Michael Gwyl Bevan is a former Australian cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and a slow left arm wrist-spin bowler. He has been credited for initiating the art of finishing matches. For several years,he was considered the world's finest ODI batsman,and topped the ICC ODI batting rankings on numerous occasions. He was the first Canberra-born player to represent Australia at international level. He was known for his ability to run between the wickets,score at a quick rate,rotate the strike,and for his ability to play shots down the ground with ease. He played 232 One Day Internationals (ODIs) for Australia,and was a part of the Australian squads which won the 1999 Cricket World Cup and the 2003 Cricket World Cup. He represented Australia at the 1998 Commonwealth Games,where cricket was included in the Commonwealth Games for the first time,and won a silver medal with his national side.
James Savin Foster is an English cricket coach and former cricketer. A wicket-keeper who played seven Tests and 11 One Day Internationals in 2001–02 and 2002–03.
David John Hussey is an Australian cricket coach and former cricketer. Hussey is a right-handed batter and can also bowl right-arm off breaks. He is the younger brother of former Australian cricketer Michael Hussey. He was captain of the Melbourne Stars in the Big Bash League.
Mark Nicholas Lathwell is a former English cricketer who played in two Test matches in 1993. Lathwell played the entirety of his first-class cricket career for Somerset County Cricket Club.
James Charles Hildreth is a former English professional cricketer who played for Somerset County Cricket Club. He attended Millfield School,Somerset. He is a right-handed batsman and occasional right-arm medium pace bowler. Hildreth represented England at all youth levels including the 2003–04 Under-19 World cup held in Bangladesh. He made his first-class debut in 2003 and became a regular member of the side from the start of the 2004 season. The James Hildreth Stand was opened by him at Somerset County Cricket Ground on 21 September 2022.
Christopher Gladwin is a retired English first-class cricketer who played for Essex County Cricket Club from 1981 to 1987,and for Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1989. He also played for Suffolk County Cricket Club in List A matches from 1988 to 1990. He was born at East Ham,Essex.
James Allenby is an Australian former professional cricketer who most recently played for Somerset. He played as a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler.
James William Arthur Taylor is an English former cricketer and cricket selector who played for Nottinghamshire and England. A right-handed batsman and occasional right-arm leg break bowler,Taylor made his debut in first-class cricket in 2008 for Leicestershire and made major impressions in his first county seasons. He is noted as being a fine fielder in the covers. He became the youngest Leicestershire one-day centurion and first-class double centurion. In 2009,Taylor also became the youngest player in Leicestershire's history to score 1,000 championship runs in a season. A promising talent in his 34 white-ball appearances for England,Taylor was forced into retirement at just 26 years of age due to a previously undiagnosed heart condition.
Maximilian Thomas Charles Waller is a former English professional cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a leg break bowler. He played first-class,List A and Twenty20 cricket for Somerset County Cricket Club.
Thomas Lloyd Maynard was a Welsh professional cricketer who played for Glamorgan and Surrey,and was selected for the England Lions tour to Bangladesh. On the night of his death,he was stopped by police in Wimbledon for erratic driving,and fled across rail tracks at Wimbledon Park tube station,where he was electrocuted and then hit by a train. The son of former England batsman Matthew Maynard,he was regarded as a highly promising young player.
Philip Anthony Slocombe is a retired English cricketer who played for Somerset throughout his career. He was a right-handed opening batsman and right-arm medium pace bowler. He was part of the NatWest Trophy winning team of 1983.
Matthew Ross Featherstone is an English-born former international and List A cricketer. Featherstone played as a right-handed batsman who later captained the Brazil national cricket team.
Christopher Paul Ashling is an English cricketer who coaches for the Cheshire Cricket Board following his release from Glamorgan. Born in Manchester,he is a right-handed batsman and bowls right-arm medium-fast.
William Thomas Owen is a Welsh cricketer who plays for Cheshire. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium pace bowler.
Daniel James Bell-Drummond is an English professional cricketer,who plays for Kent County Cricket Club. He has represented England at youth level and has played for the England Lions cricket team at senior level.
Ian Andrew Cockbain is an English cricketer who most recently played for Gloucestershire County Cricket Club. A right-handed batsman and right-hand medium pace bowler,he made his first-class debut for the county against Derbyshire in August 2011.
Aneurin John Norman is a Welsh cricketer. Norman is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace. He was born in Cardiff,Glamorgan,and was educated at Millfield School in Somerset,England.
Ruaidhri Alexander James Smith is a Scottish professional cricketer. Smith is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm fast medium. He was born in Glasgow and has an English father and an Irish mother. He made his One Day International debut for Scotland against Afghanistan on 4 July 2016.
Marnus Labuschagne is an Australian interntaional cricketer who captains Queensland and plays for Glamorgan in county cricket and for Brisbane Heat in the Big Bash League. Labuschagne has been ranked as high as no.1 in the ICC Test batting rankings,and is considered as one of the best Test batsmen in the world. Labuschagne was a member of the Australian team that won the 2023 ICC World Test Championship final and the 2023 ICC Cricket World Cup.
The 2022 season was Glamorgan County Cricket Club's 135th year in existence and their 101st as a first-class cricket county. They finished third in the Second Division of the County Championship,nine points behind second-placed Middlesex;they also finished fourth in Group B of the Royal London One-Day Cup,a point off the quarter-final qualification places,and sixth in the South Group of the 2022 T20 Blast,six points off the quarter-final places. It was the team's third season with Matthew Maynard as head coach and their first with David Lloyd as captain. The team's overseas players were Australians Marnus Labuschagne and Michael Neser,and South African Colin Ingram,while Shubman Gill and Ajaz Patel were brought in during the season. Glamorgan played two 50-over matches at The Gnoll in Neath,their first matches there for 27 years,but for the third season in a row,they did not play any matches at Penrhyn Avenue in Rhos-on-Sea.
