Glamorgan and Somerset rally after early flurry of wickets

COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP DIVISION ONE ROUNDUP: Elsewhere, Surrey recovered from a position of strife at Edgbaston, Essex used the first injury replacement and Sussex made hay after their winter turmoil

ECB Reporters Network | 03/04/2026 at 19:40

Cardiff (day one of four): Glamorgan 99-4 v Yorkshire

Yorkshire wiped out Glamorgan's top order to assert early dominance before middle-order resistance balanced out a reduced opening day of the 2026 Rothesay County Championship season.

Glamorgan, playing in Division One for the first time since 2005, lost four wickets inside six overs courtesy of smart catching from Yorkshire's wicketkeeper and slip cordon in bowler-friendly conditions. With only 36 overs were available in the day's play due to earlier rain preventing play before 4.15pm, making it the last match to get underway, Colin Ingram, the 40-year-old Glamorgan stalwart, dug in with 22-year-old Ben Kellaway to end the day 99 for 4.

Jack White took charge with 3 for 15 with the new ball, including that of debutant Sean Dickson for a duck. Australian seamer Ryan Hadley also debuts for Glamorgan who were put into bat by Jonny Bairstow. Yorkshire also gave two debuts in the season opener; UK-qualified Sam Whiteman and Dutch international Logan van Beek were the recipients, while Jhye Richardson was left out the squad.

The five-hour wait was worth its weight in gold for the Yorkshire seamers who continued where they left off in 2025 after winning the toss on a grey, damp afternoon in Cardiff. White, along with Ben Coad kept pressure on despite Byrom's flick for four on the first ball of the hosts' innings.

Asa Tribe, who has had plenty of England speculation, survived a first ball scare, edging White short of second slip. He didn't last much longer as Bairstow took the second one-handed catch of the innings, diving across first slip for 11 to follow Byrom's dismissal to Finlay Bean’s one-hander. From 20 for no loss to 28 for 4 Glamorgan fell after new captain Kiran Carlson found Dom Bess at leg-slip with an attempted clip off a loose White ball.

Glamorgan turned astute with Ingram and Kellaway marking a 71-run unbeaten partnership, driving an off-the-radar Logan van Beek while remaining contained against George Hill, who had 51 scalps in the County Championship last season.

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^{Ben Foakes' century galvanised Surrey (Shaun Botterill/Getty Images)}

Taunton (day one of four): Somerset 292-6 v Nottinghamshire

Tom Abell and James Rew proved the scourge of Nottinghamshire's bowlers again as Somerset posted 292 for six on the first day of the opening Rothesay County Championship Division One match of the season at the Cooper Associates Ground, Taunton.

The pair produced a fourth-wicket partnership of 140 to guide their team from an uncomfortable 66 for three after losing the toss, Abell contributing 108 off 186 balls and Rew 64 from 139 deliveries in mainly overcast conditions.

It was déjà vu for the Notts attack. In two Championship clashes between the clubs last season, the two Somerset players amassed 589 runs between them, including a stand of 313 in the game at Trent Bridge.

There were two wickets each for Olly Stone and left-arm spinner Liam Patterson-White, but it was a largely frustrating day for the visiting seamers in a blustery wind.