The Inuits, they say, have 50 words for snow.

Cricket-watchers can certainly rival that tally where rain is concerned – but even the most seasoned observer was left reaching for his thesaurus as the hours ticked by and the heavens remained open on Metro Bank One Day Cup Final day.

A sprinkling became a shower, then a storm – with the choice of Glass Animals’ hit Heatwaves on the PA system only adding to the misery on the day the final was scheduled to take place.

Sunday was written off as a washout by mid-afternoon, and the forecast for Monday’s reserve day appeared positively apocalyptic.

But cricket is a great survivor – even in this most inclement of summers, rain-ruined fixtures have been surprisingly rare.

Glamorgan took their unexpected chance with aplomb, making the most of a three-hour window of dry conditions to win this 50-over final over a 20-over distance.

And this was a contest from the first over to the last.

Somerset made the early running – Alfie Ogborne uprooting captain Kiran Carlson’s off-stump and celebrating with an assurance beyond his 21 years. Tom Bevan perished from the very next ball – and while the hat-trick ball was seen off, the West Country county were well and truly on top.

At halfway, the 2021 champions had lost Will Smale to an acrobatic take from Sean Dickson at mid-off, while dangerman Colin Ingram had barely reached double figures before he perished.

But there is energy in this Glamorgan engine room.

Sam Northeast made 335 in his county’s season-opener at Middlesex – and while he wouldn’t have time to repeat those exploits here, he found his feet after a scratchy start in this showpiece.

With Billy Root in belligerent mood at the other end, 29 runs came from the 15th over, and Northeast reached 50 soon after.

Root’s 39 from 28 was crucial, but Northeast was the cool head as wickets continued to fall, allowing Timm van der Gugten to play the death-over cameo role to perfection with 26 runs off 9 deliveries.

186/7 felt a competitive total as the truncated interval began, and maybe the pressure of the chase scrambled Somerset brains as George Thomas was run-out attempting a single in the third over.

In truth, it was Andy Umeed’s reluctance to run which brought about Thomas’ downfall, but the opener set about making amends.

While Lewis Goldsworthy negotiated white-ball bowling of the highest order from Dan Douthwaite, Umeed amassed 11 from Ben Kellaway’s seventh over, before the pair took 13 off Andy gorvin’s eighth.

There followed a flurry of wickets – Goldsworthy, a superbly-caught Umeed and James Rew all departing.

But while Somerset needed runs, they were keeping up with the rate. 14 runs came from the 14th, 17 from the 15th, 16 from the 16th and 13 from the 17th, as Dickson and Alfie Vaughan staged the most unlikely of grandstand finishes.

But Dickson’s departure, for 44 from 20 balls, left Somerset short of firepower – and even dropped catches against slate-grey skies and fumbled run-out opportunities couldn’t give the Vitality Blast and County Championship runners-up a lifeline.

They required 23 from the last six balls, and fell 15 short, as the bridesmaid’s dress was found to fit all too snugly once more.

For Glamorgan, it was a second One Day Cup title sealed at Trent Bridge in four seasons.

They cavorted with the trophy as the long-awaited rain began to fall just minutes after the final ball was bowled.

After a weekend of almost unprecedented precipitation, it felt somewhat fitting that the conditions had the last word; but it was the triumphant Welsh county who had the last laugh.