Play scheduled to resume in rain-affected matchDay two: sides frustrated by rain againEmail Tanya, tweet or comment below the line 10.53am BST
Play at Lord’s will start at 11.15 am if there is no further rain.
We’re down to three plastic rain sheets and the wheel-on covers now at Taunton, I’m sniffing a noon start in the breeze. The drainage lines that are so prominent when you watch on the television are just as prominent on the ground, criss-crossing the grass like archaeological remains suddenly visible after a dry summer. I was talking to a journalist who has covered Somerset for many years and he was saying how much more interesting the cricket was here now than when teams scored 400 then 600 and everything was drawn. So in the good-natured end-of-season spirit of CCLive!, can anyone else come up with things that have got better in the last 15 years? Email me, go on. 10.39am BST
Oh BP, I wish I’d seen your post BTL. No sign of Brian but I will go and search I promise. The stands are slowly filling up here, and I’m tempted to return to the ice-cream stand where they sell chocolate chuckle, honeycomb and vegan chocolate cones.