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New Zealand-Windies ODI rained off
Play in the final league match of the NatWest Series on Thursday was abandoned due to poor weather.
Play in the rain-delayed one-day triangular series match between New Zealand and West Indies at Southampton on Thursday was abandoned due to poor weather.
It is the third match of the series to be declared a no result after rain completely washed out the first match between England and New Zealand in Manchester on June 24 and severely affected the second between New Zealand and West Indies in Birmingham two days later.
New Zealand and West Indies had already qualified for Saturday's final at Lord's in London before Thursday's match at Hampshire's Rose Bowl ground was abandoned.
Play had been delayed from the scheduled 1045 (0945 GMT) start by the freak weather that lashed much of the southern part of Britain.
Umpires Daryl Harper and David Shepherd inspected the pitch at 1130 local time and then abandoned a 1230 inspection after heavy rain again fell on Hampshire's Rose Bowl ground.
The pair inspected the pitch again at 1500 and decided a 20-overs a side game would begin at 1632, the latest possible time a game could start.
The weather cleared enough for West Indies captain Brian Lara to win the toss and decide to bowl, though just as play was due to begin a downpour forced the groundstaff to rush back on to the field to cover the pitch.
The umpires then abandoned the game.
Stormy weather on Wednesday, described by forecasters as "a July shocker", brought down trees and power lines, cutting power to more than 100,000 homes and disrupted public transport.
