Rain spoils play again

With points being split between India and New Zealand, the former8217;s tally today rose to five, while the home side have earned four and the Kiwis have three after all the teams have played four matches each.

The woes of the Lankan Board, reportedly incurring a loss of Rs 33 lakh for each of the washed out matches, have been compounded by India8217;s rejection of itsproposal to play additional matches in Colombo to compensate for the misery inflicted on the cricket fans by the rain Gods.

Today8217;s match was the fourth to be abandoned in a row. India8217;s encounter with the Kiwis in Colombo on June 23 was called of midway through the second innings following a sudden burst of rain. Later all the matches of the second leg were washed out.