Glamorgan vs Sussex: Day 1 Match Report

It was a good day for Sussex’s attack as Glamorgan were bowled out on the opening day at Sophia Gardens.

Glamorgan won the toss and elected to bat first and would have been hoping to post a higher total of 242 all out, falling just short of picking up a batting bonus point in the process.

Sussex closed play on 65-1 in reply, with Tom Clark unbeaten on 32 alongside Tom Alsop who is 27 not out. The south coast side are 177 behind, for the loss of opener Tom Haines who fell LBW to Timm van der Gugten. who enjoyed a good day with bat and ball.

Sussex’s Australian all-rounder Nathan McAndrew took 4-58 and off spinner Jack Carson 3-45, as they took regular wickets to peg back the Welsh County’s hopes of a recovery after slipping to 60-4.

Andrew Salter, Sam Northeast, Kiran Carlson and Chris Cooke all got starts, while Zain ul-Hassan and Thomas Bevan both went cheaply early, leaving Glamorgan four down at lunch with Carlson going shortly afterwards.

It was Sussex’s overseas duo McAndrew and New Zealander Henry Shipley who did most of the early damage, with Billy Root holding the middle order together on his way to a half century.

He had promising partnerships with Carlson and Cooke, with an interesting debate about whether the regular fall of wickets, a two-paced pitch or the Kookaburra ball being used in this game.

Root moved chancelessly to his total of 66 when he gave Carson the charge for the first time, despite having seen the ball turn prodigiously on occasion.

Bowler Timm van der Gugten has been scoring freely with the bat this season and he continued that fine run of form as partners came and went.

Australian Mitchell Swepson made the briefest of debuts with the bat and when Jamie McIlroy was caught down the leg side off McAndrew, van der Gugten was left stranded short of a half century and Glamorgan were short of a batting point.

It was van der Gugten who made the early breakthrough with the ball as well, pinning Haines LBW on the back foot to give Glamorgan some early hope.

However Tom’s Clark and Alsop made decent progress for the visitors and soon the seamers gave way to the leg spin of Swepson who was tidy in his first Glamorgan appearance.

He could have taken a wicket when Clark gloved a googly to slip Sam Northeast, but the sharp chance was put down.

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