After a wait of 603 days, Kent members were finally able to see their team in action at Canterbury on Thursday afternoon.

Spectators were not permitted during the shortened 2020 campaign and they finally got the green light to return to live action from this week.

There was, of course, a delay to the day's play as a wet outfield following overnight rain meant a further delay of more than five hours from the scheduled 11am start.

Ollie Collins from KMTV reports from Canterbury

A total of 950 Kent members got tickets in a ballot, although many had gone home after a frustrating time waiting to see some play.

Those fans in the ground had to follow social distancing measures and stay in their allocated zones. Sanitiser was available at various points around the ground, and there were regular announcements and signage reminding those present to adhere to the restrictions.

When play finally did get under way at 4.30pm, Kent's new-look opening partnership of Ollie Robinson and Jordan Cox got to wor after Glamorgan won the toss.

They put on a fifty partnership in under an hour with Robinson the dominant partner as he faced the majority of the deliveries as well.

But with the score on 60, Robinson edged Timm van der Gugten to David Lloyd at second slip and departed for a well-compiled 43.

That quickly became 62-2 when England's Zak Crawley, playing his last game for Kent before the New Zealand Test series next month, edged an excellent Van der Gugten delivery to Lloyd for an eight-ball duck.

Kent reached 70-2 when rain stopped play at Canterbury at 6pm, Cox unbeaten on 26 and Jack Leaning one not out.

Robinson said: “I’ve done it a bit (opened the batting) in the twos before. It’s a bit different at first team level but it’s a challenge I’m obviously excited about. I embraced it and fortunately I got a few runs.

"I probably should have got a few more but at the start of the day I probably would have taken 43 first crack.

"It’s a pretty good pitch actually, a good cricket pitch in terms of if you bowl it in the right spot there’s a bit there for you. If you don’t bowl in the right spots there’s opportunities to score.

“Even 200 people feels like a lot of people, just that little bit of energy you get when hit a four and there’s a little ripple from the crowd, it just makes such a difference.

"It was special for me and Jordan Cox when we went out to bat. There was a big cheer and it’s things like that you miss and take for granted a lot of the time."

Kent made four changes from the team that were stuffed by 10 wickets in the reverse fixture at the end of April, among them was the return for the first time this season of skipper Sam Billings.

His deputy, Daniel Bell-Drummond, retained his place but dropped to six in the batting line-up after averaging just 22.47 in six matches.

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