ST. GEORGE'S, Grenada (AP):
TORRENTIAL rains thwarted play between the West Indies and England yesterday with the fourth one-day international being abandoned without a ball being bowled.
Match officials Darrell Hair of Australia and Eddie Nicholls of Guyana made the decision early in the morning after pelting rains flooded an already-waterlogged Queen's Park outfield.
It was the third match of the seven-match series that has been blighted by the rain. In Saturday's opener of a double-header in Trinidad, there were only 16 overs of play. Sunday's match was dumped without any action.
Even the opening game of the rubber ten days ago in Guyana was a rain-reduced 30-overs-per-side, which England won by two wickets.
In England's previous series in Sri Lanka last year, two of the three matches were totally abandoned because of heavy rains as England lost 0-1.
The outlook for the remaining three contests is also bleak.
St. Lucia, where the next two matches are scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, is currently being lashed with rain.
Barbados, venue for the seventh and final one-dayer, is also experiencing unseasonably wet weather.
