Dawid Malan falls cheaply as Glamorgan apply early pressure

Middlesex 64 for 3 v Glamorgan
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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 lunch.

However, Stevie Eskinazi - also returning to the Middlesex line-up after illness - looked in good nick and hit Hogan for successive fours to reach 31 not out before the rain returned.