Ground staff remove rain water from the pitch during the fourth day of the first Test match between Pakistan and Sri Lanka at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium in Rawalpindi on December 14, 2019. Photo: AFPRAWALPINDI: Overnight rain and poor light continued to mar Pakistan's first Test since a deadly attack in 2009, stopping the start of play on the fourth day on Saturday.Groundsmen were busy wiping water from the pitch covers before the day's scheduled start at 9:45am local time (4:45 GMT).Sri Lanka won the toss and opted to bat on the first day, but play was called off after 68.1 overs due to bad light. Only 18.2 overs were possible on day two and 5.2 on the third.Only 27 minutes of play was possible before the players walked off with umpires calling off play, after only 91 overs of play in three days.Prospects are bleak as rain is forecast on Saturday afternoon, but Sunday is expected to be clear.Sri Lanka were 282-6 in their first innings with Dhananjaya de Silva unbeaten on 87 and Dilruwan Perera not out on six.For Pakistan, 16-year-old pacer Naseem Shah (2-83) and Shaheen Shah Afridi (2-58) were the stand-out bowlers.The second Test is in Karachi from December 19.
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