Morning Report

The sun shone in Bristol ahead of toss on Day 1 for the Severnside Derby, and Sam Northeast wasted no time in putting the home team to bat first on a dry and green pitch. Captain Cameron Bancroft and Ben Charlesworth walked into the middle for hosts, and Timm van der Gugten took the new ball with Asitha Fernando for the Welsh county. Gloucestershire batters tackled the new ball challenge with relative ease, also scoring runs at a fast rate. Bancroft rode his luck with an edge that did not carry off Fernando, and one that was put down behind the stumps off Zain ul Hassan, albeit a diving effort. Ned Leonard, who came in to the side replacing Andy Gorvin, took the only wicket of the session as Ben Charlesworth edged a full-length ball into the safe hands of Chris Cooke attempting a cover drive. Ollie Price supported Bancroft for going into lunch, as the Australian got his half-century in his first game of the season. At lunch on Day 1, Gloucestershire are 100-1.

Teatime Report

A wicketless session for Gloucestershire, as the partnership of Ollie Price and Cameron Bancroft further took the day away from Glamorgan. Sam Northeast used all his bowlers, but couldn't get the all-important wicket, as the sun baked down Bristol and perhaps further flattened the wicket. Ned Leonard seemed to be the pick of the bowlers, as his short-ball strategy nearly worked to perfection, producing a top-edge off Bancroft but landing straight in behind the wicketkeeper for six instead of the hands of one of four fielders on the boundary. The spinners Shoaib Bashir and Ben Kellaway found no help, as did the fast bowlers in a frustrating session of cricket which saw the Australian batter Bancroft score a century and all-rounder Ollie Price get to his half-century. Gloucestershire 225-1 at tea.

Stumps Report

Shoaib Bashir picked up his maiden Glamorgan wicket after tea when he trapped centurion Ollie Price LBW from round the wicket, however the day convincingly belonged to Gloucestershire. Captain Cameron Bancroft only got out with 10 minutes remaining, after edging a Ned Leonard ball to Chris Cooke with a sensational 163 runs to his name. Leonard bowled with pace and a lot of heart all day, with the occasional mean bouncer up his sleeve. However, it was a difficult outing for the bowling unit as a collective, but with the wicket looking hard and flat, the batters will be licking their lips to get some runs and bonus points come the 2nd innings of the match. Gloucestershire 368-3 at the end of Day 1. 

Morning Report

Glamorgan took 4 wickets in the opening hour of Day 2, much to the delight of the captain Sam Northeast as the Welsh county also secured a second bowling point. Timm van der Gugten's 7-over morning spell kept the home batters guessing, as the Dutchman looked at his best with the second new ball and picked up two wickets in the opening half hour of Matt Taylor and Miles Hammond, who was looking strong in the crease with a half-century. Asitha Fernando opened with van der Gugten, but failed to create any meaningful chances and was replaced by Ned Leonard. The former Somerset seamer bowled over a dozen no-balls on Day 1, but made up for it by running hard and bowling quick. Leonard picked up the wicket of Chris Dent who edged a short-of-good length ball into Cooke in an attempt to back-foot drive it past cover. Glamorgan got the second bowling point courtesy of some poor running between the wickets by Graeme van Buuren and James Bracey, as the latter was run-out thanks to a Ben Kellaway throw from point in an attempt to steal a quick single. 

Shoaib Bashir and Ben Kellaway bowled in partnership for the final half hour of the morning session, as Sam Northeast tried to amp up the over rate to avoid losing the bowling points, and the Welsh county managed to get 33 overs in before the umpires called for lunch with Gloucestershire's score at 491-7. 

Teatime Report

Shoaib Bashir and Zain ul Hassan took the two ends after the lunch break, and did not take long to finish the tail of the hosts. ul Hassan got two wickets after a highly unfortunate outing on Day 1, where he was the pick of the bowlers, but couldn't get any wickets to his name. Bashir got the final wicket of the innings, and Gloucestershire were all out for 546. The Welsh county picked up 7 wickets in just over a session, pleasing Sam Northeast and Richard Dawson. 

Zain ul Hassan and Eddie Byrom walked out to bat under cloudy skies, much opposite to when they came out to field a day before on a cloudless blue sky at the Seat Unique Stadium. After a wonderful start by ul Hassan, full of crisp cover drives to Tom Price deliveries with the new ball, the all-rounder lost his wicket to the same bowler, edging a good-length delivery around off-stump straight into the hands of James Bracey behind the wickets. Sam Northeast joined Eddie Byrom in the middle and saw off the first-change Gloucestershire bowlers Ajeet Singh Dale and Zaman Akhter, who looks dangerous before tea and threatened with their pace and accuracy. At tea, Glamorgan reached to 72-1.

Stumps Report

Sam Northeast's half-century was the highlight of the session for Glamorgan, albeit bittersweet as the captain lost his wicket towards the end of day's play. Gloucestershire bowlers bowled with a lot of heart and discipline on a wicket that did not offer much. Eddie Byrom lost his wicket after a patient and watchful innings was put to an end by Matt Taylor's delivery, that caught Byrom's outside edge. Sam Northeast looked solid in his maiden half-century of the 2025 Championship season, but Ajeet Singh Dale got the massive wicket of the Glamorgan skipper. Singh Dale, who bowled with a lot of pace and aggression, kept troubling the batters throughout the afternoon and evening sessions, bowling in disciplined areas with a mean bouncer up his sleeve. 

Kiran Carlson, who came in at no. 4, played a highly watchful innings, much like he did against Leicestershire the previous week, to see off the four fast bowlers that Cameron Bancroft kept operating throughout the evening. Colin Ingram came in no. 5 and played some solid shots off the back foot, before the umpires stopped play due to the overcast conditions resulting in poor light for the batters with a little over 11 overs to go. 

Morning Report

Gloucestershire opened the morning with fast bowlers Ajeet Singh Dale and Matt Taylor, whose sharp areas and pace troubled the Glamorgan batters. Kiran Carlson's uncomfortable stay at the crease was finally ended thanks to Singh Dale consistent bowling, and many at the Seat Unique Stadium saw it coming with the Gloucestershire fast bowler troubling the Glamorgan vice-captain. Ben Kellaway walked in at no. 6 and looked comfortable in the crease, till Zaman Akhter's well-executed yorker caught the Newport-born all-rounder by surprise, who couldn't get his bat down in time and saw his off-stump flying out of the pitch. 

Chris Cooke and Colin Ingram, Glamorgan's formidable middle-order duo, saw off the final hour of the session to get the Welsh county's first batting point. Colin Ingram also got to his maiden half-century of the season, as Glamorgan ended the morning session on 251-5, trailing by 295 runs. 

Teatime Report

Colin Ingram got his first century of the season, as Glamorgan stitched up a big partnership for the sixth wicket between Colin Ingram and Chris Cooke, two stalwarts of the Welsh county. Adding to his half-century at lunch, Ingram got to the milestone just before the hosts picked up threw wickets in quick succession. Chris Cooke was the first of the three wickets to fall in the afternoon session, as Zaman Akhter's nip-backer disturbed the wicketkeeper's stumps shortly after getting to his half-century, ending a 129-run partnership between the dynamic duo of Glamorgan. 

Ajeet Singh Dale's fiery bowling finally managed to break Colin Ingram's defence, as the left-handed batter missed the line of the ball and lost his off-stump. Timm van der Gugten was the third and final wicket of the session for the hosts, as the Australian-born Dutchman edged a full and wide ball straight into the hands of Ollie Price at slip. Ned Leonard and Shoaib Bashir got Glamorgan past the third batting point, and added 24 runs for the 9th wicket as the Welsh county get closer to the follow-on score of 397. At tea on Day 3, Glamorgan is 363-8, trailing by 183 runs. 

Stumps Report

Despite Gloucestershire managing to pick up the final two wickets of the Glamorgan 1st innings, it was a session dominated by the Welsh county. The hosts enforced the follow-on, and Glamorgan came on to bat again trailing Gloucestershire's 1st innings score by 161 runs. Zain ul Hasan and Eddie Byrom walked out to bat for the second time in the match, but went on to register Glamorgan's first hundred-run opening stand this season. ul Hassan got his much-needed half-century in the 29th over, while Eddie Byrom remained not out on 47 at the end of Day 3. 

The players went off after just two overs of the Glamorgan 2nd innings due to bad light, but the weather in Bristol cleared up to host a full day's play, and the players walked back out after a 10-minute delay. The Gloucestershire bowlers had been in the field for over 100 overs in the Glamorgan 1st innings, and was a tough ask to go all out again, but captain Cameron Bancroft took the best interests of his team and enforced Glamorgan their follow-on. However, the Welsh county ended Day 3 on a high, thanks to Colin Ingram's century in the afternoon session, and the ul Hassan-Byrom opening stand in the evening. At the end of Day 3, Glamorgan are 106-0, trailing Gloucestershire's first-innings total by 55 runs. 

Morning Report

Openers Zain ul Hassan and Eddie Byrom, who had a solid partnership overnight, failed to capitalise on their strong start and lost their wickets to the combination of caught Bancroft bowled Matt Taylor. Sam Northeast, Glamorgan's captain and no. 3 batter, was adjudged caught behind to Ajeet Singh Dale, and walked off in disapproval of the umpire's decision. Kiran Carlson and Colin Ingram found themselves in the middle only half an hour into the morning, but managed to steady the Glamorgan ship through to lunch, also managing to take a lead to Gloucestershire's first-innings total for the first time in the match.

The Gloucestershire bowlers used the cloudy and cold morning to their advantage, picking up three early wickets, but Kiran Carlson and Colin Ingram ensures that Glamorgan held on to the game with the weather looking grim towards the afternoon. Graeme van Buuren took the ball and allowed the fast bowlers their due rest, making it easier for the two Glamorgan bowlers to take a breather after Matt Taylor and Ajeet Singh Dale's opening partnership, followed up equally well by Zaman Akhter and Tom Price. At lunch on Day 4, Glamorgan are 181-3, leading by 20 runs. 

End of Match Report

Colin Ingram and Kiran Carlson's partnership, along with the poor weather, was enough to see Gloucestershire settle for a draw, as captain Cameron Bancroft shook hands with Sam Northeast after the second rain break around 1615 hrs. The Welsh county fought the tireless hosts in the Battle of the Bridge, to secure a draw off what seemed as Gloucestershire's first victory this season, thanks to a valiant effort by Colin Ingram in both innings. The South African left-hander remained not out on 77 in the 2nd innings, adding to the 103 he scored in the 1st innings, to take the game away from the Shire. 

A highly-improved bowling line-up from their first game, captain Bancroft's addition combined the resources the hosts had to get a formidable victory against Severnside rivals Glamorgan, but the determination of the Welsh county after having two bad days in the field on Day and Day 2 ensured that they take home some valuable points, confidence and most important, runs.