Abell and Thomas put Somerset on top against Glamorgan

Tom Abell moved past 500 runs in only the fifth Championship match of the season [Huw Evans Picture Agency]

Rothesay County Championship, Division One, Sophia Gardens, Cardiff (day one)

Somerset 337-9 (96 overs): Abell 86, J Thomas 71; Norton 3-75

Glamorgan: Yet to bat

Glamorgan 3 pts, Somerset 2 pts

Match scorecard

Tom Abell and Josh Thomas led the way as Somerset finished day one on a useful 337-9 against Glamorgan despite a bowler-friendly pitch in Cardiff.

Teenage seamer Tom Norton picked up 3-75 on his first day in first-class cricket.

Thomas' 71 got the visitors going in a stand of 133 with Tom Lammonby (45).

Glamorgan took four wickets in the afternoon session, but Abell's mature knock of 86 made sure of a decent Somerset total, before Glamorgan claimed three wickets in the last four overs to limit the damage.

England candidate James Rew, promoted to opener with an eye on a potential Test role, fell for just four.

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In the teams' first Championship meeting since 2007, Glamorgan gave a debut to Abergavenny product Norton in place of concussion victim Jamie McIlroy, while Somerset brought in Jake Ball and Jack Leach for Alfie Ogborne and Thomas Rew, who had A-level commitments.

The well-built Norton had previously played just one One Day Cup match, in which he also took three wickets.

It looked like a good toss to win in cool grey conditions with plenty of grass on the pitch, and James Rew did not last long in his new role, bowled by an excellent nip-backer from Timm van der Gugten.

But Somerset quickly got going with Thomas and Tom Lammonby picking off the odd poor ball to reach 104-1 at lunch.