Rain delays start of Pakistan vs. Sri Lanka 1st ODI
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Heavy rain has delayed the start of the first one-day international between Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
An unusual spell of rain in the southern port city of Karachi during this time of the year left the cricket ground completely waterlogged on Friday.
Karachi hasn’t hosted an ODI in 10 years since Sri Lanka last played here in 2009.
It is the first time since Sri Lanka’s team bus was attacked in Lahore in 2009 that a foreign team will conduct a two-week tour of Pakistan with Karachi hosting all three ODIs. Major teams have avoided Pakistan since that ambush, which killed eight people and injured several players.
The ODI series will be followed by three Twenty20s at Lahore.
