Leeds (England), Sep 20 (AP) The first match of the one-day international series between England and Ireland at Headingley was abandoned without a ball being bowled Wednesday because of wet weather.

Soggy conditions meant the teams never got on the field and the captains shook hands at 4.50 p.m. local time (1550 GMT).

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England was planning to use the game to give Joe Root more time in the middle ahead of the Cricket World Cup after a poor run of scores for the batter in the recent series against New Zealand.

The second game of the series is at Trent Bridge on Saturday. (AP)

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