England frustrated as rain dominates

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Alastair Cook must therefore wait until Saturday at the earliest to try to reach a new career-best score, after forecast bad weather swept across the north-east on Friday.

The inevitable abandonment was confirmed shortly after 4pm, with no sign of an improvement in conditions.

Cook had closed the previous evening on 126 not out in England's 302 for two, after he and his Essex team-mate Ravi Bopara (108) shared a second-wicket stand of 213.

The highest of his nine Test hundreds so far is his unbeaten 139 against the Windies in Barbados two months ago.

There was good news for the 5,000 people who had bought tickets for the second day's play - Durham announcing they will all be eligible for free entry on Saturday, Sunday or Monday.

Availability on Saturday is likely to be limited, however, with a 16,000 full house apparently expected.