Rain prevents a single ball from being bowled on day three of the final Test between Australia and South Africa at the SCG Test.
Jane McGrath Day events and ceremonies have been pushed back to be held on day four.
Look back at the rainy day in our live blog, featuring some lovely photos of pretty cricket grounds but unfortunately not much else, check out the live scorecard or listen to live ball-by-ball coverage on ABC Radio.
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A mighty effort by Smale
By Jon Healy
I for one would like to thank my colleague in league for playing the role of swashbuckling Ben Stokes to my Jack Leach (i.e. a specky balding chap who just kind of hangs around).
He really kept the post rate ticking along at a remarkable clip despite insurmountable odds.
One of the all-time great blogging digs today. He'll be putting the fingers into an ice bath this evening.
Play abandoned
By Simon Smale
Not the news we wanted to hear but the news we have been expecting all day.
There will be no play possible today due to the weather.
Chalk that up as another day lost to rain for Sydney - a 26th by my reckoning.
Surely that puts paid to any thoughts that Usman Khawaja had of making a maiden double century at Test level? Or does it?
South Africa are more than capable of being bowled out twice in six sessions, so what harm will it do to disrupt the process, even if it is just for a few minutes in the morning?
Time will tell as to whether that will happen or not, but until then, scroll back down through some of the epic cricket grounds we've visited on our impromptu world tour.
I can't say I didn't enjoy it and looking at all of your suggestions for the best grounds in the country.
However, I do hope we get some play tomorrow.
Speaking of makeshift cricket grounds...
By Jon Healy
If we’re talking makeshift grounds how about Chang Mai back in the day for the Chang Mai 6s? From memory the 17th and 18th holes were converted at the golf club and ringed by thatched roof pavilions.
- Rooster
Another game has emerged in the disabled seating at the SCG.
With all these punters playing on wet, slippery concrete, I can only assume a public liability officer is tied up and gagged in a back room somewhere in the depths of the SCG.
The Grange, Scotland
By Simon Smale
Scotland is hardly a home of world cricket, but the Grange Cricket Club in Edinburgh is a beauty, and the Carlton Cricket Club is a hidden treasure.
- JB
The pavilion/clubhouse has to be one of the grandest going.
The view from the top aint bad either.
Australia played Scotland in a tour match in 2013.
Ussie Khawaja was scoring runs even then...
We have movement out in the middle
By Jon Healy
Umpires are chatting to ground staff, but the mood isn't bright and the rain is still coming down.
The covers aren't moving an inch, other than the ripples caused by strong winds that are also flipping umbrellas inside out.
Northern winter cricket
By Simon Smale
Thanks for all the images of cricket grounds around the world. So many wonderful places. Why not a ‘winter series’ played in Northern Australia? Imagine a test in Cairns with the rainforest or Darwin with the potential for massive storms building over the outback?
- Andrew
I definitely would not object to that, and the matches in Cairns and Darwin in 2003 and 2004 did both take place in July.
So it's not unheard of.
International cricket in Newcastle, update
By Simon Smale
Hi Simon, there have definitely been international teams play at the Number 1 in Newcastle, tour games and alike but not sure about an actual Aus Vs another country game though.
- HW
Thanks, HW.
The Goldfield Ashes at Charters Towers
By Simon Smale
Might not be the most picturesque cricket ovals, but the site of cricket being played on 50+ makeshift pitches at the Charters Towers Gold Field Ashes every year is certainly picturesque
- Doug Scott
I'd not heard of this, but seems like a great event at Charters Towers in outback north Queensland.
Six teams played the first Gold Field Ashes in 1947, but as of 2012, 200 teams took part.
Games are played on 58 different playing fields, including some which are privately owned.
Ability is not a factor in whether teams can take part.
Forresty Oval, Yarralumla
By Simon Smale
Yarralumba is in the ACT, situated along the south-west bank of Lake Burley Griffin.
And is has a beautiful cricket ground.
Matt Renshaw's odd Test continues
By Simon Smale
Poor Matty Renshaw.
He's all on his own during this interminable rain delay, so he's popped out the broom cupboard he's been kept in to see what's going on.
And now he's wondering around outside on his own, under an umbrella.
He can't even chat to people in the crowd.
What a Test.
When will they call the day off?
By Simon Smale
When are they likely to abandon play
- Geoff
Honestly, I have no idea.
Tea would have been taken in about 15 minutes time originally.
Perhaps they'll make a decision then...
There are, incredibly, people still in the grandstand, ponchoed up and remaining optimistic that the clouds will clear.
Northern Ireland's finest
By Simon Smale
As far as picturesque cricket grounds go, Bready Cricket Club in Northern Ireland is a ripper. A postage-stamp ground on a hill on the cusp of three counties, it’s a lovely spot to watch a game!!
- Andrew
Australia's women played Ireland there in July last year.
Beautiful.
Hogwarts? I think they something different there...
By Simon Smale
How about Hogwarts? That'd be an interesting place to play cricket.
- A. Weasley
Walhalla Cricket Club definitely gets a mention
By Simon Smale
Walhalla cricket ground gets a gig surely?
- Ben
About 180 kilometres from Melbourne in the Great Dividing Range, is a former gold mining town that now has a population of 20. And a magnificent cricket ground.
Windsor Park, Dominica
By Simon Smale
Windsor Park in Roseau, Dominica provides for a nice setting to drink iced beverages while taking in some red ball genius.
- Steve
There looks like there's more character in one of those old bucket seats than in most soul-less new builds.
Drummoyne Oval pics, coming up
By Simon Smale
Drummoyne Oval is definitely a nice place to watch cricket.
- David
To be fair, anywhere these three chancers wanted to play, I'd go and watch.
