Cumbria and Cambridgeshire’s MCA Trophy semi-final at Keswick on Sunday could be settled by a bowl-out.
With no reserve date arranged, and the weather prospects pretty grim, a bowl-out looks a likely outcome.
Cambridgeshire are staying overnight en route and the start time has been put back to11.30am to accommodate them but a prompt start appears ambitious.
Rain is forecast from tomorrow and for the next week, so Saturday’s local League programme is likely to be affected as well.
The minimum play that is allowed to find a result on the field is 10 overs a side, otherwise it’s a bowl-out.
Two years ago Cumbria beat Staffordshire in a semi-final bowl-out to reach the final.
Five bowlers from each side bowl at the stumps and if the sides are level it becomes sudden death – a bit like football’s penalty shootout.
