Loughborough – match abandoned

Once again, Canterbury was affected by steady rain during the morning and the decision was made at lunchtime to abandon the match.

Prospects of play for Thursday: It rained steadily from 9:00am to 2:00pm and as a consequence the outfield got a soaking. There is also a fair amount of water lying on top of the covers which needs to be removed before the covers can be taken off.

Following a 2:30pm inspection, the umpires have decided to re-inspect at 3:30pm.

After the 3:30pm inspection, the umpires have decided that no play would be possible today.

KENTvs Loughborough UCCE

The St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury. 15-17 April 2009.

Loughborough won the toss and put Kent into bat.

Kent 1st innings: 499-5 off 114 overs.

Denly b Groves 36

Key c Murphy b Groves 26

Jones lbw b Evans 54

van Jaarsveld c Murphy b Evans 34

Northeast b Malan 64

Stevens 193*, Hockley 55*

Kent:Key, Denly, Jones, van Jaarsveld, Stevens (pictured), Northeast, Hockley, Tredwell, Ferley, Coles, Edwards. 12th man Billings.

Loughborough UCCE: Borrington, Hayes, Lynch, Harinath, Malan, Murphy, Evans, Groves, Jones, Baer, Evans. 12th man Ord.

5:45pm.

Picture courtesy of Anthony Roberts of ARPICS