Fulton frustrated by rain

Rain thwarted the progress of Kent and the country's leading run-scorer, David Fulton, as showers limited the second day's play of the County Championship First Division match against Somerset at Canterbury to just 11 deliveries.

After a rain-delayed start at 12.30pm, Fulton increased his unbeaten overnight score by seven, to 167, and his side's total to 388 for 4 before the clouds returned to send the teams scurrying from the field again.

An aggressive unbeaten innings of 110 by Neil Fairbrother kept Lancashire within 71 runs of making Glamorgan bat again at Colwyn Bay.

Fairbrother's century came off 102 balls and contained 14 boundaries as he fought to hold his side together after Glamorgan had swept to an imposing 479 in the morning session.

Lancashire had to battle back after losing their first three wickets for only nine runs in 7.3 overs before lunch.

On what had seemed a batsman's paradise, Lancashire floundered from the start, with wickets falling more through lack of discipline than as a result of Glamorgan brilliance.

But Fairbrother combined first with Andy Flintoff and then with Mark Chilton – with whom he added the second batting point – to ensure that Lancashire were still in the game with 259 for 7 at the close.