Hangzhou, September 22 (Photo by Zhongqing Daily reporter Yang Jiwen and Zhao Di) The members of the Hong Kong women's cricket team walked around the oval-shaped cricket pitch, putting their shoulders on each other and trying to keep smiling.
On September 22, the cricket match at the Hangzhou Asian Games was affected by rain and stopped. "The morning game actually suffered many pauses," said a volunteer from Zhejiang University of Technology Pingfeng Campus: "The cricket game has very high requirements for the field, especially the pitching area in the middle, and there can be no water." ”
But compared to the match between Sri Lanka and Thailand, the match between Hong Kong and Bangladesh is not so lucky. The race, which was scheduled to start at 2 p.m., has been delayed due to rain.
Unlike the Bangladesh team, the Hong Kong team came to the venue when the rain eased a little. At first, it was just a run, but then a small football was found and everyone played together, and on the cricket field, there was a happy laughter from the players from time to time.
"Everyone is still looking forward to the tournament," said Chan Jiaying, captain of the Hong Kong women's cricket team, "so try to keep yourself in a good shape, but when we learned that the match was canceled, there was still a big gap between everyone, so we used that way afterwards, everyone walked around the field together." ”
According to the rules of the cricket competition at the Hangzhou Asian Games, if the match is cancelled due to weather conditions, the Asian cricket ranking will determine the team that qualifies. Bangladesh has a higher Asian ranking than Hong Kong.
In this way, Chen Jiaying and her teammates ended the journey of this Asian Games. "In fact, this is a very good opportunity to test the level of our team in international competitions," Chen Jiaying told reporters, adding that she and her teammates have been preparing for the Asian Games for more than a month.
"It was a really good experience, we went on the pitch together to increase our rapport and after training we lived together and got to know each other. The Asian Games are once every four years, and it is the home stadium, and we wanted to play at our best level, like today's match against Bangladesh, we expected to play five rounds before the game to see how good we are, so it's really a pity to end the Asian Games in this way. Chen Jiaying said.
Source: China Youth Daily client