The wet weather forced the clash between Bangladesh and Hong Kong to be abandoned at the rain-soaked Zhejiang University of Technology Pingfeng Cricket Field.

Bangladesh have not had to play a single shot in the tournament so far but have advanced to the semi-finals courtesy of their higher seeding.

Hong Kong coach Andrew Cottam questioned why the organisers did not use the floodlights to ensure the match went ahead.

"You can’t control the rain, but it’s just a bit of an anti-climax for everything to come to an end because of the rain," said Cottam.

"The problem is there’s no reserve day or anything, because the men come in in a couple of days so everything’s scheduled really tight.

"They’ve got lights here so we were saying why can’t we come back at six ‘o’clock tonight?

"If it’s that desperate to play - which everyone is - there’s lights out there.

"Why can’t we see if we can get a night game in?"

Indonesia were also left frustrated yesterday when they were unable to play due to the rain, meaning Pakistan progressed.

There was some play today as Sri Lanka managed to do enough to see off Thailand in their last-eight meeting.

Thailand recovered from 37-6 to 78-7, with Chanida Sutthiruang digging in with 31 runs only for Sri Lanka to ease to victory, reaching their target of 79 in 15 overs.

Sri Lanka will next face Pakistan, with India due to meet Bangladesh in the other semi-final.

The rain did not stop China’s women’s team going goal crazy in their opening Group A football fixture against Mongolia.

Wang Shuang led the scoring in a 16-0 demolition with five goals, while Wang Shanshan, Yan Jinjin, Zhang Xin and Wurigumula bagged braces and Ou Yiyao, Liu Yanqiu and Yang Lina netted the others.

There was also a bumper opening victory for Japan who ran out 8-0 winners against Bangladesh in their Group D match.

Braces from Momoko Tanikawa, Remina Chiba and Kotono Sakakibara and strikes from Maya Hijikata and Yuzuko Shiokoshi saw Japan sweep side their opponents.

The Philippines, Vietnam and South Korea also scored victories, while the men’s tournament saw a 1-0 win for Hong Kong over Uzbekistan and Qatar and Palestine fought out a 0-0 draw.

Defending Asian Games champion Jun Woong-tae of South Korea was among the athletes to move through to the men’s individual modern pentathlon finals.

A third-place finish in Group A with 1,146 points was enough for Jun to seal his place in the gold-medal showdown.

Japan’s Taisu Sato won the group as the top nine athletes also advanced to the final, while China’s Chen Yan topped Group B with 1,146 points.

Over at the Fuyang Water Sports Centre, the finalists were determined in the women’s and men’s single sculls rowing disciplines.

Defending champion Zhang Liang of China topped his semi-final as he made it through to the final along with Vladislav Yakovlev of Kazakhstan and Balraj Panwar of India.

The other semi-final was won by Chiu Hin Chun of Hong Kong while Ryuta Arakawa of Japan and Amirhossein Mahmoodpour Shahrestani of Iran also advanced to the final.

Anna Prakaten, who won silver at Tokyo 2020 with the Russian Olympic Committee before switching allegiances to Uzbekistan after the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, topped the first women’s single sculls semi-final.

China’s Liu Ruiqi and Chinese Taipei’s Huang Yi Ting also sealed a top three place to move through to the final.

They will be joined by Japan’s Shiho Yonekawa, Philippines’ Joanie Delgaco and Hong Kong’s Leung Wing Wun who qualified from the other semi-final.

There was also action in volleyball, beach volleyball and sailing today while it was the opening day of table tennis competition with China’s Olympic champions all registering victory.

China’s men’s team cruised to a 3-0 victory over Saudi Arabia, with reigning Olympic champion Ma Long triumphing before Fan Zhendong also won in straight games.

Tokyo 2020 gold medallist Chen Meng was on fire as she helped China defeat Kazakhstan 3-0 in their women’s team opener.