Cidermen have to settle for a draw as rain dominates the day

The weather caused more disappointment and frustration for Somerset at the County Ground today as their championship match against Leicestershire was abandoned as a draw without another ball being bowled.

Heavy overnight rain prevented any play this morning but after an inspection play was due to commence at 2.30 pm. Just a few minutes before the start time rain started to fall and the players took an early tea.

After a further inspection at 4pm the captains and umpires agreed to a 4.15pm start and the covers were rolled off. However within minutes of their decision it had started to rain again heavily the match had been abandoned.

When I spoke to Somerset coach Kevin Shine there was no hiding his feelings. He told me: " After the way that we started on the first two days we felt confident of winning this match, but now we have had to settle for a draw. Yes of course we are disappointed but you can't beat the weather."

Looking ahead to the NUL game he told me confidently: " We are going up to Worcester tomorrow to win our first one day game of the season."