New Zealand were 51 for two, needing a further 193 runs to reach their victory target of 244, when rain stopped play at 3.40pm local time (1440GMT) in their Champions Trophy Group A match against Australia at Edgbaston on Wednesday. Kane Williamson was 18 not out and Ross Taylor unbeaten on nine. Only 15 overs had been bowled in New Zealand's innings thus far, with a minimum of 20 required to allow either side to win this match. Defending champions Australia made 243 for eight with Adam Voges top-scoring with 71 and stand-in captain George Bailey, who won the toss, 55.

Australia batsman David Warner has been dropped for the country's Champions Trophy match against New Zealand on Wednesday, Cricket Australia said, amid England complaints of an "unprovoked physical attack" on Joe Root. Cricket Australia said in an emailed statement that the player had been reported for breaching its code of conduct relating to "unbecoming behaviour". Warner "was allegedly involved in a physical altercation with an England player in the early hours of Sunday morning following the ICC Champions Trophy match between the teams in Birmingham", CA said.

Stand-in captain George Bailey insisted now was not the time for Australia "panic stations", despite their crushing opening Champions Trophy defeat by England. Australia, bidding to win a third straight Champions Trophy, will look to get their Group A campaign back on track against New Zealand -- the team they beat in the 2009 final in South Africa -- at Edgbaston on Wednesday.

James Anderson may be getting used to making history but he derived special pleasure in breaking Darren Gough's record to become England's most successful one-day bowler. The 30-year-old Lancashire pacemen, who last month became only the fourth England bowler to take 300 Test wickets, started the hosts' Champions Trophy opener against Australia at Edgbaston on Saturday tied with retired Yorkshire quick Gough on 234 one-day international (ODI) wickets. But that changed when he had Mitchell Marsh caught by Eoin Morgan at point.