2nd Test, Kingston, Aug 20 - 24 2021, Pakistan tour of West Indies

Early lunch will be taken at 12.30.

It has stopped raining and the covers have been taken off.

Let's hope they use the lunch break to dry out the field and the rain stays away.

2.25pm:
We were so close to an inspection and a possible re-start.
But it's raining again and the covers are coming back on.

4.15pm We have an update finally:
The next inspection is at 4.45pm

4.46pm
The umpires are back out again, checking the run-up area with their shoes.
Let's see what they decide.

5:05
The inevitable has happened. Just too much dampness and that has forced
the umpires to abandon play on Day 2.

Revised timings for tomorrow - an early start, by half an hour.

And 98 overs scheduled too.

11.26am And the good news is we'll start at 12 Noon !

A total of 83 overs to be bowled today

Holder is looking extremely uncomfortable. He isn't bowling full-tilt. Momentum isn't going forward fully. Now the umpires are having a chat, Rizwan goes up to see what the issue is. Brathwaite too is having a chat with the officials. Blackwood is listening in. That damp patch is the issue. They are deliberating.
Match referee Richie Richardson is making his way out to the middle.

75.2
Holder to Faheem, short of length delivery angling away, jabbed away from the crease

75.1
Holder to Faheem, no run slants one across the left-hander, left alone

Play Suspended !

Fix run up area !

If you're just joining us: They've taken early Lunch.

Play suspended after just eight balls

due to a damp patch on the run-up from one of the ends.

There will be an inspection at 1.40pm . More time to kill for everyone involved