The opening day of Yorkshire’s two-day friendly against Durham at Emerald Headingley was abandoned without a ball bowled.
Overnight and morning rain meant no play was possible, and a decision was made shortly after the scheduled start time of 11am.
Both sides will try again tomorrow, when it is likely they will each bat and bowl for half a day apiece.
This is Yorkshire’s second two-day friendly but Durham’s first as the pair build up to Saturday’s Bob Willis Trophy opener at Emirates Riverside.
George Hill and Dom Bess batted nicely for consolatory scores of 52 and 49 but were unable to prevent Yorkshire from slipping to a fourth-afternoon defeat against Hampshire in the Rothesay County Championship at Headingley.
We have reached day four of the Rothesay County Championship clash between Yorkshire and Hampshire at Headingley. Yorkshire have significant work to do to get out with a draw.
Yorkshire have their backs to the wall chasing 426 to win against Hampshire at Headingley, with centurion Ben Brown, Jake Lehmann and later Kyle Abbott all pressing the visitors’ case for a Rothesay County Championship victory.
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