A heavy rain storm just before the start of play saw parts of the outfield, the run ups and part of the square submerged in a couple of inches of standing water. A brief captains huddle abandoned the game without a ball bowled. A disappointment truth be said but conditions even after the water had drained were very soft and slippery so that was that.

Every cloud has a silver lining though and the cancellation allowed many years of experience to transfer over into watching the 2nd XI try to win their first game of the season after some disappointments so far. The encouragement they received was sufficient to get them over the line which set up the evening nicely...Hic