Kent head coach Matt Walker said there were questions to answer after the Specsavers County Championship Division Two game against Derbyshire was abandoned without a ball bowled over the entire four days.
Umpires Stephen Gale and Billy Taylor decided there could be no play on day four after heavy rain on Thursday only added to the already saturated outfield at Queen's Park.
It is the 11th time in Derbyshire's history that a first-class game has been abandoned at Chesterfield without a ball bowled although this match had been scheduled to be played in Derby.
But Derbyshire switched the fixture to Queen's Park because there were concerns a Boyzone pop concert at the County Ground on Saturday night could have damaged the outfield.
After heavy rain on Monday night left the Chesterfield ground waterlogged, there was little chance of the game going ahead and Walker said: "It's very disappointing.
"W hen we turned up on day one, I think we all knew we weren't going to bowl a ball on here for the four days and probably not for another four days because it's just not in a fit state to play cricket.
"You don't expect it these days with the facilities at grounds and everything in place to stop this from happening but when you come to an outground there is a risk and certainly in September there is an even higher risk.
"It's not the groundsmen's fault, they were fighting a losing battle from ball one really.
But unfortunately, knowing the risks attached to a ground that is susceptible to being waterlogged at this time of year, there was probably the opportunity to play it somewhere else.
"No one wants to come to a game of cricket and not play for four days: players, umpires, supporters especially, so I imagine everyone has got a few questions to ask.
"We weren't in a promotion hunt, had we been God knows what would have happened, everyone would have been absolutely livid about the situation but that's not the point really. Everyone has different reasons for wanting to impress at this time of year and we wanted to play.
"I don't want anyone to get punished and I'm not saying throw the book at anybody but it's disappointing and it definitely needs looking at in the future."
Source: PA
