County cricket opening day: bad weather stifles play – as it happened

There were four games abandoned without play as the 2018 county season got under way 5.24pm BST I thought that maybe it was balmy at Southampton, now I know differently. Quick roundup: at 520 on the first day of the season, we have four games abandoned without play, and Middlesex v Northants looking unlikely to resume despite the floodlights at Lord’s. At Southampton, Hampshire are all out for 290, with 75 for Gareth Berg matching Vince’s 75 earlier in the day; and four wickets for J