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[ad_1] Kent 163 for 9 (Denly 43, van der Gugten 6-40) lead Glamorgan 94 (Murphy 39*, Selman 33, Stevens 6-26 , Henry 4-31) by 69 runs Scorecard Nineteen wickets fell in two sessions at the renamed Sophia Gardens on the first day of Glamorgan's opening home championship game, with the seamers relishing the overcast conditions that prevailed throughout the day. Glamorgan suffered an astonishing collapse after lunch, losing all ten wickets for 37 in only 75 minutes, as Darren Stevens and Matt Henry exploited the conditions to share the wickets. When bad light ended play with three overs remaining, Kent were 163 for 9 with a potentially matchwinning lead of 69 , especially if the pitch continues to offer the same assistance in the second innings. Nick Selman and Jack Murphy had put on 57 before lunch, before Stevens dismissed Selman with the second ball after the interval. Henry then had Shaun Marsh caught by the wicketkeeper and thereafter the new ball pair demolished the Glamorgan...

[ad_1] Middlesex 64 for 3 v Glamorgan Scorecard Glamorgan captain Michael Hogan picked up two wickets to give his side the edge against Middlesex on a rain-shortened first day at Lord's. Hogan got rid of his opposite number Dawid Malan , as well as opener Sam Robson, as Middlesex fought their way to 64-3 after being put in to bat. Only one over was bowled before the rain intervened - and in all the weather allowed Glamorgan to send down a total of 16.1 overs in the day. Lukas Carey, who bowled unchanged from the Pavilion End, made the initial breakthrough for the Welsh side by having Max Holden caught behind. Sam Robson had seemed well-set as he carved two boundaries through the off side to reach 17 - but he became Hogan's first victim, prodding at one that bowled him through the gate. Malan, playing his first innings of the county season, got off the mark with a leg glance for four but added just one more before he drove at Hogan and was caught at second slip just after lunc...