BASINGSTOKE and North Hants are still looking for their first points of the Southern League campaign, after this week’s encounter was abandoned.

Last weekend, the Bountymen’s game at New Milton was cancelled and then yesterday their contest against visiting St Cross was abandoned after 34 overs.

This was after heavy rain arrived at 2.40pm and flooded the pitch at May’s Bounty.

At this point, the home side were 132-6, having been put into bat by the visitors.

It did not start well for the Bountymen as their top three of Ben Thane, Dan Belcher and Max Harsham were all back in the pavilion with only 27 scored.

Top scorer Brad Taylor (49) and Mitch Stokes (12) added 49 for the fourth wicket, before Stokes departed.

Craig Williamson was then dismissed, before Taylor and David Griffiths (21 not out) took the score into three figures.

Taylor was the last man out before the rain arrived, caught by former Hook man Harry Came, his third catch of the game.

Afterwards skipper Stokes said: “The weather has beat us today. Five of our six wickets were due to playing indoor cricket shots, we really need to play some cricket on grass.”

They will hope that is the case today, when they face Goatacre in a ECB Club Championship game at May’s Bounty.