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!

The downhill continues. Colin Croft shows his angst and anger and the question to be asked really is who benefits from all this. The WICB, Sri Lankan cricket board, the players or even the sponsors who seem to have agreed to some clauses with the WICB which the WICB cant backtrack.

Indian cricket had a similar problem earlier and thankfully better sense prevailed and the horrors of ambush marketing didnt mean India would have to field a second XI.

The spectators - real share holders of the game will not take the joke beyond a certain point. Already the selection process and the performance of the team is a joke.

Why should the Windies supporter root for the team if they cant see the best XI players on the field? There was the contract dispute before the series in South Africa, before the series in Australia, meant the team fielded a second XI in the home series versus South Africa and now such a disaster at the moment.

The ICC has decided to grant one day status to 5 more teams. Would I really have to live to see a Windies squad lose to one of such teams? I dread such a scenario and pray that day doesnt ever come.