Heavy rain leads to Northants abandonment

Heavy rain leads to Northants abandonment

Heavy rain put paid to Lancashire Lightning’s T20 Vitality Blast match against Northants Steelbacks at Wantage Road.

Afternoon drizzle lifted an hour before the scheduled start of play, allowing the ground staff to start to remove the covers before the heavens opened again.

The umpires eventually called the match off just after 7.30pm, both teams taking a point each.

Just one point had separated the two sides heading into this fixture with Lightning sitting in second place in the North group and the Steelbacks in fourth.

Lancashire return to action on Sunday afternoon when they face Worcestershire Rapids at Emirates Old Trafford.