Glamorgan County Cricket Club
Cricket Club in Wales
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Glamorgan County Cricket Club[1] (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.[2]
Colin Ingram
Nathan McAndrew
Fazalhaq Farooqi (T20)
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| One Day name | Glamorgan | |||
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| Personnel | ||||
| Captain | Kiran Carlson | |||
| Coach | Richard Dawson | |||
| Overseas player(s) | Ryan Hadley Colin Ingram Nathan McAndrew Fazalhaq Farooqi (T20) | |||
| 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 | 5 | |||
| Twenty20 Cup/FPt20 wins | 0 | |||
| Official website | www.glamorgancricket.com | |||
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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. Some First XI matches are also played at The Gnoll in Neath. Matches have also occasionally been played at Swansea, Rhos on Sea and Cresselly (despite the latter towns being in Conwy and Pembrokeshire respectively).
Honours
First XI honours
Second XI honours
- Second XI Championship (2) – 1965, 1980
- Second XI Twenty20 (2) – 2019, 2022
Earliest cricket
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.
On 20 April 2006, the ECB announced that Glamorgan Cricket had been granted the right to host an Ashes Test against Australia in 2009.[4]
The following month, Cardiff Council’s Planning Committee approved Glamorgan’s plans for the stadium redevelopment, and during the summer, demolition work began at Sophia Gardens.[5]
In mid-September, the old pavilion was used for the final time during Glamorgan’s Championship match against Gloucestershire. By January 2007, construction had begun on the new pavilion complex, the new grandstand on the site of the former pavilion, and the Media Centre complex at the Cathedral Road end.
Building work continued throughout the summer of 2007, during which Glamorgan staged a number of home matches away from Cardiff.
The contractors, Carillion, handed the new stadium over to Glamorgan Cricket on 17 March 2008, and on 9 May, the Welsh county played their inaugural match in the completed stadium — a day‑night fixture against Gloucestershire.
Sophia Gardens became a Test cricket venue in 2009 when the First Test in the Ashes series against Australia was played there.
In 2021 Glamorgan won their first trophy for seventeen years, defeating Durham by 58 runs in the final of the Royal London One-Day Cup.[6] They followed this up with a victory in the same competition in 2024, winning a shortened 20-overs-a-side game against Somerset by 15 runs.[7]
Glamorgan were promoted into Division One of the County Championship in 2025 after finishing runners-up in Division Two.[8]
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 |
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| Batters | ||||||
| 5 | Kiran Carlson* |  Wales | 16 May 1998 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | Club Captain |
| 7 | Billy Root* |  England | 5 August 1992 | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | |
| 17 | Callum Nicholls | Wales | 30 July 2004 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| 23 | Jack Hope-Bell | Wales | 13 July 2007 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
| 41 | Colin Ingram* ‡ |  South Africa | 3 July 1985 | Left-handed | Right-arm leg break | Overseas player |
| 58 | Sean Dickson | South Africa | 2 September 1991 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | UK passport |
| 55 | Asa Tribe ‡ |  Jersey | 29 March 2004 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
| 97 | Eddie Byrom |  Zimbabwe | 17 June 1997 | Left-handed | Right-arm leg break | Irish passport |
| All-rounders | ||||||
| 8 | Ben Kellaway | Wales | 5 January 2004 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break Slow left-arm orthodox | |
| 27 | Zain-ul-Hassan | England | 28 October 2000 | Left-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | |
| 88 | Dan Douthwaite | England | 8 February 1997 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | |
| Wicket-keepers | ||||||
| 6 | Henry Hurle | Wales | 11 November 2004 | Right-handed | — | |
| 28 | Will Smale | Wales | 28 February 2001 | Right-handed | — | |
| 37 | Alex Horton | Wales | 7 January 2004 | Right-handed | — | |
| 46 | Chris Cooke* | South Africa | 30 May 1986 | Right-handed | — | UK passport |
| Bowlers | ||||||
| 3 | Mason Crane* ‡ | England | 18 February 1997 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | |
| 11 | Andy Gorvin | England | 10 May 1997 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | |
| 12 | Tom Norton | Wales | 8 August 2007 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | |
| 18 | Ben Morris | Wales | 4 November 2003 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | |
| 22 | Ned Leonard | England | 15 August 2002 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | |
| 34 | Ryan Hadley |  Australia | 17 November 1998 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | Overseas player |
| 35 | Jamie McIlroy | England | 19 June 1994 | Right-handed | Left-arm fast-medium | |
| 64 | Timm van der Gugten* ‡ |  Netherlands | 25 February 1991 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | |
| 77 | Romano Franco | England | 16 March 2007 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | |
| — | Fazalhaq Farooqi ‡ |  Afghanistan | 22 September 2000 | Right-handed | Left-arm fast-medium | Overseas player (T20 only) |
| — | Nathan McAndrew | Australia | 14 July 1993 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | Overseas player |
| Source:[9] Updated: 28 March 2026 | ||||||
Records
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Over 16,000 First Class Runs For Glamorgan
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Most first-class wickets for Glamorgan
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Team totals
- Highest total for: 795/5d v. Leicestershire, Leicester, 2022[12]
- Highest total against: 750 by Northamptonshire, Cardiff, 2019[13]
- Lowest total for: 22 v. Lancashire, Liverpool, 1924[14]
- Lowest total against: 33 by Leicestershire, Ebbw Vale, 1965[15]
Batting
- Highest score: 410* Sam Northeast, Leicester, 2022
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:[16] | |||||
Bowling
- Best bowling: 10/51 J. Mercer v. Worcestershire, Worcester, 1936
- Best match bowling: 17/212 J. C. Clay v. Worcestershire, Swansea, 1937