County Championship: No play on second day for Nottinghamshire and Somerset

Trent Bridge suffered a first complete day's wash-out of the 2023 season

Stuart Broad's hopes of joining England strike partner Jimmy Anderson in picking up some early season wickets were frustrated by rain at Trent Bridge, where no play was possible on day two of Nottinghamshire's County Championship match with Somerset.

While Anderson was tearing through the Essex top order in his first outing of the new campaign for Lancashire at Chelmsford, Broad could only look on from the dressing room.

Umpires David Millns and Mike Burns conceded defeat to the elements shortly before 16:00 BST after a series of inspections but, in reality, the chance of any play had been slim from the outset.

In his first action since England lost by one run to New Zealand in an epic Test match in Wellington in February, Broad bowled five wicketless overs on Thursday evening before Somerset closed on 28-2 in reply to Nottingham's 256 all out, forcing an edge from opener Tom Lammonby that wicketkeeper Tom Moores put down.

Heavy rain had set in by the time the ground staff had fixed the covers in place for the final time but the forecast for day three is better.

Report supplied by the ECB Reporters' Network.