Many matches may suffer delays and cancellations due to the 'La Niña' weather trend, with no reserve day in head-to-head matches, so teams will depend on luck.
Rain has seriously threatened the World Cup, while many matches may suffer delays and setbacks due to 'Lana'. According to Express News, the 'La Niña' weather phenomenon which brought rain has gripped Australia for the third year and this year too the streak is likely to continue till the end of December, which is why it starts from Sunday. The main round of the T20 World Cup will also be seriously threatened.
Before the start of the mega event, England lost the chance to whitewash Australia due to rain in Canberra, the third match was scoreless due to the weather. Rain is already forecast in Victoria for the next few days, which will directly hurt Sri Lanka and West Indies at first, both teams unexpectedly lost their opening matches but won the second match, in the next matches. They may also face adverse weather conditions which may result in the duration of the matches being reduced or even being rained out altogether.
A severe weather warning has already been issued for the match scheduled between Pakistan and India on October 23 in Melbourne. Although the ICC has allocated reserve days for semi-finals and finals, there is no such thing for back-to-back matches, leading to delayed starts and complete washouts in the event of rain. In this case, teams may have to rely more on luck than on-field performance. The semi-final between England and India of the 2020 Women's World Cup played in Australia was rained out in which the Blue Shirts were declared eligible to play in the final due to more wins in the group stage.
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