Showers prevented any play for the second day running between Leicestershire and Essex at Grace Road.

Umpires Nigel Cowley and Peter Hartley carried a brief inspection at lunchtime but abandoned play shortly after when rain began to fall again.

The home side are set to give Championship debuts to Marc Rosenberg and Daniel Rowe.

Essex must cope without Alastair Cook, and they are also missing pace bowler Alex Tudor (abdominal strain).