The St Georges Park pitch is covered as rain continues to fall. Picture: Michael Sheehan. Source: Michael Sheehan / AFP
AUSTRALIA'S Twenty20 clash with South Africa in Port Elizabeth has been washed out without a single ball being bowled.
The three-match T20 series was set to start at 2.30pm on Sunday (11.30pm AEDT).
Heavy rain soaked St George's Park overnight, but it eased for around half an hour and umpires made an optimistic pitch inspection at 3pm (midnight AEDT).
Within minutes of the centre-wicket covers coming off, showers returned and the game was finally abandoned at 3.45pm.
Both sides had hoped to use the match as an ideal tune-up for the upcoming T20 World Cup in Bangladesh.
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"As competitive as these three games will be, I know both teams will have one eye on Bangladesh and starting to get some things nutted out for that tournament,'' Australia T20 captain George Bailey told AAP.
"They'll be hard fought games of cricket, but the results won't be as vital.''
The side's quest to win the only major piece of cricket silverware to elude Australia begins on March 23 against Pakistan in Dhaka.
The Proteas and Australia travel to Durban on Monday, with the next clash of the T20 series to be held at Kingsmead on Wednesday.
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