Glamorgan County Cricket Club in 2026

Glamorgan were scheduled to go on a pre-season tour to Oman in March, where they would play games against Worcestershire and the Oman national team; however, this tour was cancelled after the commencement of the 2026 Iran war.^[13] With the cancellation of the tour, their pre-season consisted of just one three-day match against Somerset at Taunton on 27–29 March.^[14]

Glamorgan’s return to top-flight cricket was delayed by inclement weather in Cardiff, with the first day’s play not starting until after 4 p.m. The home side were soon reduced to 28/4 after being put in to bat, but 40-year-old Colin Ingram and 22-year-old Ben Kellaway put up stubborn resistance to get them to 99/4 by the close of play. Shortly before the end of the day, Yorkshire wicket-keeper Jonny Bairstow suffered a hand injury that resulted in him being substituted by Will Luxton. On day 2, Kellaway managed a half-century before he was bowled by Dom Bess, leaving Chris Cooke (30) and then Timm van der Gugten to accompany Ingram on the way to his maiden top-flight century. After Ingram was removed by Ben Coad, Van der Gugten (40) and Mason Crane combined for Glamorgan’s third 50+ partnership of the innings. By the time Crane was dismissed by Bess for 51, Glamorgan had reached 302.

After only 10 more balls were possible at the end of the second day, Yorkshire’s response began in earnest the following morning; however, they had just 11 runs on the board before Glamorgan took their first Division 1 wicket of the season, Finlay Bean edging a delivery from Van der Gugten to wicket-keeper Cooke for 4. Adam Lyth and Sam Whiteman looked to stabilise the Yorkshire innings, but a quickfire pair of wickets from spinner Crane, and then another a few overs later, saw the visitors reduced to 113/4, with Whiteman gone just shy of a half-century. Lyth was next to go, removed by Glamorgan debutant Ryan Hadley for 37, before Crane struck again to take the wicket of George Hill (2). Van der Gugten trapped Bess lbw for 32 to break up a promising partnership between him and Matt Revis, leaving Yorkshire at 177/7. Hadley then picked up another two wickets, getting rid of Logan van Beek and, shortly after his half-century, Revis, before Crane wrapped up a five-wicket haul with the scalp of Coad.

With a lead of 76 runs and 45 overs left to bowl on day 3, Glamorgan managed to add another 111 runs before the close of play, but not before they lost three wickets; Eddie Byrom (40) and captain Kiran Carlson were the main protagonists, but Asa Tribe (19) and debutant Sean Dickson (2) fell to the spin bowling of Bess before Byrom himself was removed by Van Beek. Joined by Ingram, Carlson reached 32 by the end of the day, and completed a half-century shortly after the start of day 4; however, the accelerated run rate saw him bowled by Bess not long after. Ingram joined him with a second fifty of the match, again supported by Kellaway from the other end, and when Ingram became Bess’ fourth victim of the innings, caught by Revis for 75, Glamorgan decided to declare at 218/5, a lead of 294.

That gave Yorkshire 68 overs to reach their target, and they managed to put on 67 runs before losing their first wicket to the bowling of Crane, who trapped Bean lbw for 23. Another 50+ partnership followed before Crane tempted Whiteman (24) into a chipped catch to Kellaway with the second ball after tea, and Crane picked up a third soon after, bowling Wharton for 10. Ryan Hadley trapped Luxton lbw with Yorkshire on 162, before Kellaway effectively ended their run chase as Lyth edged him behind just three runs short of a century. The visitors still needed 118 more runs as they entered the last 20 overs, forcing them to play for the draw as Glamorgan removed Revis and Bess before the game petered out.