Yorkshire’s latest Friends Life t20 clash with Nottinghamshire at Scarborough yesterday was abandoned after only 14 overs.

Both sides remain joint top of the North Division with seven points from five matches, with the White Rose county’s next outing coming against defending champions Leicestershire, who they have already beaten in this year’s competition, at Grace Road on Wednesday.

Notts were well placed at 105-3 when the second band of rain proved terminal, umpires Nigel Cowley and Michael Gough calling the match off at 5pm.

England Lions skipper James Taylor had reached 41 not out off 33 balls, including four fours, while Australian Adam Voges added 29 and Chris Read an unbeaten 15.

Ryan Sidebottom, Mitchell Starc and Moin Ashraf were the wicket-takers for Yorkshire.

Taylor looked dangerous as he added to sixes hit by Rikki Wessels off Sidebottom and Read off Ashraf. The sixes came in the third and 13th overs, which both went for 17 in damp conditions underfoot.

“Notts are a good side, top of the table with us, and it would have been really nice to have had that test,” said first-team coach Jason Gillespie, who not for the first time this season lamented the weather.

“It’s incredibly frustrating. But, unfortunately, that’s something we have zero control over.”

After stand-in captain Azeem Rafiq invited the visitors to bat, Yorkshire made the ideal start when Sidebottom bowled Michael Lumb through the gate with the third ball of the match before Wessels chipped Starc to Phil Jaques at mid-wicket in the fourth over, leaving the score at 27-2.

Taylor shared 45 in seven overs for the third wicket with skipper Voges, the former Australia one-day and Twenty20 international, to keep the scoreboard ticking at a more than respectable rate.

Voges then punted Ashraf down Joe Root’s throat at long-on to fall at the start of the tenth over before the first of two rain breaks arrived.

Play resumed after approximately 20 minutes, and Read was quickly into his stride with the six off Ashraf.

Their hundred came up in the 14th over, but play was halted for good pretty soon afterwards.

“I was reasonably pleased. I thought we bowled quite well. They had a couple of batsmen who are quite destructive and played their shots,” added Gillespie.

“By and large I thought we fielded well. People will argue, but the intent was there. That’s the most important thing.

“At one point we had a ball with three of our guys behind it and no one could stop it. There were a couple of fumbles, but I’d rather that with the guys attacking the ball than sitting back.”

Leicestershire have lost four and won one of their first five matches. Yorkshire will hope to have regular skipper Andrew Gale, who was present at Scarborough yesterday, fit again after missing the last two fixtures with a hip muscle injury.

Lancashire could join Yorkshire and Notts on seven points if they beat Durham at Old Trafford tonight.