The Test between Afghanistan and New Zealand at Greater Noida was abandoned without a ball being bowled to provide the eight occasion of a test abandoned without a ball being bowled in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Team1	Team2	Ground	Start Date
1	England	Australia	Manchester	25 Aug 1890
2	England	Australia	Manchester	08 Jul 1938
3	Australia	England	Melbourne	31 Dec 1970
4	New Zealand	Pakistan	Dunedin	03 Feb 1989
5	West Indies	England	Georgetown	10 Mar 1990
6	Pakistan	Zimbabwe	Faisalabad	17 Dec 1998
7	New Zealand	India	Dunedin	18 Dec 1998
8	Afghanistan	New Zealand	Greater Noida	09 Sep 2024

The previous test match abandoned was the test between New Zeland and India at Dunedin. It is interesting to note that Javagal Srinath was a cricketer named by India in this abandoned test at Dunedin. Javagal Srinath was the match referee in the just concluded abandoned test between Afghanistan and New Zealand at Greater Noida.

Javagal Srinath became the first cricketer and match referee to appear in abandoned tests – these two tests involving New Zealand as one of the teams.