He might have declared a touch earlier when play was halted temporarily after half past five.

Before the cull, which was halted temporarily earlier this month because of high temperatures, the park had about 20,000 elephants, 47,000 buffaloes and 7,500 hippos.

Driving rain and wind caused play to be halted temporarily because the greens were flooded.

At one stage in the match, the hugely partisan crowd spilled onto the pitch, with the match having to be halted temporarily.

Rail traffic was also halted temporarily.