Kent were left frustrated after overnight rain meant no play was possible on the third day of their County Championship Division Two game with early-season pace-setters Durham.
Chasing a third consecutive victory, Kent had hoped to press home the advantage built on Saturday, with Durham set to resume on 193-5, still 350 runs behind the hosts.
Despite clear overhead conditions at Beckenham, moisture had seeped beneath the covers and onto the playing surface, resulting in a series of umpire inspections throughout the day while players and supporters waited patiently for conditions to improve.
Ben Stokes, one of Durham’s two overnight not-out batters, took advantage of the delay with an extensive early-morning net session, but that proved to be the only sighting of the England captain in the middle before play was officially abandoned for the day at 16:08 BST with the ground bathed in sunshine.