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One Day name | Glamorgan | |||
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Personnel | ||||
Captain | David Lloyd | |||
One Day captain |
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Coach | Matthew Maynard | |||
Overseas player(s) | ||||
Team information | ||||
Founded | 1888 | |||
Home ground | Sophia Gardens | |||
Capacity | 16,000 | |||
History | ||||
First-class debut | Sussex in 1921 at Cardiff Arms Park | |||
County Championship wins | 3 | |||
One-Day Cup wins | 4 | |||
Twenty20 Cup/FPt20 wins | 0 | |||
Official website | www.glamorgancricket.com | |||
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Glamorgan County Cricket Club (Welsh : Criced Morgannwg) is one of eighteen first-class county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the historic county of Glamorgan (Welsh : Morgannwg). Founded in 1888, Glamorgan held minor status at first and was a prominent member of the early Minor Counties Championship before the First World War. In 1921, the club joined the County Championship and the team was elevated to first-class status, subsequently playing in every top-level domestic cricket competition in England and Wales. [1]
Glamorgan is the only Welsh first-class cricket club. They have won the English County Championship competition in 1948, 1969 and 1997. Glamorgan have also beaten international teams from all of the Test playing nations, including Australia whom they defeated in successive tours in 1964 and 1968. The club's limited overs team is called simply Glamorgan. Kit colours are blue and yellow for limited overs matches.
The club is based in Cardiff and plays most of its home games at Sophia Gardens, which is located on the bank of the River Taff. Matches have also occasionally been played at Swansea, Colwyn Bay and Cresselly (despite the latter towns being in Denbighshire and Pembrokeshire respectively).
Cricket probably reached Wales and Glamorgan by the end of the 17th century. The earliest known reference to cricket in Glamorgan is a match at Swansea in 1780.
The formation of Glamorgan CCC took place on 6 July 1888 at a meeting in the Angel Hotel, Cardiff.
The club competed in the Minor Counties Championship for many years and then applied for first-class status after the First World War.
Glamorgan CCC played its initial first-class match versus Sussex CCC at Cardiff Arms Park on 18–20 May 1921 and thus increased the County Championship to 17 teams. Captained by N.V.H. Riches, Glamorgan won this first match by 23 runs. Only one more victory was achieved that summer; Glamorgan lost 14 games and finished with the wooden spoon.
Glamorgan won the county championship in 1948 under the captaincy of Wilf Wooller, whose advocacy of high fielding standards was the key to beating stronger batting and bowling teams.
Glamorgan was the unintentional venue for a piece of cricket history on 31 August 1968 when, during Glamorgan v Notts at Swansea, Gary Sobers hit all six balls in an over from Malcolm Nash for six.
Glamorgan won the championship again under Tony Lewis in 1969 and Matthew Maynard in 1997. Lewis is the only Glamorgan player to captain England in Tests, when he became the first Glamorgan cricketer to lead an England tour abroad to play series against India and Pakistan in 1972–73. Maynard, who retired at the end of the 2005 season, was one of the most successful batsmen in first class cricket over the previous 20 years. The 2005 captain, off spinner Robert Croft, proved effective on England tours, and was a useful pinch hitter in List A one-day games.
The club had plans in April 2006 to extend its grounds in the Grade 2 Listed Heritage Park that is Sophia Gardens, with a 17,500 seat super-stadium.
Sophia Gardens became a Test cricket venue in 2009 when the First Test in the Ashes series against Australia was held there.
No. | Name | Nationality | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes |
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Batters | ||||||
5 | Kiran Carlson* | ![]() | 16 May 1998 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | Captain (List A) |
7 | Billy Root* | ![]() | 5 August 1992 | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | |
13 | Tom Bevan | ![]() | 9 September 1999 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
16 | Sam Northeast* | ![]() | 16 October 1989 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
41 | Colin Ingram* ![]() | ![]() | 3 July 1985 | Left-handed | Right-arm leg break | Overseas player |
97 | Eddie Byrom | ![]() | 17 June 1997 | Left-handed | Right-arm leg break | Irish passport |
All-rounders | ||||||
4 | Callum Taylor | ![]() | 19 June 1998 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
9 | James Harris* | ![]() | 16 May 1990 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | |
21 | Andrew Salter* | ![]() | 1 June 1993 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
73 | David Lloyd* | ![]() | 15 June 1992 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | Club captain |
88 | Dan Douthwaite | ![]() | 8 February 1997 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | |
99 | Marnus Labuschagne* ![]() | ![]() | 22 June 1994 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | Overseas player |
— | Ben Kellaway | ![]() | 5 January 2004 | Right=handed | Right-arm off break | |
— | Zain-ul-Hassan | ![]() | 28 October 2000 | Left-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | |
Wicket-keepers | ||||||
37 | Alex Horton | ![]() | 7 January 2004 | Right-handed | — | |
46 | Chris Cooke* | ![]() | 30 May 1986 | Right-handed | — | UK passport |
Bowlers | ||||||
11 | Andy Gorvin | ![]() | 10 May 1997 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | |
23 | Tegid Phillips | ![]() | 21 February 2002 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
30 | Michael Neser* ![]() | ![]() | 29 March 1990 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | Overseas player |
32 | Prem Sisodiya | ![]() | 21 September 1998 | Right-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | |
35 | Jamie McIlroy | ![]() | 19 June 1994 | Right-handed | Left-arm fast-medium | |
64 | Timm van der Gugten* ![]() | ![]() | 25 February 1991 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | |
— | Ben Morris | ![]() | 4 November 2003 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | |
— | Harry Podmore | ![]() | 23 July 1994 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium |
Most first-class runs for Glamorgan
| Most first-class wickets for Glamorgan
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Team totals
Batting
Best partnership for each wicket
Wkt | Score | Batsmen | Against | Location | Year |
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1st | 374 | Matthew Elliott and Steve James | Sussex | Colwyn Bay | 2000 |
2nd | 328 | Eddie Byrom and Colin Ingram | Sussex | Cardiff | 2022 |
3rd | 313 | Emrys Davies and Willie Jones | Essex | Brentwood | 1948 |
4th | 425* | Adrian Dale and Viv Richards | Middlesex | Sophia Gardens | 1993 |
5th | 307 | Kiran Carlson and Chris Cooke | Northamptonshire | Sophia Gardens | 2021 |
6th | 461* | Sam Northeast and Chris Cooke | Leicestershire | Grace Road | 2022 |
7th | 211 | Tony Cottey and Ottis Gibson | Leicestershire | Swansea | 1996 |
8th | 202 | Dai Davies and Joe Hills | Sussex | Eastbourne | 1928 |
9th | 203* | Joe Hills and Johnnie Clay | Worcestershire | Swansea | 1929 |
10th | 143 | Terry Davies and Simon Daniels | Gloucestershire | Swansea | 1982 |
Source: [4] |
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