CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand: Rain forced the abandonment of the first Twenty20 international between New Zealand and England after the visitors posted 153-6 in their completed innings Saturday.
Sam Curran top-scored with 49 not out from 35 balls. He hit three fours and two sixes — and 19 runs from the final over of the England innings.
Jos Buttler with 29 from 25 balls and Harry Brook with 20 from 14 both made starts but were unable to go on as the England batters struggled when the New Zealand bowlers took the pace off the ball.
A shower caused a 15-minute break while England was batting, then returned more heavily between innings, finally causing the match to be abandoned around 10.10 p.m. local time. By then, most of a sell-out crowd had already left Hagley Oval.
The remaining two matches of the series are also scheduled to be played at Hagley Oval — on Monday and Thursday.
Rain washes out the 1st T20 international between New Zealand and England
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Rain washes out the 1st T20 international between New Zealand and England
- A shower caused a 15-minute break while England was batting
- Most of a sell-out crowd had already left Hagley Oval
Footballers and human rights leaders call on UEFA president to suspend Israel from European football
Footballers and human rights leaders call on UEFA president to suspend Israel from European football
- Signatories argue that no shared venue, stage, or arena in international civil society should welcome a regime that commits genocide
- Signatories address Aleksander Ceferin directly with his own words on football, Football belongs to everyone
LONDON: Athletes 4 Peace, a group of 70 plus athletes, co-signed a letter to UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin with #GameOverIsrael, the Gaza Tribunal and the Hind Rajab Foundation demanding that he follow through on the legal and moral responsibilities inherent in his role and immediately suspend Israel from European football.
The signatories argue, “No shared venue, stage, or arena in international civil society should welcome a regime that commits genocide, apartheid, and other crimes against humanity. Israel’s continued impunity for such crimes will only be ended by the weight of collective conscientious action, including measures to block their entry to sporting or cultural events and activities.”
They address Aleksander Ceferin directly with his own words on football, “Football belongs to everyone” and warn that he risks severing football from its heart and soul – humanity – by allowing those who would destroy their own humanity and that of others entry into the sport.
International Human Rights Lawyers and former UN Human Rights Director Craig Mokhiber said: “UEFA action is stalled behind the smokescreen of a fake ‘ceasefire’ and sham ‘peace process.’ But neither the genocide nor apartheid have ended. UEFA must correct their course immediately and suspend Israel from European football. With each passing day, UEFA’s complicity grows.”
Former Adviser to the Middle East Peace Envoy and Campaign Director for Game Over Israel Ashish Prashar added: “For President Ceferin to pause his vote to suspend Israel from European football over a peace plan in name only, is either grossly naive, or purposefully blind.”
#GameOverIsrael was launched on September 16 with a billboard in Times Square, calling on football federations to boycott Israel.
Athletes 4 Peace are a united voice of sports professionals from around the world, standing for justice, fairness, and humanity in sport.
Gaza Tribunal is a consortium of humanitarian law and human rights experts whose aim it is to awaken civil society to its responsibility and opportunity to stop Israel’s genocide in Gaza.
The Hind Rajab Foundation is a branch of the March 30 Movement mainly dedicated to the quest for justice in response to the crimes against humanity, war crimes and human rights violations perpetrated by the Israeli state against Palestinians. Established during the ongoing Gaza genocide, the foundation honors the memory of Hind Rajab and all those who have perished or suffered under the Israeli genocidal campaign.
