Play limited on day two of Kent game
Mon 25 Apr 2016
Leicestershire versus Kent, Specsavers County Championship, Day 2:
SCORECARD | Available through ESPN Cricinfo HERE
INTERVIEW | Elite Performance Director Andrew McDonald spoke to BBC Radio Leicester's Richard Rae at the end of the day - you can listen to the interview HERE
HIGHLIGHTS | The highlights of the second day’s play are available HERE
LIVE | Ball-by-ball commentary available through the BBC HERE
REPORT | Poor weather meant that there was barely any play on the second day of the Specsavers County Championship fixture between Leicestershire and Kent.
Only 6.3 overs were possible at the Fischer County Ground and Kent progressed to 233-8 in their first innings.
There was a perfect start for Leicestershire as the dangerous Matt Coles (1) fell without addition to the overnight score, edging Clint McKay (19-4-61-3) through to Niall O’Brien.
Kent still hadn’t posted another run from 15 deliveries when the players first came off for rain and a frustrating period followed.
Inspections were planned and conducted by umpires Steve Gale and Russell Evans but a series of heavy downpours arrived.
An early lunch was taken at 12.30pm and although there were spells of bright sunshine, a shower was always just around the corner.
Play was eventually able to resume at 3pm after a mopping up operation by the groundstaff but again only a brief passage was possible before the players left the field again, this time because of deteriorating light.
The umpires kept checking their light meters but conditions worsened further with another spell of heavy rain, so play was abandoned for the day at 5pm.
* Thanks to Ed Melia for the photo of Clint McKay.
