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Weather does not care about momentum. A side that was cruising walked off for forty minutes and came back needing a completely different innings.
How the target moved
The revised target arrived with the overs cut and the resources recalculated. Batters who had been building an innings suddenly had to score at nearly nine an over, with the same number of wickets and far less time.
Preparing for the restart
The best teams treat a rain break as a second team talk. Field settings get redrawn, bowlers get reassigned, and someone works out exactly what the new equation looks like over after over.
You are not chasing a score after a break. You are chasing a rate, and the two are very different problems.
Coaching staff, at the post-match briefing
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Good breakdown. The point about the middle overs is the one nobody makes on television.
Thanks for reading. We are planning a longer piece on exactly that.