Glamorgan and Somerset will have to return to Trent Bridge on Monday after persistent rain ruled out any play in the Metro Bank One Day Cup Final today.
Umpires David Millns and Rob White had hoped conditions would relent enough to allow the teams to bowl 20 overs each - the minimum to constitute a final under the competition rules - which would have avoided the contest going into a reserve day. However, although there were breaks in the rain, none lasted long enough to allow ground staff any hope of completing their mopping-up process ahead of the latest time permitted for a start.
Unfortunately, the local forecast for Monday is for more and perhaps heavier rain, raising the prospect of the 2024 trophy being shared if the minimum required overs cannot be bowled.
Although the County Championship has been shared three times, it would be the first time in English cricket history that there has been no outright winner of a one-day competition.
It will be only the fourth time that a reserve day has been needed to decide a domestic one-day final, including the October T20 Blast final in 2020.