PM's XI abandoned due to rain

The Prime Minister's XI match against Sri Lanka in Canberra has been abandoned due to incessant rain.The match between Brad Haddin's young squad and Mahela Jayawardene's national team was due to start at 10:00am (AEDT) on Friday at Manuka Oval, but was postponed early hoping a light drizzle would clear.ACT cricket officials kept pushing the start time further back from 11:00am to 12:00pm to finally 2:00pm before calling it quits.It was to be a key warm-up match for Sri Lanka ahead of the one-day series against Australia and India and was also the biggest day on the ACT Cricket calendar.

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