Head Coach Matt Maynard has named a 13-man squad for our LV= County Championship fixture against Leicestershire
The Welsh county faces the side from the midlands in their first away Championship fixture of the season.
The encounter last year was one of the greatest wins in Glamorgan history, as the Welsh County pulled off an unlikely victory on the final day.
An astonishing innings from Sam Northeast bookended the performance, with his 410* becoming Glamorgan’s highest-ever first-class score, sharing in an unbeaten stand of 491 with Chris Cooke, another Glamorgan record.
Though many saw the game as a draw, Glamorgan set Leicestershire a chaseable target of 211 in 65 overs before the bowling attack blew the batting unit away, Michael Neser bowling Chris Wright to cap one of the greatest wins in County Cricket history.
Glamorgan head into the fixture in 5th place in the Division Two table after drawing their two opening fixtures, and Leicestershire lay 3rd after a famous win against Yorkshire in the opening round.
View from the camp – Sam Northeast
"I have very happy memories of last year, we played well and it will be good to go back. I’m obviously not expecting a repeat of last year, but very excited.
“It was a disappointing four days against Durham where I thought they played extremely well. We just need to get something going in this Championship.
”If we can get a few positive feelings before the game up at Leicestershire then I think we will be in a good position still.”
Head-to-head – Leicestershire vs Glamorgan
Leicestershire beat Yorkshire in their opening Championship match this season as they successfully chased a target of 389 on the final afternoon at Headingley. Their batters also enjoyed the better of a drawn contest a fortnight ago against Derbyshire at Grace Road. In contrast, the Welsh county have drawn both of their Championship matches so far this season with the weather intervening on the final day last week at Cardiff as Durham made Glamorgan follow-on for the first-ever time in Championship cricket.
David Lloyd, for whom this game at Leicester will be his 100th first-class appearance, will be hoping that his side can bounce back and reproduce their heroics from last year’s contest at Grace Road and a game which has gone down in the Club’s annals as one of the most remarkable in Glamorgan’s history with the Welsh county winning by an innings and 28 runs after Sam Northeast’s monumental 410* and a record-breaking stand of 461 with Chris Cooke as they amassed a record-breaking 795-5.
This gave them a lead of 211 runs with 65 overs remaining at lunch on the final day. However, it only took the visiting attack 58.4 overs to dismiss the shell-shocked Leicestershire batters for a second time. After Andrew Salter had extracted turn and bounce at the Pavilion End to claim a pair of early wickets, Michael Hogan dissected the middle-order during his second spell. The pace of Michael Neser was then too much for the lower order before Michael Neser, on his final Championship appearance of the summer, yorked Chris Wright before some joyous celebrations by the visiting fielders.
How to watch
A live stream will be in operation thanks to our friends at Leicestershire, and will be able to watch on the Glamorgan website via the match centre with commentary from Nick Webb and colleagues.
The match will also be covered on our social media channels, with updates, highlights, and reports throughout the game.