Rain to play big role in WC semi-final line-up: Finch

England TAUNTON: Australian team captain Aaron Finch believes that the current wet weather in the best areas of England may have a major impact on the World Cup semi-final lineup.

Finch's Australian team will face the Pakistan team at the World Cup in the county on Wednesday. It has been raining here in recent days, and the weather forecast is not good on the competition day.

Pakistan came to Taunton from Bristol, where their match with Sri Lanka was broken by a ball. The Australian won two victories in three games and was not affected by the rain, but Finch was fully aware that he could not keep his team's fate in the hands of the weather.

"...the weather, I think it may play an important role in the next few days. It will start to be refined next week, and the rest of the game looks good.

"But it's important that you get an early victory on the board, because if they do participate in the game, then you don't want to end up with some errors that might put you in the top four."

The Bristol match between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh was also abandoned on Tuesday, which means that the three World Cup matches have been eliminated so far.

Pakistani captain Sarfraz Ahmed is more philosophical when he emphasizes that the weather is beyond anyone's control.

"You know, you can't control the weather. No matter what happens, it's for the two teams," he said.

But Safraz quickly added that his team will prepare a strategy just in case it is forced to play a rain game on Wednesday.

“Of course, if the game is short, the plan will change,” he said.

Safraz agreed that the toss on Wednesday is crucial. "The team wants to win the toss. If we win the toss, we will definitely try it first."