No play was possible on the second day of the LV= Insurance County Championship match between Somerset and Kent at Taunton.

Heavy rain during the night and morning left the outfield at the Cooper Associates County Ground saturated and there was never much prospect of the game resuming.

Umpires Martin Saggers and Tom Lungley took the decision to abandon play for the day at shortly after 2pm.

Somerset were due to resume their first innings on 214 for two, with Lewis Goldsworthy unbeaten on 70.

But it was Kent who were more frustrated by the weather as they desperately need points to escape the threat of relegation from the Championship First Division.