. End of over: SAF 8/0 (de Kock 5, Amla HM 0)
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| 0.0 : The rain is quite heavy, but the one saving grace is the breeze. Hopefully it continues to blow the rain away, though not looking good at the minute. Lets hope it's only a short delay. We start losing overs in just under an hours time. |
| 13:50 local time: The radar still shows quite heavy rain falling in Bridgetown, and no real let up for a while yet. |
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