There was anti-climax in the west where Prestwick’s hopes of a first-ever Premier championship were put on hold after their clash with outgoing champions Clydesdale was abandoned at the halfway stage with the Ayrshire side needing 192 runs to clinch the title.

It had looked like turning into a thrilling contest between the outgoing champs and their likely successors as both sides battled for supremacy.

Having elected to put their rivals in to bat, Prestwick’s bowlers kept it typically tight and got their reward when Paddy Barbour fell for just 7.

However, the visiting batsmen dug in to bring up the 50 in the fifteenth over without further loss.

Con de Lange holed-out in the deep shortly afterwards but Mo Awais went on to score a fine half-century as the outgoing champions showed their mettle.

Dale looked on course for a substantial 200+ total until the loss of three wickets in quick succession set them back, in-form Richie Berrington one of the men to go for 31.
Andrew Scobie staved off a complete collapse with a battling 28 as the visitors reached 191-9 from their 50 overs.

Along the coast at Cambusdoon no play was possible between Ayr and East Kilbride, meaning the visitors have completed just eight of their scheduled seventeen matches and are almost doomed to the drop.

And, it was a similar soggy story elsewhere with none of the scheduled top flight fixtures producing a result.