Rain ruined Australia’s preparations for their Test series against South Africa, and it looks like doing the same to the Twenty20 side’s build up to the World Cup.

Australia’s three-match T20 series against the Proteas started with an abandoned fixture in Port Elizabeth, where not a single delivery was bowled, and could finish with another washout in Centurion.

The tourists managed to squeeze in a seven-overs-a-side contest in Durban, but with most bowlers getting one over in the five-wicket victory was hardly an ideal workout.

Centurion has experienced recent flooding and the clash that is set to start at 3am AEDT on Saturday is likely to be the third in a row impacted by the weather.

The Test squad abandoned their base at Potchefstroom due to heavy showers, two days before the tour match that was slated to be held in the town, but went on to win the memorable series 2-1.

Brad Haddin says his team cared little about the rain then, and were similarly at ease about a suboptimal tune-up for the T20 tournament in Bangladesh.

“It doesn’t worry us,” Haddin said.

“We can only control what’s in front of us and that’s been a lot of puddles at the moment.

“There’s no point worrying about it. We’ve just got to get the most out of what we can and it was the same at the start of the Test series.

“You just find a solution and get on with it. If you spent the time kicking the cans and worrying about it, you miss two days of training.”

The abridged contest on Thursday morning (AEDT) at Kingsmead was the shortest T20 match Australia have ever played.

But Haddin and Brad Hodge were asked to score 15 runs off the final over – a similar pressure-cooker scenario the closers are likely to face in Bangladesh.

“There’s nothing like a match and no matter how short it is, that’s better than any net session,” Haddin said.