Cancellation of or delay to proceedings of a sport match due to rain or the forecast for rain.
1 It was the first time in the tournament's history that rain stopped play .
2 Talk about rain stopped play : rain stopped play by melting ball (and players).
3 But then rain stopped play after just two games at a drizzly and gloomy Wimbledon.
4 In the following over, delivered by Oshane Thomas, rain stopped play and the covers came on.
5 Everyone stopped talking while the radio told them that England were 112 for eight when rain stopped play .
6 The dome with its massive sliding roof will mean that " rain stopped play " can become a thing of the past.
7 South Africa, 1-0 down in the series, took a 28-run lead before rain stopped play an hour before tea.
8 But England, set a huge target of 455 for victory, were 44 without loss when gentle but persistent rain stopped play .
9 Federer was 2-0 up in the third set on Wednesday when rain stopped play and on resumption swiftly finished the job.
10 The pair had put on 109, taking Hong Kong to 170 for 3 when rain stopped play in the 33rd over.
11 England firmly in control Pakistan were now 30-4, but almost as soon as Shafiq been dismissed rain stopped play for 25 minutes.
12 South Africa, who won the toss and chose to bat, were 114 without loss when rain stopped play 15 minutes before the scheduled lunch interval.
13 New Zealand had reached 211 for 5 after 46.1 overs at the Old Trafford ground in Manchester when rain stopped play at 1am (NZ time).
14 Rain stopped play at Carlow on Saturday, forcing the postponement of the second leg of the FBD Barton Cup between Dundalk and Carlow.
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