Easter’s been and gone you’ve fallen for two or three April fools’ jokes and now the Cricket season is here.

The County Championship has started and in Division 2 Glamorgan travelled to the home of cricket on opening day to face Middlesex.

Four of the nine matches across the two leagues didn’t start today due to bad weather but Glamorgan were part of one of the lucky five fixtures that went ahead.

Last season Glamorgan won just one game in the Championship, but they have already set themselves up well to equal that record.

Sam Northeast’s first job as captain was the toss, he lost, with Middlesex opting to put the visitors in to bat.

Both on loan Craig Miles and Mir Hamza were selected in the XI for Glamorgan but there was no place for Mason Crane.

Zain ul Hassan and Billy Root entered the field as the openers for Glamorgan but it wasn’t long before we saw our first wicket as Ethan Bamber’s delivery found ul Hassan’s outside edge with wicketkeeper Jack Davies making a regulation catch.

Middlesex would’ve hoped that the wicket was the first of several, but it wasn’t to be with Northeast coming to the crease and combining with Root for a partnership which lasted until lunch with both reaching half centuries to leave Glamorgan 118/1 after 30 overs.

Glamorgan haven’t managed to have much time on grass in pre-season, having not gone abroad and having one match washed out and another shortened due to rain, but there was no sign of that from Northeast.

After lunch the pair put on a further 27 runs before Root fell for 67, beaten by a Henry Brookes delivery from around the wicket.

As in the first session, there would be only one wicket, Northeast reaching his century courtesy of a drive through the covers for four, reaching the ton from 146 balls.

He, along with Kiran Carlson remained unbeaten through the session till tea and continued a long while afterwards with Northeast eventually reaching the 150 mark and Carlson his half century.

Carlson was eventually caught off Bamber for 77 driving straight to Leus du Plooy at extra cover with Glamorgan on 321-3.

That would be the final wicket of the day, with Colin Ingram fortunate not to be caught for 29 from Sam Robson at second slip.

The only disappointment for Glamorgan will be that Northeast was unable to bring up his double ton, ending on 186 with Ingram also unbeaten on 32 as Glamorgan finished the day 370-3 from 96 overs.

Glamorgan will now look to push on tomorrow with the bat before turning to the ball and the twin threats of Miles and Hamza.