The rain eased off as forecast by the resident BAS forecaster [Quote "Looks like rain soon, though it might be over by 6:30"] allowing a slightly delayed start.  BAS posted a respectable 81 in the gathering gloom but lost any possibility of getting a grip on the game (and the ball) when the heavens opened and the match concluded in monsoon conditions [which the forecaster totally neglected to mention]. At the close, NCI had snorkelled 82.

For the record:

Reddest hands seen in Tescos during a post match shopping trip: Dirk Briggs

Wettest see-thru cricket shirt: Iain Staniland

Most imaginative swimming stroke whilst attempting a run-out: Paul Roper-Gee

Most disgruntled cricketer: Tom Hart (on discovering the rain had removed the ink from a manuscript in his rucksack)