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The second round of the county cricket season in England has gained momentum and matches are being held continuously. But along with these matches, one problem is also being seen again and again, which is having an impact. An example of this problem has been seen which is a bit surprising. We are talking about the match between Gloucestershire and Durham in the County Championship, where Durham needed only 4 runs to win but the umpire suddenly stopped the match. The reason was rain, the effect of which is expected to be visible continuously throughout the season.

The third match of this ongoing match at Chester-le-Street, the home ground of Durham County Club, was full of tremendous action. While the third day of the Test match between England and Pakistan at Lord’s Ground in London was badly affected by rain, the match between Durham and Gloucestershire went well. Durham started the third day with 331 runs and scored 384 runs before losing the last 2 wickets. In this way he got a lead of 247 runs in the first innings.

Got the target of 4 runs to win

But what happened next first filled the Durham fans with joy and then a sudden decision disappointed them. After the first innings lead, Durham bowlers again prevented Gloucestershire from making a big score. Gloucester, which scored only 137 runs in the first innings, crossed the 200 mark this time but the entire team collapsed for only 250 runs. In this way, Gloucester could get a slight lead of only 3 runs in the second innings and thus Durham got the target of only 4 runs.

Why did the match have to be stopped?

But when Durham had to take off to achieve this goal, the weather turned bad, it became cloudy, it rained lightly and it became dark. What happened next, Durham’s batsmen could not come on the field to score 4 runs. When the situation did not improve, the umpire announced to end the day’s play there. Durham has the fourth and last day, when it will try to achieve this victory, provided the weather does not deteriorate throughout the day.