Disappointed and frustrated after rain forced their one-off Test to be abandoned without any play, head coaches of Afghanistan and New Zealand on Friday said only inclement weather was to be blamed for the fiasco as scheduling a match during monsoon season is “always tricky”. “We were very excited to play against New Zealand and put ourselves up against the challenge of that,” Afghanistan head coach Jonathan Trott said at a joint press conference with his New Zealand counterpart Gary Stead.

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