TORONTO, July 5: The second One-day International between Canada and Netherlands at the Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club was abandoned without a ball being bowled on Wednesday.

Rain in the early morning left the ground wet, and although the mopping up operation went well, no sooner had it finished that the rain returned.

At 1.10pm the rain again relented and the two captains headed out to the middle to toss, but before they got out there a light drizzle started falling and the two of them returned to the pavilion.

An hour later the decision was taken to abandon the game. Even though it had again stopped raining, the umpires decided that the outfield was too wet and would take too long to clear up.

Netherlands take the two-match series by virtue of their 117-run victory in Tuesday’s opening encounter.

—Agencies