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Glamorgan County Cricket Club

One Day name	Glamorgan
Personnel
Captain	Sam Northeast
One Day captain	Kiran Carlson
Coach	Grant Bradburn
Overseas player(s)	Colin Ingram Marnus Labuschagne Mir Hamza
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
First-class One-day T20

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.

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).

Honours

First XI honours

• County Championship (3) – 1948, 1969, 1997

• Sunday/National League/One Day Cup (4) – 1993, 2002, 2004, 2021
• Minor Counties Championship (0)
  • Shared (1): 1900

Second XI honours

• Second XI Championship (2) – 1965, 1980
• Second XI Twenty20 (2) – 2019, 2022

Earliest cricket

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.

Origin of club

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.

Club history

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.

Players

Current squad

• No. denotes the player's squad number, as worn on the back of their shirt.
• denotes players with international caps.
•  *  denotes a player who has been awarded a county cap.

No.	Name	Nationality	Birth date	Batting style	Bowling style	Notes
Batters
5	Kiran Carlson*	Wales	(1998-05-16) 16 May 1998 (age 26)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	Captain (List A & T20)
7	Billy Root*	England	(1992-08-05) 5 August 1992 (age 32)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break
13	Tom Bevan	Wales	(1999-09-09) 9 September 1999 (age 25)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
16	Sam Northeast*	England	(1989-10-16) 16 October 1989 (age 35)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	Club Captain
28	Will Smale	Wales	(2001-02-28) 28 February 2001 (age 23)	Right-handed	—
33	Marnus Labuschagne*	Australia	(1994-06-22) 22 June 1994 (age 30)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	Overseas player
41	Colin Ingram*	South Africa	(1985-07-03) 3 July 1985 (age 39)	Left-handed	Right-arm leg break	Overseas player
55	Asa Tribe	Jersey	(2004-03-29) 29 March 2004 (age 20)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
97	Eddie Byrom	Zimbabwe	(1997-06-17) 17 June 1997 (age 27)	Left-handed	Right-arm leg break	Irish passport
All-rounders
8	Ben Kellaway	Wales	(2004-01-05) 5 January 2004 (age 20)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
9	James Harris*	Wales	(1990-05-16) 16 May 1990 (age 34)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium
27	Zain-ul-Hassan	England	(2000-10-28) 28 October 2000 (age 24)	Left-handed	Right-arm fast-medium
88	Dan Douthwaite	England	(1997-02-08) 8 February 1997 (age 27)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium
Wicket-keepers
37	Alex Horton	Wales	(2004-01-07) 7 January 2004 (age 20)	Right-handed	—
46	Chris Cooke*	South Africa	(1986-05-30) 30 May 1986 (age 38)	Right-handed	—	UK passport
—	Henry Hurle	Wales	(2004-11-11) 11 November 2004 (age 20)	Right-handed	—
Bowlers
3	Mason Crane	England	(1997-02-18) 18 February 1997 (age 27)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	On loan from Hampshire
11	Andy Gorvin	England	(1997-05-10) 10 May 1997 (age 27)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium
18	Ben Morris	Wales	(2003-11-04) 4 November 2003 (age 21)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium
23	Harry Podmore	England	(1994-07-23) 23 July 1994 (age 30)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium
32	Prem Sisodiya	Wales	(1998-09-21) 21 September 1998 (age 26)	Right-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
35	Jamie McIlroy	England	(1994-06-19) 19 June 1994 (age 30)	Right-handed	Left-arm fast-medium
64	Timm van der Gugten*	Netherlands	(1991-02-25) 25 February 1991 (age 33)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium
77	Craig Miles	England	(1994-07-20) 20 July 1994 (age 30)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	On loan from Warwickshire
92	Mir Hamza	Pakistan	(1992-09-10) 10 September 1992 (age 32)	Left-handed	Left-arm fast-medium	Overseas player

Records

Team totals

• Highest total for: 795/5d v. Leicestershire, Leicester, 2022
• Highest total against: 750 by Northamptonshire, Cardiff, 2019
• Lowest total for: 22 v. Lancashire, Liverpool, 1924
• Lowest total against: 33 by Leicestershire, Ebbw Vale, 1965

Batting

• Highest score: 410* Sam Northeast, Leicester, 2022

Best partnership for each wicket

Bowling

• Best bowling: 10/51 J. Mercer v. Worcestershire, Worcester, 1936
• Best match bowling: 17/212 J. C. Clay v. Worcestershire, Swansea, 1937

Lists of players and club captains

• List of Glamorgan CCC players
• List of Glamorgan cricket captains

See also

In Spanish: Glamorgan County Cricket Club para niños