Rain denies Somerset

No play at all was possible at Sophia Gardens on Tuesday

Division Two leaders Somerset were held up by the rain as the first day of their LV County Championship match against Glamorgan at Cardiff was abandoned without a ball bowled.

Umpires Neil Mallender and Peter Hartley arrived this morning and decided almost immediately that there would be no play possible during the opening session at a revamped Sophia Gardens.

Lunch was to be taken at the normal time – 1.15pm – but afternoon inspection play was called off by the umpires set to reassess the situation after that.

The latest rain delay comes just 48 hours after Glamorgan’s NatWest Pro40 League encounter against Somerset at Colwyn Bay was abandoned without a ball bowled – the seventh one-day game to be called off because of the weather.

Glamorgan have now lost a total of 1,420 overs from their summer in all competitions, not helped that their last home four-day game against Leicestershire at Abergavenny was a complete wash-out.