Nottinghamshire took two morning-session wickets before rain scuppered any chances of further play on the opening day of their LV= Insurance County Championship clash at Northampton.
Luke Fletcher was first to strike, with Emilio Gay (15) edging the Bulwell-born seamer behind after playing a brace of eye-catching straight drives in the day's early exchanges.
That dismissal, along with a consistent spell from first change Paterson, stifled the scoring rate.
Paterson picked up the visitors’ second wicket with a beautiful delivery that seared back a long way to crash into Sam Whiteman’s off stump, removing the left-hander for 8.
Ricardo Vasconcelos (37*) added exactly 50 for the third wicket with Zaib, who posted an unbeaten 22, allowing Northamptonshire to reach lunch at 86/2.
Further progress, however, proved impossible after a heavy downpour during the interval left the playing surface saturated.
Umpires Neil Pratt and Richard Illingworth abandoned play for the day shortly after 3pm.
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