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Rain denied Englands batsmen a chance to inflict further misery on Australia As hapless bowlers,washing out the entire second days play in the four-day Ashes tour match in Hobart on Thursday.
Heavy showers fell over Bellerive Oval for much of the day leaving England captain Alastair Cook and fellow opener Michael Carberry frustrated after the pair compiled a record 318 without loss on Wednesday. Play will resume at 9:30 a.m. local time (2230 GMT),half an hour earlier than scheduled,on the remaining days of the match.
While Englands hopes for more batting practice were dashed,two of Australias top batsmen in David Warner and captain Michael Clarke enjoyed near-perfect batting conditions in the Sheffield Shield competition. Left-hander Warner boosted his prospects of playing in the first Ashes test in Brisbane starting Nov. 21 by blasting 104 from only 87 deliveries for New South Wales state,with Clarke chipping in with 43 in an 104-run partnership.
The 27-year-old has returned to form plundering the domestic one-day competition with three tons.
