Roses T20 abandoned due to rain
Lancashire and Yorkshire suffered weather frustration as their Roses Vitality Blast clash at Emirates Old Trafford was abandoned without a ball bowled - an outcome which knocked the latter out of this season’s competition.
Rain throughout the day in Manchester got lighter as the 7pm start time approached, but it didn’t abate, leaving Lancashire waiting on the result of the Derbyshire v Leicestershire match to see whether the qualification for the quarter-finals would be confirmed before Sunday’s final round of North Group matches.
Umpires Michael Gough and Graham Lloyd called the match off just after 8.40pm.
Lancashire came into this fixture second in the group needing two points to be sure of progression. But the capture of only one point was a setback in their pursuit of a top-two finish and a home tie in the last eight next Thursday or Friday.
The Lightning, who have won seven of their 12 matches so far, face Northamptonshire Steelbacks here at Emirates Old Trafford on Sunday afternoon.
Yorkshire, meanwhile, needed a victory to keep their hopes of qualification alive.
They finish with 14 points from 14 games, six wins and six defeats and two No Results. Their other No Result was against Durham at the Riverside last Friday.
They do at least leave this competition knowing they are unbeaten against their arch-rivals this season having won the Headingley meeting at the start of June.
This was the third Roses match at Emirates Old Trafford abandoned without a ball bowled following 2012 and 2019.