New Zealand - West Indies Day 2 at Napier is haulted due to rain. Doesn’t matter. At least we have the Sri Lanka - Pakistan test in Colombo. Any live test cricket action can do on a Sunday morning.

Next thing I know, I see Sanjay Manjrekar announces that the match is delayed due to rain. Agh.

I love that test cricket is nature dependant (cloud causes swing) and has so many variables (ball deterioates, the pitch wears, the pitch is always different). But rain is some thing which always irritates.

This is not Wimbledon and thus Cliff Richard will not start singing. So go away rain!

Who would have thought when the VB series started that Sri Lanka would be 1-0 ahead in the finals with run outs galore courtesy Tillekaratne Dilshan. It was surprising enough when they reached the finals.

Malinga Bandara ensured Sri Lanka and not South Africa will face Australia in the best of three VB series finals. South Africa needed one win in their last three matches but lost 2 matches versus Australia and now the match to Sri Lanka.

Australia will not have McGrath. Sri Lanka have Murali, Vaas and now Bandara appears as if he can become a factor. In 1995-96 Sri Lanka gained a lot as a team in their tour to Australia. After a depressive run of recent results, the VB series here is having a similar impact.