Australia's Steve Smith frustrated by Oval abandonment

"The groundsmen perhaps could have had more urgency, but I think they did the best job they could," said Smith.

"I was happy to keep playing through the rain. But the umpires are there to make a decision.

"There was a drinks break at the end of that over which probably didn't help. If the game had carried on perhaps they would have had a different opinion. But to be fair it was raining quite heavily."

Smiffy,  even the English WEATHER don't like y'all 

Delicious possibility of Australia going through on a NRR of 0 in spite of a washout if NZ/BD play a close match & both have a neg NRR

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[size=10pt]if [/size]NZ/BD play a close match & both have a neg NRR
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thats a big[size=10pt] if [/size] :-[

England needs to bury their hopes

The England captain is leading from the front.

The Aussies would probably have been through if they hadn't been so cruelly and unfairly denied of a certain victory against Bangladesh.