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No rescheduling

REUTERS/AFP, undated
Australia have rejected a proposal to reschedule the rain-affected Videocon Cup triangular one-day tournament in the Netherlands that also features Pakistan and India, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said on Thursday.
PCB chairman Shaharyar Khan told Reuters from Amsterdam that Australia had rejected their proposal to play three matches in four days or extend the series by a day to August 29 after all three preliminary games were affected by bad weather.
Just one, overs-reduced, match between India and Pakistan was played with both of Australia's games washed out.
"Australia said they could not ask their players to play three games in four days as it would be taxing on them," said Shaharyar. "They also said they could not go for an extension in the event because they had scheduled warm up matches in England in the lead up to the ICC Champions trophy."
He said the proposal was suggested
by officials of the Pakistan and Indian boards as the tournament broadcasters are reducing their guaranteed payments because of the lost matches.
"I can't say exactly how much we stand to lose out on. But if we also don't have the final then the guarantee money could be reduced considerably."
The broadcasters paid a reported 6 million dollars for the rights.
And organisers were left banking on the Dutch weather to spare Saturday's final between Pakistan and Australia after deciding against altering the fixture schedule.
However, after Wednesday's noresult, a meeting then took place between organisers and representatives of all three teams at an Amsterdam hotel.
But after talks lasting several hours Hugo Nelissen, the tournament media officer, insisted only representatives from the three competing teams and organisers the KNCB (the Dutch Cricket Board) had been involved.
"The long meeting that took place was because they wanted more cricket. But for a variety of reasons the status quo will remain the status quo," Nelissen told reporters after discussions ended.
"Of course, there is the weather. The
various forcecasts are not giving us too much confidence... The head groundsman has serious doubts about getting more cricket at the ground.
"You've all seen that the ground can have some rain but it just couldn't have that much rain. So basically he (the groundsman) is saying give me time to give the ground the cricket it deserves and that is the final.
"That means everything remains as it was. Australia and Pakistan are therefore playing the final on Saturday."
As Nelissen was speaking, the sun was shining brightly just as it had done on several occasions during the tournament after matches had been abandoned.
That was a sight all three teams here may have to get used to in England, where India start a three-match series on Tuesday, a country widely regarded as the spiritual home of rained-off matches.
Cricket-lovers though shouldn't lose heart as the forecast for Saturday is a fine one.
The additional match between the Netherlands and Pakistan remains scheduled for Monday.