Kandy, Feb. 17 -- Rain has sealed Australia's fate at the T20 World Cup with a washout on Tuesday between Zimbabwe and Ireland knocking Mitch Marsh's men out of the tournament.
Zimbabwe needed just one point from the game to progress to the Super Eight stage, and they gotit courtesy of a dreary Kandy day as the grey skies set in mid-morning.
The Pallekele Stadium ground staff emerged about 55 minutes after the scheduled 3pm start time, working to remove surface water from the covers for the next 90 minutes before the skies darkened and they went back on for good, with the match abandoned without a ball bowled at 5.30pm local time.
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