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Sunlight stopping play in Napier to monkey causing troubles in Pune, bizarre incidents that interrupted cricket matches

As sun stops play at Napier in the first ODI between India and New Zealand, we take a look at the most bizarre incidents that stopped play during cricket matches in the past.

'Bad civil engineering?': Twitterati dumbstruck after sun stops play at McLean Park during India vs New Zealand ODI

Rain often disrupts cricket, but in New Zealand it was the sun that forced players off the field on Wednesday during the one-day international between New Zealand and India and it left the Twitteratti dumbstruck.

India vs New Zealand: Fierce setting sun halts play at McLean Park after dinner

Sun stops play after dinner. Sounds bizarre? But this is what happened in the first India-New Zealand ODI at the McLean Park Wednesday.

India vs New Zealand: Kiwi captain Kane Williamson says team focussed on how to 'best combat' Virat Kohli

Kane Williamson said, "Virat Kohli is always a challenge to come up against and is someone who is most admired in terms of how he goes about his cricket."

India vs New Zealand: As international cricket returns to Napier, World Cup contenders begin final preparations

It only helps that both are rank contenders when World Cup gets underway on 30 May. The other common denominator between the two sides is ‘balance’, or the quest for it.

New Zealand's 2nd ODI against England in February moved out of McLean Park due to turfing repairs

New Zealand has changed the venue of its second one-day international against England in February to Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui from Napier’s McLean Park due to a delay in re-turfing the troubled venue.

World Cup: Captain Holder stars as West Indies thump UAE

Johnson Charles and Jonathan Carter scored half centuries as West Indies kept alive their hopes of securing a World Cup quarter-finals berth with a six-wicket victory over United Arab Emirates at McLean Park in Napier on Sunday.

Photos: All you need to know about every Cricket World Cup venue

Details on the 14 venues hosting matches during the Feb. 14 - March 29 cricket World Cup.