GEORGE­TOWN, Guyana – Rain has forced the aban­don­ment of the open­ing day's play of the fifth round match of the Re­gion­al First Class Cham­pi­onship be­tween Guyana and Eng­land Li­ons here, yes­ter­day.

The per­sis­tent rain re­sult­ed in a wa­ter-logged out­field at the Na­tion­al Sta­di­um at Prov­i­dence, keep­ing play­ers and of­fi­cials in­doors.