The final match of the T20 World Cup 2022 is to be played between England and Pakistan. Cricket fans worldwide will watch this great match at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 13 November (Sunday), where Pakistan defeated New Zealand by seven wickets and made it to the final.
At the same time, England defeated the Indian team by 10 wickets in a one-sided match. The final match will start at 1.30 pm Indian time.
Rain Shadow On Final Match
The threat of rain is also looming over the final match. Melbourne has a 95 per cent chance of rain on Sunday, with up to 25 mm of rain. The good thing is that Reserve Day has also been kept.
But unfortunately, there is a 95 per cent chance of rain even on ‘Reserve Day’, and there may be five to 10 mm of rain. In such a situation, if the result is not found even on the reserve day due to rain, then England and Pakistan will be declared joint winners. For example, India and Sri Lanka were joint winners of the 2002 Champions Trophy.
Let us tell you that according to the rules of the ICC, it is necessary to have a game of 10-10 overs in the T20 World Cup playoff matches to get the result from the Duckworth-Lewis rule.
If the game of 10-10 overs on Sunday cannot be completed due to rain, it will start from where it stopped on the reserve day. Once the toss is done, the match will be considered ‘live’. If the match goes on the reserve day, it will start at 9.30 Indian time.
A Total Of Four Matches were Washed Out By Rain
Rain washed out four matches in the current T20 World Cup. On 28 October, the Ireland-Afghanistan and Australia-England matches had to be cancelled due to rain.
Before that, the match between South Africa-Zimbabwe and New Zealand-Afghanistan was also inconclusive due to rain. Not only this, Ireland had defeated England in a match under the Duckworth-Lewis system. England might have won the match if the rain had not disturbed that match.
In the T20 World Cup 2022, Pakistan and England played one match each at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, where both faced defeat. India defeated the Pakistan team by four wickets. At the same time, Ireland beat England by 5 runs. MCG is the second largest cricket stadium in the world, and the capacity of spectators on this ground is about one lakh.
