Just 32 minutes of action was possible on the opening day of Surrey's visit to the SWALEC Stadium, during which Glamorgan progressed to 19 without loss in the space of eight overs after losing the toss and being invited to bat.

A combination of showers and bad light delayed the start until 4.15pm. In the first over Gareth Rees angled the fit again Chris Tremlett down to third man for four. Mark Cosgrove survived two big shouts for lbw in the next over, bowled by Tim Linley, when first he looked to work the ball to leg and then chose to pad up.

In the sixth over, the Australian left-hander got off the mark with a four through extra cover. But then, at 4.47pm, at the end of Linley's fourth over, the players were forced to take shelter from the rain.

Surrey made four changes to the side that was victorious at Northampton. Younis Khan, making his debut for the Oval outfit - and who is expected to open the batting - came in for Matthew Spriegel. Chris Schofield yielded to Gareth Batty, while, in the seam department, Chris Tremlett and Stuart Meaker replaced Tom Jewell and Andre Nel, who is serving the first of the two-match ban imposed on him by Surrey for disciplinary reasons.

The Welshmen opted for just one change of personnel with Huw Waters being preferred to Will Owen, who failed to pick up any wickets in Glamorgan's resounding victory at Leicester; which kept them top of Division Two of the LV County Championship.

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