So that's all for today. Afghanistan willl be hoping against hope for a miracle tomorrow to still qualify for the semis. Rain, South Africa and ICC Tournaments have been a cruel combination in the past, after all! Let's see what tomorrow has in store, bye for now...

H Shahidi: Unfortunate that the game went without a result. Was a good game. I think we should have scored 300+ but they bowled well in the middle overs. 270 was a good score but we didn't start well with the ball. Gave them too much width and gave them many hitting options. We'll learn from this. (On Atal) He played really well today, first two games he didn't play the way we expect but his comeback was good. First ICC event for him, he played well under pressure. Omarzai is top class, that's why he got ODI Player of the year, he always performs for us. He plays a good role, he took a fifer against England and today also he played with a positive intent under pressure. I think today was a bad day for me as a batter. I will speak with the coach later on where I went wrong, it was a slow innings strike rate wise. Will learn from this. About the tournament, you never know. We still have hopes, hopefully England win big.

Steve Smith: That's what we were after in the start, to finish in the top two and qualify for the semis. I thought the guys did a good job, made good changes and took wickets in the middle. Did well to restrict them to 270 and we were in a good position. (On the extras) There were a few today, and Spencer was getting it to swing too much. Josh Inglis was happy when that spell ended. The guys though did a good job, beat the bat on a few occasions. It was a good performance, shame the game was washed out. (On Matt Short) He was struggling a bit and a few days might be too short to recover. (On Travis Head) He batted nicely, got lucky and then middled them well. Hope he can do it again in the semi-final. Guys have done a good job, they are excited so hope we can keep going in this tournament.

There have now been eight no-result/abandoned matches in the Champions Trophy history, six involving Australia.

For Afghanistan to qualify:
-- England will have to beat South Africa by at least 207 runs if they bat first. If they bat second, they will have to chase down the target within 11.1 overs (assuming a first innings total of 300 in both cases).

20:50 Local Time, 15:50 GMT, 21:20 IST: Well, well, well..

20:45 local, 15:45 GMT, 21:15 IST: The umpires mosey out to the middle. Can see groundstaff working really hard to try and get the ground game-ready

20:12 local, 15:12 GMT, 20:42 IST: The mop sticks are out as the groundstaff try their hardest to remove water off the surface. The umpires have scheduled an inspection at 20:30 local which is just 18 minutes from now.

20:00 local, 15:00 GMT, 20:30 IST: The umpires get together to inspect the conditions. Plenty of watter puddles seem to the topic of conversation at the moment.

19:50 local, 14:50 GMT, 20:20 IST: Finally, there is some movement

19:36 local, 14:36 GMT, 20:06 IST: So heavy was the initial burst of rain that there's plenty of mop-up job to be done

19:02 Local Time, 14:02 GMT, 19:32 IST: Well, the rain has arrived! The groundsmen rush in with the covers.

Noor Ahmad to Head, FOUR, to deep backward point

Oh, ho! The groundsmen rush in towards the covers. They are into their position, ready to take cover.

Noor Ahmad to Smith, 1 run, to backward square leg

Noor Ahmad to Smith, 2 runs, on the shorter side outside off, turning in, Smith rocks back and places the cut to the left of deep backward point for a brace