Afghanistan’s third One Day International (ODI) against West Indies was washed out by rain in Saint Lucia on Wednesday, denying the visitors a possible series victory.

Associate Member Afghanistan won the opening match on Saturday by 63 runs but lost Monday’s match after West Indies hit back to take a four wicket win.

After a two-hour delay on Wednesday, Afghanistan won the toss and elected to bat but the rain returned before a single delivery could be bowled. The series was drawn 1-1.

Supersport meanwhile reported that Afghanistan captain Asghar Stanikzai said he hoped his team will get more opportunities to face top-flight cricket nations after their ODI series against the West Indies.

But Stanikzai said he believes his team, who lost a T20 series 3-0, did enough to show they deserve more regular matches against full member nations of the International Cricket Council.

"We didn't play as well as we could have but I thought we did enough to show that we deserve to play the bigger teams more often," said Stanikzai.

"This was a great experience for us and we can look forward now to what lies ahead with greater confidence."

Supersport also spoke to Rashid Khan who said: "This tour was a great experience for me coming out of the Indian Premier League and gives me great confidence moving forward with my career as part of the Afghanistan team."

"Our next challenge is against the MCC at Lord's next month and I hope we can show the benefit of this experience at that match," he said.

Meanwhile, during a pre-match interview, West Indies coach Stuart Law was frank in his assessment of his team. He said his players were actually less experienced than Afghanistan’s in ODI cricket and also admitted that West Indies were in a great struggle to climb up the rankings and gain automatic qualification for the 2019 World Cup.

According to ESPN Cricinfo the top eight sides will be locked in to play the showpiece event in England on September 30 - and with Bangladesh making the semi-final of the Champions Trophy and Pakistan going one better to secure a spot in the final - they will likely widen the gap between themselves and the No. 9 ranked West Indies.

The international teams that don't make the cut must then participate in a gruelling qualifying tournament in April 2018, when 10 contenders, including the best of the Associate nations, fight for two spots.

"But we can't be focussed on that," Law told ESPN.

"We have to be up for this contest, and then the next series against India. If we can win a couple of games, and then a couple against England, I'm sure we can climb the ladder. Whether or not we get direct entry into the World Cup, I'm not sure," he said.