Glamorgan County Cricket Club is one of eighteen first-class county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the historic county of Glamorgan. 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.
Glamorgan County Cricket Club started their 2005 season as defending totesport League champions,but the 2005 season ended without a trophy –instead,they suffered relegation in the first-class form. They played their first-class cricket in the First Division of the County Championship. They started the Championship season at 25–1 to win,and favourites to be relegated –which they eventually were,winning one of sixteen games in the Championship season to finish bottom –nearly 100 points behind the first team to avoid relegation. By the end of August,they had confirmed relegation with three games remaining. In the National League,they hovered around mid-table for most of the season,before a run of three unbeaten games at the end of August sent them out of the relegation zone,and they finished the season in fourth place. In the C&G Trophy,they were knocked out at the second round stage by eventual champions Hampshire,while the Twenty20 campaign saw them finish bottom of their group with two wins from eight matches.
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.
Rikki Clarke is a retired English cricketer,who last played for Surrey. He was educated at Broadwater School and then Godalming College. Clarke began his career as a professional cricketer with Surrey in 2000,making his list A debut in 2001 and First Class debut in 2002,and the following year made his One Day International debut for England;later in 2003 he played his first Test match. Between 2003 and 2006 he played two Tests,both against Bangladesh and 20 ODIs.
Jacobus Andries "Jacques" Rudolph is a former South African cricketer who played for Yorkshire,Glamorgan and in South Africa with Titans.
Matthew Peter Maynard,is an English cricket coach and former cricketer. He played in four Tests and fourteen ODIs for England.
Charlotte Marie Edwards is an English former cricketer and current cricket coach and commentator. She played primarily as a right-handed batter. She appeared in 23 Test matches,191 One Day Internationals and 95 Twenty20 Internationals for England between 1996 and 2016. She played domestic cricket in England for East Anglia,Kent,Hampshire and Southern Vipers,as well as overseas for Northern Districts,Western Australia,Perth Scorchers,South Australia and Adelaide Strikers.
The 2006 English cricket season was the 107th in which the County Championship had been an official competition. It included home international series for England against Sri Lanka and Pakistan. England came off a winter with more Test losses than wins,for the first time since 2002-03,but still attained their best series result in India since 1985. The One Day International series against Pakistan and India both ended in losses.
The 1997 cricket season was the 98th in which the County Championship has been an official competition. The season centred on the six-Test Ashes series against Australia. England won the first,at Edgbaston,by the decisive margin of nine wickets,and the rain-affected second Test at Lord's was drawn,but any English optimism was short-lived. Australia won the next three games by huge margins to secure the series and retain The Ashes,and England's three-day victory in the final game at The Oval was little more than a consolation prize. It was the 68th test series between the two sides with Australia finally winning 3-2 The three-match ODI series which preceded the Tests produced a statistical curiosity,with England winning each match by an identical margin,six wickets.
Rory James Hamilton-Brown is a former English first-class cricketer who last played for Sussex. Previously,he was captain of Surrey until August 2012. Playing primarily as a right-handed batsman,he was also an occasional off spin bowler.
Thomas Christopher Smith is a former English cricketer who played for Lancashire County Cricket Club. He had also been a member of the England Academy team. In 2008,he played for Leicestershire on loan because he was unable to break into Lancashire's first team. He is an all-rounder,bowling right-arm medium and batting left-handed. At the start of the 2009 season,Smith was promoted to open the batting,having previously batted in the lower order,and secured his place there. In 2011,the year Lancashire won the County Championship for the first time since 1950,Smith became the first Lancashire player to score a century and take four wickets in the same one-day match. In 2011/12 Smith played for the Matabeleland Tuskers in Zimbabwe as an overseas player in the domestic twenty20 competition.
Stewart John Walters is an Australian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm leg break bowler.
Cricket is a popular sport in Wales;it started in the late 18th century,and has been played in Wales ever since. All cricket within Wales is regulated by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB),making it effectively part of the English cricket system. Glamorgan County Cricket Club is Wales' only first-class county team,and Welsh players are eligible to represent England as Wales does not currently have its own Test cricket team or cricket body. Cricket is played within the Welsh schools system,and is considered one of the country's main summer sports.
Oliver John Douglas Pope is an English professional cricketer who plays for the England cricket team and Surrey County Cricket Club. He is a right-handed batter who occasionally plays as a wicket-keeper. He made his Test debut against India in 2018.
The 2020 Bob Willis Trophy was a first-class cricket tournament held in the 2020 English cricket season,and the inaugural edition of the Bob Willis Trophy. It was separate from the County Championship,which was not held in 2020 due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom. The eighteen county cricket teams were split into three regional groups of six,with the two group winners with the most points advancing to a final held at Lord's. The maximum number of overs bowled in a day was reduced from 96 to 90,and the team's first innings could be no longer than 120 overs.
The 2021 Royal London One-Day Cup tournament was a limited overs cricket competition that formed part of the 2021 English cricket season in England and Wales. Matches were contested over 50 overs per side,having List A cricket status,with all eighteen first-class counties competing in the tournament. The tournament started on 22 July 2021,with the final taking place on 19 August 2021 at Trent Bridge in Nottingham. Somerset were the defending champions winning the 2019 tournament,with no tournament taking place in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Aylish Cranstone is an English cricketer who currently plays for Surrey. She plays as a left-handed batter. She has previously played for Hampshire,Devon and South East Stars,as well as playing in the Women's Cricket Super League for Surrey Stars and in The Hundred for London Spirit and Oval Invincibles.
Paige Jamie Scholfield is an English cricketer who currently plays for Surrey and Oval Invincibles. An all-rounder,she is a right-handed batter and right-arm medium bowler. She has previously played for Sussex,Loughborough Lightning,Southern Vipers,South East Stars and Southern Brave.
The 2022 County Championship was the 122nd cricket County Championship season in England and Wales. The season began on 7 April and ended on 29 September 2022. Warwickshire were the defending champions.
The 2022 Vitality Blast was the twentieth edition of the T20 Blast,a professional Twenty20 cricket league played in England and Wales. The tournament was held from 25 May to 16 July 2022. The tournament was run by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB),was branded as the Vitality Blast due to the tournament's sponsorship reason. The Kent Spitfires were the defending champions,having won their second title during previous season. On 20 January 2022,the ECB announced the fixtures for the tournament.
