But within seconds of the infield being covered, the rain stopped and the game was re-started just 13 minutes later.
When the rain stopped, I followed Sofiah as she walked to school.
Though the rain stopped and the grounds crew had been working on the field, Rangers officials announced the postponement just about an hour after the scheduled start.
Yet by dawn the rain had stopped, the air was warm and so I started early.
Following Benkenstein's dismissal, Ian Blackwell and Di Venuto steered Durham to their first bonus point of the match before rain stopped play with 51 overs of the day remaining.
In reply, St Georges reached 116-4, Chris Miller (46) holding the innings together before rain stopped play and the game was abandoned.
Nadal complained to the umpire about the falling rain and eventually the match was stopped, with Djokovic leading 2-1 having broken his opponent's serve in that fourth set.
The race took seven hours to complete after rain stopped it for 3 hours, 36 minutes midway through the event.
Kluber gave up a walk and got Desmond Jennings to line out for the last out in the second when the rain resumed after three minutes of play and the game was stopped again at 9:34 p.m.
At one point the sound and the volume of the rain was so intense that everyone stopped their conversations and stared at pools of water that were rapidly building up near the edges.
The second Superbike race was stopped after three laps because of heavy rain - Martin was leading at the time and was awarded the win.
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But he also received perhaps the biggest break of the tournament when his shot into the par-5 13th spun back off the green and was headed down the slope into the tributary of Rae's Creek when it suddenly stopped, a blessing from a day spent in the rain.
Flintoff bowled 14 overs and took 1-29 as the home team struggled before bad light and rain stopped play.
The men's final at the Wimbledon tennis tournament Sunday was stopped briefly for rain.
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During the 2002 U.S. Open at Bethpage Black, which Woods won wire-to-wire, Garcia complained that play should have been stopped in the second round because of the rain.
The contest was stopped mid-match Sunday because of rain.
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The rain didn't help our style of play and when it started to come down the game should have been stopped and the wicket protected.
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