The second day of the County Championship games between Durham and Kent and Leicestershire and Derbyshire were both abandoned by rain - an hour before play was due to start.

That followed a first day when Durham-Kent was also rained off - and all four Division Two games.

Durham lost an entire game against Hampshire at the start of the season, and a full day of their next home game against Essex, but it still does not compare with last season. Durham have lost 780 overs of cricket in all formats this year, still way lower than 2023 when the figure was about 1,200.

The weather forecast for day three on Saturday is better, but with temperatures only just creeping into double figures the drying process is likely to be slow.