The Sand Monster

RAIN STOPPED PLAY. Warwickshire 28 for 1 (6 overs). Carter 12, Troughton 2.

Trott, on 11, edged Kruis to the wicket-keeper and, despite re-marking his guard in readiness to face the next ball, was quite rightly sent on his way.

Steady rain stopped play and "steady" has now become "torrential".

This damp, dark, sparsely-attended spectacle somehow sums up this soggy, untidy cricket season