England's Headingley match abandoned

 
22 June 2012

England's third NatWest one-day international against West Indies was abandoned without a ball being bowled after persistent rain at Headingley.

Umpires Kumar Dharmasena and Richard Illingworth made the decision to call off the game following a brief inspection at 1.00pm after the rain, which had also fallen all day yesterday in Leeds, left the playing surface sodden.

England had already wrapped up the series 2-0 with the sides due to meet in a one-off Twenty20 international at Trent Bridge on Sunday.

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