India, Feb. 17 -- India and Sri Lanka contested the finals of the third edition of the Champions Trophy for a combined 110.2 overs spread over two days, and yet, there was no outright winner of the tournament in 2002, thanks to a strange playing condition that necessitated a fresh start on the reserve day.

The International Cricket Council seemed to have disregarded the success of resuming play on the reserve day from the position where it had been halted on the regulation match day, a rule that was in effect during the 1999 World Cup in England. Like England, Sri Lanka is notorious for weather interruptions at any stage of the year and commonsense dictated that the reserve day be used to decide an outright winner. But for reasons best k...