For the second day running not a ball was bowled in Canterbury between Kent and Hampshire in the fight for third place in the Specsavers County Championship top flight.

Match umpires Ben Debenham and Ian Gould Inspected once the rain stopped at 2pm and deemed that the putfield was too sodden for any action to be safely undertaken.

The game will now go into its fourth and final day tomorrow (Thursday) when Hampshire will hope to resume on their first innings 80 for three in reply to Kent’s 147 all out.