Irritating day at Canterbury ends with Hampshire in lead
Hampshire 103 for 0 (Weatherley 47*, Middleton 43*) lead Kent 95 (Muyeye 28, Fuller 5-21, Abbott 3-23) by eight runs
There was frustration for followers and gamers alike at Canterbury as a mere 6.1 overs have been attainable on day two of the LV= Insurance County Championship match between Kent and Hampshire.
During a drastically truncated night session, Hampshire moved to 103 with out loss, a lead of eight. Joe Weatherley was unbeaten on 47 and Fletcha Middleton 43 not out, however a mix of rain and excessive winds worn out the primary two classes and a lot of the third.
Hampshire had ended day one on 89 with out loss in reply to Kent’s 95 all out, however they have been unable to press house their benefit because the heavens opened an hour earlier than play was attributable to begin. Even when the rain relented the skies remained ashen and excessive winds meant the hosts have been unable to place up their floodlights.
Tea was taken at 3.30pm, by which period the group consisted of three males within the Underwood-Knott Stand carrying banana costumes to rejoice a fortieth birthday.
Play lastly started, after a number of inspections, at 5.12pm, however the one significant likelihood got here when Weatherley edged Michael Hogan to second slip and Zak Crawley could not dangle on to an ankle-high catch.
Middleton produced a sublime reduce off Wes Agar for 4, to steer Hampshire previous three figures, however after simply 27 minutes the sunshine deteriorated once more and though the umpires confirmed nice optimism by lingering within the center within the hope issues may enhance, play was lastly deserted for the day at 6.01pm.