9:17pm That is that, the game has officially been called off. A frustrating finish in the end. Sri Lanka will take heart from the fact that their vice captain made an excellent century and that their new-ball bowling was on point. Zimbabwe had their moments but couldn't build on promising positions. They will have a chance to make amends in a couple of days. See you then. Check out Sreshth's match report which should be updated soon. Ranjith P and Sudeep Poojari have been our scorers. Thanks for joining. Goodnight from all of us.

8:40pm News coming in is that it's still raining at R. Premadasa Stadium. The cut-off time will be 10:10pm.

Kishkindha: "What's the minimum number of overs required to be bowled at this stage to constitute a game?" 20

Rachit-77 : "Think Zimbabwe would be very happy side due to this rain stoppage.." Potentially. They might even be benefited by a shortened game given there was a good chance they'd get blown away by the new ball.

8pm No official updates yet, so we await.

Prabath Perera: "if any desert at the world needs the rain , you can simply send an invite to Sri Lankan cricket team to play a match. you will get the rain!!!"

rachit-77 : "Any news about the cut-off time...???" Nope, but it's been close to an hour since the interruption. Generally, that's when overs start getting reduced, 4.2 minutes for each over.

Sanjeewa: "Rain stopped in Kandana but still lightning. Hope the rain will get cleared soon in Colombo as well"

7:09pm The stumps are being pulled out, we have a rain interruption. Roshan Abeysinghe says the umps might be worried by the lightning as well. The groundsman are covering the ground quickly. It's a steady drizzle for now. The BBC forecast has the chances of rain in the 30-to-50-percent range rain for the next couple of hours. Let's hope it isn't as bad and that the weather clears up and we get a full game.

Shamlan Malik : " I am at the stadium and it's raining heavily with lightning. I don't foresee any play for at least the next hour. "

Thilini comments a couple minutes later that "The rain seems to be slowing down slightly about 10km away from the stadium. "

Hasith: "Just 2.5 Km away from the ground still just a drizzle" This is the closest there is to an update at 7:28pm

Kevin: "On top of Arachige's offspins, both Liyanage and Asalanka have been accumulating a heavy bowling workload in domestic tournaments over the past few weeks, so technically 5 spin options for KM to choose from" They have Indeed bowled quite a bit. A reduced game might make it easier, as will the two early wickets.

Sanjeewa: "It's pouring in Kandana 15 KM away from Colombo. So this can be be the last over of the match"