Birmingham Mail

Lunch to be taken at 1pm, the umpires to inspect thereafter.

It's stopped raining and a mop-up operation is underway but the grass got a lot wetter than it should have done.

If you ever saw Laurel and Hardy attempting to shift that piano up a flight of stairs, then you will have an idea of how efficient and successful Hampshire's groundstaff were in unfurling covers for the square as the rain swept down.