Jonny Bairstow completed a punchy 72 off 90 balls during less than a session’s play possible on day two between his Yorkshire side and Surrey at Scarborough.
Yorkshire are handily placed on 376-5 from 110.1 overs in this 10th round County Championship fixture which has seen just short of a day wiped out by the weather.
The White Rose county started play, at 13:00 BST following a wet outfield, on 282-5 with Bairstow on 19 and Matthew Revis yet to score.
They went on to complete a fifth-wicket partnership of 88, which Bairstow aggressively led before miscuing Indian spinner Sai Kishore to deep mid-on.
Despite sunshine for a good portion of the morning, umpires Nigel Llong and Russell Warren were concerned about the condition of some problem areas, including both bowlers’ run-ups, following some heavy rain late on day one and into the evening.
Rain then arrived to prevent any play beyond 14:35. The umpires called things off at 16:40.
Yorkshire started well. Bairstow twice drove Dan Worrall through the covers for four as the score ticked beyond 300.
Shortly after, he swept left-armer Kishore for six en-route to a 68-ball fifty, his sixth of the Championship season and third against Surrey after two in the defeat at the Kia Oval in mid-May.
By that stage, Yorkshire had moved to 334-4 in the 100th over.
For large parts of this season, 35-year-old Bairstow has been reserved at the crease in Championship cricket.
During the early stages of day two, however, he was noticeably aggressive.
And while he had success, it also contributed to his downfall as he miscued an attempted loft over the top against Indian left-arm spinner Sai Kishore and holed out to deep mid-on, leaving the score at 364-5.
Revis had reached 34 and Will Sutherland six by the time the rain swept across this North Marine Road ground, and no further play was possible.
Bairstow, whose late father David’s ashes are scattered at North Marine Road, is awaiting the birth of his second child. He may have to leave this game at any point over the next three days should his partner go into labour.
