FOUR teams remain in contention for the Cricket World Cup after a dramatic group stage.<\/p>\n
Hosts\u00a0England, Australia, India and New Zealand\u00a0are set to battle it out for a place in the final at Lord’s on July 14 – but what happens if the weather is bad for the semi-final clashes?<\/p>\n
What happens if the Cricket World Cup semi-final is rained off?<\/strong><\/p>\n SO far in this World Cup, the weather has only affected a small number of matches.<\/p>\n One week in early June was particularly rain-affected, but since then every game has been completed without any lengthy interruptions.<\/p>\n But with the semi-finals nowhere, each final four clashes has a day reserved just in case the weather intervenes.<\/p>\n So if there is no play between India and New Zealand on Tuesday, they will come back and give it a go on Wednesday.<\/p>\n The same applies for England and Australia on Thursday and Friday.<\/p>\n Should that happen, the side that finished higher in the group stage would go through to the final at Lord’s.<\/p>\n To constitute a game in an ODI, there must be 20 overs minimum bowled in the first innings – the\u00a0Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method\u00a0will then be used if necessary.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" FOUR teams remain in contention for the Cricket World Cup after a dramatic group stage. Hosts\u00a0England,…<\/span><\/p>\n