Kent v Worcestershire: Day 1 Live.

Kent 90-2 when the rain becomes too heavy for the umpires to ignore. Muyeye on 27, Northeast 42. Northeast has produced a number of elegant cover drives, but the outfield means not all of them have gone to the boundary. That will be lunch. Covers are going on. Probably Kent's session after the twin early blows.

Northeast and Muyeye rebuilding. Northeast looking the more comfortable, although there have been several appeals, of varying conviction. There's a members' forum this lunchtime and I imagine it'll be somewhat easier going than some over the last few seasons.

Tawanda nicks Waite to second slip, where Hose spills an easy, waist high chance. It was going quickly, but that's his second drop of the morning and this time he doesn't get it at the second attempt. Tawanda still on 10. Two subsequent appeals in the over lack a certain dignity.

Take two. The 50 was announced prematurely, some anomaly between the scoreboards. It is up now, Northeast glances single to fine leg.

Northeast hits a four and a two from Swanepoel. He's looking in good touch, on 21. Muyeye on a more restrained 10 from 27.

Sun seems to be coming out. We can hear what sounds like a drum and bass track, but is actually the sound of a trolley rattling across the back of Sainsbury's.

There's rain around, but not yet enough for the players to go off. One or two fans have umbrellas up although most are still happy without. Unsurprisingly Worcestershire have a hugely attacking field with four slips and two gullies. 25-2.

Compton c Cullen b Taylor 8. Kent 18-2. Straightforward strangle down leg. Muyeye is the new man in.

Crawley c Hose, b Allison 6. A freakish dismissal rather than freak. He edges Allison to second slip, where Hose drops him, falls over and then somehow grabs the ball before it hits the deck. Given out by the umpire, Hasan Adnan, at the bowler's end. Northeast is in at three.

The word on Khaled Ahmed is that as he only arrived in the UK on Monday he's being given time to adapt. Workload on the seamers is expected to be heavy with three games here in September.

... the lights are on. Taylor opens from the Nackington Road End. Compton faces, hits the second ball for four and the fourth for three. Crawley gets off the mark with two down to fine leg. 9-0 after the first over.

.... it looks a bit green, says Kent's media man Nick Dillam. It's also grey overhead. The forecast suggests we shouldn't get any rain, but apparently it is raining elsewhere in the county. Play due to get underway in 20 minutes. We're awaiting news on why Khaled isn't playing.

Welcome to the first ever Spitfire Liveblog, live from a gloomy looking St Lawrence.

Toss and team news to follow very shortly ...