India lodge official protest

COLOMBO, AUG 23: India today made an official protest with the International Cricket Committee Match Referee John Reid against the abrupt end to the third and final one-day cricket match against Sri Lanka, according to sources.

8220;It8217;s not fair play. The game should have been completed,8221; the sources added. The third and last tie was abandoned by the umpires citing poor light after completion of 19 overs in the Sri Lankan innings at the Sinhalese Sports Club ground here.

Sri Lanka were reeling at 132 for six at that stage chasing a revised target of 195 runs to be scored in 25 overs after rain stopped play for an hour and a half. Earlier, India scored 291 for nine in 50 overs. The home team were supposed to score 63 runs of 36 balls when the umpires decided to abandon the game citing poor light as the reason.