On a day that resembled November rather than mid- June, only 21.5 overs were bowled with no play possible after 12.35pm.

Glamorgan had recovered well after losing both openers in the opening two overs to reach 93 for 2, with Will Bragg and Chris Cooke having shared an undefeated partnership of 86 for the third wicket.

On a green tinged pitch, Sam Northeast, the Kent captain, had no hesitation in fielding, with his decision immediately vindicated when Matt Coles uprooted Mark Wallace’s leg stump with his fifth ball.

Six balls later, Darren Stevens trapped Jacques Rudolph leg before, and with the pitch assisting seam and swing the visitors would have been confident of dismissing Glamorgan cheaply.

Coles, however bowled poorly, conceding 25 runs from his opening three overs, forcing his captain to take him off as Bragg and Cooke began Glamorgan’s recovery.

Stevens and Mitchell Claydon were not as expensive as Coles, but there were too many loose deliveries that were punished, as Glamorgan raced along at almost five runs an over.

Bragg, Glamorgan’s leading championship run scorer this season, again batted fluently, striking six fours from 61 balls, but Cooke was the more aggressive with eight boundaries, mainly from Coles’ bowling- the Kent seamer conceding seven fours with unimpressive figures of 8-0-35-1.

To their credit, Stevens and Callum Haggett did their best to restrict Glamorgan’s progress, but the home team are well placed for a substantial first innings total, unless the Kent seamers can utilize the pitch which will have spent more time under the covers after yesterday’s rain.

Adam Rouse, the Kent wicketkeeper, would have been glad of the truncated day’s play after he dislocated the little finger of his left hand which was put back into place by the Kent physiotherapist following a lengthy stoppage.

After prolonged rain throughout the afternoon, the umpires called off play for the day at 4.00pm.