Australia-South Africa clash abandoned due to rain

Sadly, that's all folks. We've just had word through that this one has been abandoned. Such a shame as it had the makings of a terrific contest. So a point apiece for Australia and South Africa. Means that four of Australia's seven matches in the Champions Trophy have been no results or abandoned. Leaves them both well placed for the semis, but there's a few scenarios that could play out. All eyes will be on Lahore tomorrow for Afghanistan vs England. The loser of that game is out. Australia's last group game is then against Afghanistan on Friday with England facing South Africa in Karachi on Saturday.

Getting a feeling we may not see any cricket today, but even if we don't South Africa have a big call on the horizon when Heinrich Klaasen is fit again having sat out the Afghanistan match with an elbow injury. It's yet to be confirmed whether he's available today should a game begin. However, regardless of when he does return, there's a tough decision as to who misses out from the top order. Have your say...

Meanwhile, from the inner sanctum

One of the emerging themes for Australia is how often Josh Inglis and Alex Carey will play together, both in the ODI side and also Tests. Inglis has had a superb month, scoring his maiden Test hundred on debut in Sri Lanka and then the brilliant century against England the other day. Carey, meanwhile, is in the form of his life both behind and in front of the stumps (and while fielding!) and has been productive since returning to the one-day side against England last year while Inglis was injured.

Assuming Australia don't change too much in this short tournament, the next big call will be the WTC Final against South Africa and whether Inglis, who was picked in Sri Lanka partly for his skills against spin, can retain his place in what will be a crowded selection race.

Here's a few things to keep you busy/you may have missed:

Brydon Carse has been ruled out of the tournament, Rehan Ahmed is his replacement

Mohammad Isam writes about how New Zealand won the middle overs against Bangladesh

And Bangladesh captain Najmul Hossain Shanto has reflected on his team's early exit.

Not much to report, sadly, folks. It's dank out there. In terms of match timings etc, here's a couple of points for you

While we wait for the weather to (hopefully) clear, it gives you a chance to catch up on some fascinating chats with Dale Steyn and Shane Bond around fast bowling, and fast bowlers. Here's a selection of clips

Well, this isn't what we wanted to see. The covers are on are, the drizzle, or maybe it's mizzle, is coming down and it all looks rather bleak. The toss is officially delayed. Not sure we'll be underway anytime soon. There are 60 minutes of extra time allocated to group matches.

Here's a reminder of how things played out the last time these team's played each other - it was quite the contest. Australia's bowling attack will look very different today.