The Muddies Third Grade team travelled to Griffiths Park in Cairns to take on Norths on Saturday in the Cricket Far North competition.

Winning the toss and bowling on a good pitch with a damp outfield, the side got off to a fine start, with some tight bowling by openers Cam Williams and Jackson Hopkins restricting Norths' scoring.

A change in the bowling forced a pair of breakthroughs, with the first-change attack of Adrian Bannerman and Nathan King both snaring wickets.

The bowling side was on top for long periods, but a few dropped catches did not help the cause.

The introduction of Jared Patrenko helped further, with his tight bowling producing a further two wickets and more dropped catches.

Williams chimed in for a wicket after a sharp catch from youngster Blair Zahnow at short fine leg before lightning and thunder stopped the play at 5/107 in the 29th over.

And soon the rain started bucketing down, causing the match to be abandoned.

On Sunday, the Fourths travelled to Mareeba, with the Bushy Creek Bridge just reopening in time to allow for the journey to the Tablelands region following a Saturday night rain deluge.

After winning the toss and batting, the Muddies got to 6/74 in the 31st over, with Ken Lockhart top scoring on 22 not out.

But, with the weather again striking, that match was also abandoned. 

Luckily the team made it back through Bushy Creek OK, and all reports are everyone is home safe and well.

This weekend there are no Muddies games due to the Australia Day long weekend.