5.51pm The game has been called off. It will be a no result. Pakistan are saved by the rain. Aaron Finch will be frustrated. He did everything he could to try and get the win but a bizarre 20 minute innings break and consistent showers have ended this match prematurely.

Aaron Finch: "It's frustrating. The 20 minute break in between innings was an interesting one. When you lose a few overs and then you still have a 20 minute break I thought that was really interesting. It probably played out of our hands at that moment. But you can't do too much about the weather. If you're cutting overs off the game and you still have a 20 minute break it doesn't make much sense to me. But it's part of the rules and you can't do much about it. But we played really well. To restrict them to 107 off 15 overs was a great effort and then to be on track to get them was nice. When you're old and fat you get a bit of luck sometimes. It was nice to get a few out of the middle. Like I said, a bit unfortunate the rain played such a part."

Frustration all around. The series will move to Canberra for game two at Manuka Oval on Tuesday night. Hopefully we have better weather there. Until then, on behalf of the team, it's bye for now.

5.47pm It's still raining. Hard to see how the game can get back on prior to 6pm. We still haven't got official word on the cut off time but we think that it is 5.58pm.

Salman saleem: "I just left the ground. Rain is heavy not gonna stop early. "

Ryan: "I believe this is Aaron Finch's 28th match as Aus t20 captain - equaling George Bailey as the most time captained Australia in t20s. So that's something for a rainy day." Great effort. He might already have the record if he wasn't replaced prior to the 2016 T20 World Cup.

5.38pm Gnasher: An umpire is coming out - fourth official, I think. Proper rain is back...said official does a quick u-turn.

Tushar J: "If Aus have already scored the runs they need to in 5 overs, why the game will be called off?" Getting a few questions like this from Tushar. There must be a minimum of five overs bowled because the DLS score changes depending on how many wickets fall. If Australia lost a heap of wickets, the par score would be higher than what they currently have. So we need a minimum of five overs bowled to constitute a game.

The attendance is 19,176. They're all hiding under cover at the moment.

5.33pm The rain is lighter but it is still falling. The covers remain on and there is no movement from the ground staff and the umpires are staying inside.

Allie: "Did they need to take a 20 mins innings break (test cricket only has 10mins) we would've had our 5 overs minimum " You make an excellent point Allie.

safdar akbar: "sitting in my office praying for rain and counting remaining minutes "

5.27pm Andrew McGlashan: Meanwhile, there is also a power outage in parts of the ground. What a great day.

5.23pm The rain is too heavy and the players are heading off. The covers are coming on. The big square covers are coming on now. We do need five overs to constitute a match. This shower will only be a short one according to the radar. But it's just a question of what comes behind it. The broadcasters, Fox Sports, are suggesting unofficially that play would need to resume by 5.58pm otherwise the game would be a no result.

Australia only needed 33 without loss in the powerplay to pass the par score. They've got that already. Now it's wickets in hand

Free hit coming