KENT'S frustrated cricketers remained in their rooms at the nearby Copthorne Hotel in Birmingham for much of the day rather than sit watching the rain fall at Edgbaston.

Not a ball was bowled on the first day of their crucial LV Championship Division 1 and, with heavy showers continuing, the same fate befell the visitors on Wednesday.

Match umpires Allan Jones and Graham Burgess made a cursory inspection at 11.30am before disappearing to their dressing room to play a few hands of cards.

They re-appeared at 3pm to abandon play for the day.