Bizarre moment as ground-staff member washes hands near pitch while wet outfield delays start of USA vs Ireland game

The beginning of the sport between USA and Eire within the ongoing ICC T20 World Cup 2024 has been delayed as a result of a moist outfield on the Central Broward Regional Park Stadium Turf Floor, Lauderhill, Florida.

The area acquired heavy rainfall this week and a number of other areas have been flooded as effectively. Thankfully, the rain gods confirmed mercy on Friday (June 14) however the moist outfield has stored any motion at bay. The sport between the USA and Eire was scheduled to start at 08:00 PM (IST) however couldn’t begin even by 10:00 PM as a result of moist outfield.

The groundstaff members have been working exhausting to make the surfaces match for the sport however issues usually are not trying very promising thus far. Amidst all these, a photograph of a ground-staff member washing his arms simply close to the pitch has gone viral on social media. The incident came about when each the umpires have been on the sector though the ground-staff member was standing behind them.

The five-over sport can begin at 2:19 pm native time.#USAvsIRE #T20WorldCup #USAvIRE pic.twitter.com/jUkdMULjsf

— Shobhit kumar (@Shobhit110198) June 14, 2024

USA on the verge of qualifying for Tremendous 8s:

If the sport between the USA and Eire is washed out, the previous will be a part of Crew India within the Tremendous 8s from Group A. It’s going to additionally carry an finish to Pakistan’s marketing campaign within the T20 World Cup thus far. 

India have already booked their place within the Tremendous 8s by profitable their first three video games towards Eire, Pakistan, and USA. Then again, the USA are within the second spot with two wins from three video games. They defeated Canada and Pakistan earlier than shedding to India.

Pakistan and Canada have one win every from three video games whereas Eire are but to open their account. A washed-out sport will imply the USA will attain 5 factors and can advance to the subsequent spherical. Pakistan can end with a most of 4 factors even when they win their group sport.

The opposite groups to ebook their place within the Tremendous 8s are Australia, Afghanistan, West Indies and South Africa.