Quelle surprise - 2s washed out as Surrey floods

Once again the rain destroyed any chance of a particularly competitive match. With the water table high after torrential rain on Friday that saw much of Kingston submerged, the merest hint of rain was likely to call time on proceedings.

In the event a deluge just as the warm up had finished almost did for the game right there and then. Oh cruel fates. To feel again the sweat of warm up induced endeavour rather than the perspiration caused by cans at Cannes, to taste and savour the red leicester and onion of a DBW open sandwich rather than the oh so fussy Roquefort so beloved of the Provencale, and later to exchange pints of Morland for the demis of frothy French lager would have been as sweet as any honey had we also despatched Carshalton.

But, once we were able to get a game started at 3.45pm, the rain returned in ever increasing intensity. There was time for Forbesy to bat as classily as he did at Guildford and reach 43 not out. There was time to see MS, Coley, Marfleet and Clarky all attempt to get on with it and perish with a couple of them surprised to be fingered for LBWs they believed were high wide and handsome (but what bat walks for LBW?). And then it came down too hard to have any real prospect of getting a game finished at about 5.30pm just as The Wick needed to push on and set 130 for Carshalton to chase in 26.

Perhaps we could have got a result from the game - but bowling out any side in 26 overs is tough and it would have needed a spectacular collapse. Frankly this championship (five games to go for the twos) could well be decided by which side can get a full game and 20 points in, in between the bouts of weather that seem set to dog cricket lovers this summer. There doesn't seem to have been much cricket played in Div 2 Second xi this week with Guildford, Merrow and Lingfield missing out as Wickman writes, so no major upsets. But August 4th is the Wick's weekend off. What price a burning hot scorcher and 20 points for most of the chasing pack?

This championship, for all the bravado of a recent Wickman correspondent's view, is not all over. The destination of it is definitely in our hands because the Wick has the points on the board and leads the table by 31 points. But there is still plenty of time for a slip up or two. It's up to us to remain unbeaten this season. Let's hope we get five more chances to do just that.