Organizers have had to deal with late snows before, but this is only the fifth time in half a century that they have had to cancel an event.

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Marsh was also dropped just after reaching his fifth half century in 10 matches, with stand-in skipper Johan Botha the culprit, but he and Ponting eventually fell in quick succession.

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