Rain doused hopes for a win at Greenock’s Saturday match against Glasgow Accies at New Anniesland, causing the game to be abandoned.

Despite anticipations of afternoon showers, the match started, with Greenock launching the Accies into the crease following a favourable coin toss.

Greenock's strategy was simple; to bowl Accies out quickly and score the needed runs to seal victory before the weather intervened.

However, things didn’t go to plan.

The Accies kicked off confidently with Holloway sending the first ball of the innings to the boundary.

By the close of the initial six overs, the Glasgow team had accumulated a neat twenty runs on the scoreboard.

Holloway, having contributed 16 runs himself was bowled out, thanks to Chirag Pandher's catch, marking Greenock's first wicket of the afternoon.

The Accies rallied with a 25-run, second-wicket stand between opener Nicholas and new batsman Brown, signalling they wouldn’t be pushed over easily.

Further partnerships for the third and fourth wicket steered the New Anniesland squad to 94 for 4, just beyond the halfway mark through the innings.

Greenock's chance of a rain-free match dwindled with each bowled over.

Unfazed, the Accies continued to bat on with purpose, piling up runs through to mere one ball shy of their 50 over innings when their last wicket fell with the score on 186.

While Accies end of innings score was their highest of the season, this no doubt sorely disappointed Greenock, who had held the home team to 99 for 6 after 32 overs.

This heavy effort from Accies, however, was squandered as rain soon halted play.

The match was abandoned without any further play after the tea interval.

Among the Accies, Richard Andrew, coming in at number 8, emerged highest scorer with 31 runs, while Farhan Shah added 23 as their number 9 batsman.

Greenock's bowlers struggled to dispatch the home team as rapidly as hoped, despite Ali Mansoor's fruitful 3 for 29 in his 10 overs.

Ewan Stewart nabbed 2 for 31 from his 7 overs.

For Greenock, the match's outcome was immensely frustrating, with victory essential to lift them up on the league table.

Now, the Glenpark team is tasked with securing several wins in the remaining six league games to secure a comfortable league table position.

Meanwhile, Greenock’s 2ndXI, Glenpark, nearly nailed their strategy against Clydesdale’s 4thXI at Glenpark.

Having won the toss, Clydesdale was bowled out for 107 in 27.2 overs.

With a promising 80 runs for the loss of 3 wickets after only 12 overs, a Glenpark win seemed assured.

However, the rain also played spoiler here, leading to abandonment due to the rapidly deteriorating conditions.