County Championship Division from Vitality Two, Lord's (first day) Glamorgan 370-3 (96 overs): North East 186*, Carlson 77, Root 67; Bamber 2-66Middlesex: Not beaten yet Middlesex 1 pt, Glamorgan 3 ptsMatch Scorecard
Northeast shared a stand of 129 with Billy Root (67) and 176 with Kiran Carlson ( 77).
The home team's understandable decision to play first backfired on a far from typical April wicket.
Northeast scored 20,000 runs in professional cricket during his immaculate knock.
It was a remarkable start to the season after reaching an unbeaten 166 against Yorkshire in their final match of 2023, and arrived on the ground where he scored a century for Harrow School at the age of 17.
The both teams fielded two newcomers with Leus Du Plooy and Henry Brookes in the local ranks, while recent loan signing Craig Miles joined Pakistani Mir Hamza in the Glamorgan squad.
Toby Roland-Jones had no hesitation. asking Glamorgan to strike, and Ethan Bamber quickly had Zain Ul Hassan caught for five.
The pitch was a light brown rather than the usual early season green, the Kookaburra ball gave the bowlers no joy, and the stylish Northeast quickly got into rhythm, driving fluidly as he reached his 50 in 51 balls.
Root, promoted from the middle order, survived a difficult slip chance on 29 but soon followed his captain for a half-century as the two dominated the morning session.
Brookes broke the stand with a fine delivery that came back into the Root bowl after a stand of 129. < /p>
County Championship Division from Vitality Two, Lord's (first day) Glamorgan 370-3 (96 overs): North East 186*, Carlson 77, Root 67; Bamber 2-66Middlesex: Not beaten yet Middlesex 1 pt, Glamorgan 3 ptsMatch Scorecard
Northeast shared a stand of 129 with Billy Root (67) and 176 with Kiran Carlson ( 77).
The home team's understandable decision to play first backfired on a far from typical April wicket.
Northeast scored 20,000 runs in professional cricket during his immaculate knock.
It was a remarkable start to the season after reaching an unbeaten 166 against Yorkshire in their final match of 2023, and arrived on the ground where he scored a century for Harrow School at the age of 17.
The both teams fielded two newcomers with Leus Du Plooy and Henry Brookes in the local ranks, while recent loan signing Craig Miles joined Pakistani Mir Hamza in the Glamorgan squad.
Toby Roland-Jones had no hesitation. asking Glamorgan to strike, and Ethan Bamber quickly had Zain Ul Hassan caught for five.
The pitch was a light brown rather than the usual early season green, the Kookaburra ball gave the bowlers no joy, and the stylish Northeast quickly got into rhythm, driving fluidly as he reached his 50 in 51 balls.
Root, promoted from the middle order, survived a difficult slip chance on 29 but soon followed his captain for a half-century as the two dominated the morning session.
Brookes broke the stand with a fine delivery that came back into the Root bowl after a stand of 129. < /p>
