Rain delays start of India-Australia World Cup semifinals

DERBY: Rain delayed the start of the semifinal clash between India and defending champion Australia in the

ICC

Women's World Cup at

County Ground

, here on Thursday.

It will take two hours to prepare the ground after rain stops and the cut-off time for a rain-truncated 20-20 match is 4.38pm. In case the match is washed out, there is a reserve day tomorrow.

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"Days like these are uncontrollable. You've got to accept it and carry on. If it stops raining we can make decisions," said umpire Shaun George.

"There were quite a lot of puddles and surface water on the outfield," he added.