Postpublished at 09:31 British Summer Time 24 October 2022
Daniel Norcross
BBC Test Match Special
The umpire's umbrella has come down.
Summary
Match abandoned - no result and both sides get one point
SA reached 51-0 off three overs, chasing 64 off seven overs, when heavy rain ended match
Zimbabwe recover from 19-4 to post 79-5
Zim 79-5 (9 overs): Madhevere 35* (18); Ngidi 2-20
Game was reduced to nine overs per side after long rain delay
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Postpublished at 09:30 British Summer Time 24 October 2022
Alex Hartley
Former England bowler on BBC Test Match SpecialWhen I say it is barely raining, it is not wet.
If they were out there they would 100% still be out there.
Postpublished at 09:30 British Summer Time 24 October 2022
Bad news folks. The covers are now fully on, though the rain doesn't seem to be that heavy.
The groundstaff and one of the umpires are still out in the middle, so we may yet see some play shortly.
Postpublished at 09:24 British Summer Time 24 October 2022
Xavier Doherty
Former Australia spinner on BBC Test Match SpecialI can see still people playing cricket on the hills at the side of the ground.
I didn't think we'd see any cricket today so I'm done with predictions.
Postpublished at 09:23 British Summer Time 24 October 2022
Daniel Norcross
BBC Test Match SpecialThere aren't many umbrellas up at the moment.
Postpublished at 09:23 British Summer Time 24 October 2022
Hold on a minute - maybe the rain isn't quite as heavy as we thought. This could just be a passing shower.
If so the players could be out in the middle pretty quickly.
Postpublished at 09:19 British Summer Time 24 October 2022
Daniel Norcross
BBC Test Match SpecialWe can really see the rain lashing across the floodlights.
Postpublished at 09:19 British Summer Time 24 October 2022
Xavier Doherty
Former Australia spinner on BBC Test Match SpecialIt is coming down sideways.
It's rainingpublished at 09:19 British Summer Time 24 October 2022
Would you believe it.
Seconds after the two anthems were belted out with gusto the rain began to come down.
It looks pretty heavy too so there will be a delayed start.
Frustration all round.
Postpublished at 09:16 British Summer Time 24 October 2022
Xavier Doherty
Former Australia spinner on BBC Test Match SpecialI don't think either team would have had a massive preference over batting and bowling.
Teamspublished at 09:14 British Summer Time 24 October 2022
South Africa: Temba Bavuma (capt), Quinton de Kock (wk), Rilee Rossouw, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Tristan Stubbs, Wayne Parnell, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Lungi Ngidi.
Zimbabwe: Regis Chakabva (wk), Craig Ervine (capt), Wesley Madhevere, Sean Williams, Sikandar Raza, Milton Shumba, Ryan Burl, Luke Jongwe, Richard Ngarava, Tendai Chatara, Blessing Muzarabani.
Proteas have history on their sidepublished at 09:13 British Summer Time 24 October 2022
Zimbabwe beat Scotland and Ireland either side of a defeat to West Indies to top Group B and reach the Super 12s.
They have an awful white-ball record against South Africa, though. They have never beaten them in a T20 international and have only two one-day wins to their name - and you have to go back to the turn of the century for those.
Bangladesh beat Netherlandspublished at 09:12 British Summer Time 24 October 2022
Bangladesh beat the Netherlands by nine wickets in Monday's earlier game.
It is their first win in the main stage of a T20 World Cup since the inaugural tournament in 2007 - though they survived a late scare thanks to some brilliant hitting by Colin Ackermann.
For more on that encounter check out my colleague Ffion Wynne's match report here.
Image source, getPostpublished at 09:07 British Summer Time 24 October 2022
South Africa captain Temba Bavuma: "Preparations have been a little bit different because we had the weather to contend with in Brisbane so we've had to spend some times indoors trying to get strong.
"We've got confidence and belief in our abilities and we're strengthened our resources since last year."
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Zimbabwe captain Craig Ervine: "We want to get runs on the board and that'll be a good start. The wicket will quicken up as the game goes on.
"It is a little bit of advantage [having played three games at this ground already] and we'll try to utilise it."
Zimbabwe win the toss and will batpublished at 09:05 British Summer Time 24 October 2022
Zimbabwe skipper Craig Ervine calls correctly and decides to have a bat first.
Image source, Getty ImagesIt's chilly in Hobartpublished at 09:03 British Summer Time 24 October 2022
Unfortunately the weather may play a part in this match. It is grey, damp and cold in Hobart.
The Bangladesh-Netherlands game was briefly interrupted by rain, which resulted in a late finish and a further shower delayed the toss for this match.
Thankfully it is dry again now so the captains have made their way to the middle...
Image source, Getty ImagesGood morningpublished at 08:59 British Summer Time 24 October 2022
The T20 World Cup really burst into life with that Virat Kohli-inspired thriller at the MCG on Sunday.
What will the new week bring us? Bangladesh and Netherlands have already played out an exciting finish (more of that later) but now it is time for South Africa's first match of the tournament as they take on Zimbabwe.