‘Howzat’ for rain

Monday 18th May 2009, 2:30PM BST.

Guernsey opening bowler Blane Queripel goes up for a successful leg before appeal before the skies opened and washed out play at the College Field. (Picture courtesy of ICC Cricket Europe, 0773870)

STEVE BUCKNOR, the legendary umpire, found Port Soif a lot colder and wetter than his native Jamaica as day one of the Pepsi ICC World Cricket League Division Seven was washed out.

There was no play at all between Suriname and Nigeria at Port Soif after water got under the covers during Saturday night’s deluge.

Bucknor took one look at a wet area and ruled that conditions were unsafe.

After a delayed start at the KGV, Bahrain were struggling on 52 for four off 13 overs against Gibraltar when rain halted the proceedings.

And there was even less play at the College Field, where Guernsey met Japan.

In another delayed start, which turned out to be a stop-start affair, only seven overs were played before the rains from the south-west eventually ended the day.