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9:11 AM IST & Local Time| Incase you wondered why we haven't had the toss yet which was scheduled at 9 AM IST & Local Time, it is currently drizzling at the Greater Noida. 

9:17 AM IST & Local Time| Well that was pretty quick just like yesterday as Play on Day 4 has been Abandoned due to rain.

Thats all we have for you folks from Day 4 which has been called off as well. Do join us tomorrow for the final day of this test match and lets keep our fingers crossed to have some action.

For now, this is Pritam Dey signing off, on behalf of Aditya Agarwal and scorer Dushyant Madhukar Kumar. CHEERS!

8:35 AM IST & Local Time | Hello and a warm welcome to the live coverage of Day 5 of the Only Test Match between Afghanistan and New Zealand at the Greater Noida Sports Complex Ground, Greater Noida.

I am Pritam Dey and will soon be joined by my co-commentator Aditya Agarwal who along with our scorer/analyst Dushyant Madhukar Kumar will be taking you through the live actions of this days play.

Well it has pretty much been the same story in the past 4 days where we have had overnight rain and the conditions at the Greater Noida is not ideal to have any action. The Match Referee of this test match, Javagal Srinath had an inspection a few minutes ago and it looks like we are heading towards an official announcement anytime soon. 

8:43 AM IST & Local Time| And just as we expected, it did not take long to make the official announcement. The Only Test Match between Afghanistan and New Zealand has been abandoned without a ball being bowled at the Greater Noida.

This is the 8th Match in the history of Test Cricket where the match has been abandoned without a ball being bowled.

Abandoned Matches in Tests:

England vs Australia : 25th August, 1890 at Old Trafford, Manchester.
England vs Australia : 8th July, 1938 at Old Trafford, Manchester.
Australia vs England : 31st December, 1970 at MCG.
New Zealand vs Pakistan : 3rd February, 1989 at Carisbook, Dunedin.
West Indies vs England : 10th March, 1990 at Georgetown, Guyana.
Pakistan vs Zimbabwe : 17th December, 1998 at Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad.
New Zealand vs India : 18th December, 1998 at Carisbrook, Dunedin.
Afghanistan vs New Zealand : 9th September, 2024 at Greater Noida.*

That's it then folks! It's a quite frustrating end to the historic one-off test between New Zealand and Afghanistan at Greater Noida without a ball being bowled. This is the 8th time in the history of Test Cricket that a match has been abandoned without a ball being bowled.

I, Aditya Agarwal signing off on behalf of my co-commentator Pritam Dey who alongside scorer/analyst Dushyant Madhukar Kumar brought you all actions of the event. We will meet soon, Bye!