Was the decision to end the second England vs Black Caps one-day game fair?

New Zealand needed seven runs off one over to beat England when the umpires abandoned the second one-day international.

With McCullum protesting vehemently, umpires Steve Davis and Ian Gould led the players from the field in near darkness at 7.25pm (local time) with the tourists needing seven runs off the 20th over to complete an eight-wicket victory at Edgbaston.

Was the decision to end the second England vs Black Caps one-day game fair? Here is the latest selection of Your Views:

Lady Barbie Girl (Epsom)
Saturday July 5, 2008 Anyone ending a cricket game should receive a medal for terminating this boring stuff.

Whanganui it is (Gonville)
Wednesday June 25, 2008 Paul (New South Wales)
Fair dinkum cobber, the mighty Oz has spoken, and its obvious there's still an element of national shame re-G Chappel eh.
And rightfully so, its one of the worst bad sportsmanship moments in the history of all sports.

Tangata Kehua (Levin)
Wednesday June 25, 2008 Its Cricket! Already proven to be a wimps sport. If its dark, call it off! If the weathers not the best, call it off! Let's focus on a real sport ie: Rugby - no matter what the conditions, the game is still played. Rain, hail or shine.

Yeah Yeah (Auckland Central)
Tuesday June 24, 2008 In the post match interviews, our guys said they would have taken as long as they could had the shoe been on the other foot. I suppose we need something to focus on other than our own teams spiral dive into the depths of despair. When will we ever get rid of Bracewell?

Luke Mason (Auckland Central)
Tuesday June 24, 2008 Pretty stupid question really - it was raining and there was no way to convene the game because it was too wet.

Should have they had a half hour lunch break in between innings when it was clearly likely to rain later that day, would have been a better question.

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