{"id":4452,"date":"2022-09-10T17:52:10","date_gmt":"2022-09-10T12:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=244913"},"modified":"2022-09-10T17:53:07","modified_gmt":"2022-09-10T12:23:07","slug":"eng-vs-sa-test-match-resumes-after-cancellation-of-fridays-play-due-to-queens-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/cricket\/eng-vs-sa-test-match-resumes-after-cancellation-of-fridays-play-due-to-queens-death\/","title":{"rendered":"ENG vs SA Test: Match resumes after cancellation of Friday\u2019s play due to Queen\u2019s death"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The third Test between England and South Africa, which had its first day washed out owing to rain after the toss, will resume on Saturday, September 10, after all cricket in England was suspended on Friday due to the death of Queen Elizabeth II. On Saturday in Bristol, a 20-over match between the women of England and India is also scheduled to take place.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Cricket to Resume and Pay Tribute to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UuHn6BIemT\">pic.twitter.com\/UuHn6BIemT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 England Cricket (@englandcricket) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/englandcricket\/status\/1568222325157560321?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 9, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The third and final Test will took place\u00a0on Saturday, thereby making it a three-day event. Before rain spoiled the first day of play, England had won the toss and chosen to field.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A beautiful few moments as cricket pays its respects to Her Majesty The Queen. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3QnZiFEOKq\">pic.twitter.com\/3QnZiFEOKq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 England Cricket (@englandcricket) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/englandcricket\/status\/1568543447279345664?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 10, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<section class=\"cb-nws-dtl-itms\">\n<p class=\"cb-nws-para\">\u201cWe have been in discussions with Cricket South Africa but they have to fly home on Tuesday to spend a few days at home before heading to India and Australia. Tomorrow (Saturday) is therefore confirmed as Day three of a five-day Test Match,\u201d confirmed the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB).<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The England and Wales Cricket Board is deeply saddened at the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.<\/p>\n<p>The thoughts of everyone involved in the game are with the whole Royal Family.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 England and Wales Cricket Board (@ECB_cricket) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ECB_cricket\/status\/1567937132760637450?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 8, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"cb-nws-dtl-itms\">\u201cCSA is in full support of the ECB\u2019s decision to go ahead with the third Test match between England and South Africa following the UK\u2019s day of mourning. After consultation with the Proteas\u2019 team management and given the schedule ahead, it was clear that it would not be in the players\u2019 interests to extend the Test and reduce the few days the players have with their families before another long tour,\u201d said Pholetsi Moseki, CSA\u2019s CEO.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cThere\u2019s no formal obligation for organisations or national governing bodies (NGBs) to postpone or cancel sporting fixtures or events, at either elite or grassroots level, between now and the State Funeral. Instead, it\u2019s up to the discretion of individual organisations and sports to consider how they should proceed during the mourning period,\u201d said the advisory.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The third Test between England and South Africa, which had its first day washed out owing to rain after the\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":250,"featured_media":27466,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3389,254,216],"class_list":["post-4452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cricket","tag-queen-elizabeth-ii","tag-south-africa","tag-test"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4452","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/250"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4452"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4452\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}