Rain posing Women's World T20 headache

England and Sri Lanka have had their opening match at the women's World Twenty20 abandoned without a ball being bowled due to heavy rain.

Torrential rain in St Lucia is threatening to cause major problems for the Women's World Twenty 20.

While the forecast for the week remains fine in Guyana - where Group B, including Australia, are playing - it's a different story for Group A in St Lucia where England's opening match against Sri Lanka was washed out without a ball being bowled on Saturday.

Thunderstorms are forecast there until at least Wednesday and the International Cricket Council has reportedly begun exploring the huge logistical issues that would be involved in moving the Group A matches to Antigua.

A frustrated England captain Heather Knight said that the Gros Islet outfield was the wettest she had ever encountered and gave a cautious welcome to the prospect of a relocation.

"If it meant we got the games in then potentially," Knight told Cricinfo.

"It hasn't stopped raining since we arrived. We are hopeful that it will stop raining but if that is an option, it is up to the ICC to decide obviously, not me."

If all remaining matches in St Lucia are washed out, England will still qualify for the knockout stage as second seeds in their group, behind West Indies, who beat Bangladesh in the group's opening fixture on Friday.


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