After their thrilling last-ball victory over Surrey on Tuesday evening at Sophia Gardens, Glamorgan travel to Chelmsford on Thursday evening for their next match in the Vitality Blast, with the contest aganst the Essex Eagles scheduled to get underway at 1900. (writes Andrew Hignell)
Glamorgan have won three and lost three of their previous T20 contests at Chelmsford, although – as the list below shows – their most previous match at Essex’s headquarters in 2019 was washed out without a ball being bowled.
23 May, 2014 at Chelmsford - Essex won by 4 wickets
19 June, 2015 at Chelmsford - Essex won by 16 runs
29 July, 2016 at Chelmsford - No Result
16 July, 2017 at Chelmsford - Glamorgan won by 5 wickets
13 July, 2018 at Chelmsford - Glamorgan won by 2 wickets
16 Aug, 2019 at Chelmsford - Match Abandoned
In 2018 Glamorgan pulled off one of their greatest run chases in white-ball cricket. However, such a scenario seemed unlikely as the visitors subsided to 110-8 chasing a target of 168. But Chris Cooke, together with the stoic support of Timm van der Gugten added 61 in 26 balls, with Chris striking a volley of massive sixes against the despondent attack before striking the final delivery for four to clinch a stunning victory by two wickets.
The 2017 contest at Chelmsford was a high-scoring affair with a stirring Glamorgan victory, although the Eagles seemed to be in the driving seat as Varun Chopra scored an unbeaten 103 as the home side amassed 219-4. But Colin Ingram responded with a superb 114 before run out during the closing stages of the contest just when he looked like breaking Ian Thomas’s record of 116* for the highest individual score for the Welsh county in the competition. But Colin’s efforts did not go to waste as Craig Meschede struck the last ball of the contest high over back ward point for six to clinch a thrilling five-wicket victory.
2016 had also seen Colin Ingram in blistering form with the bat at Chelmsford, with the southpaw posting a 56-ball hundred before the contest was interrupted and subsequently abandoned because of rain. Prior to these games, Chelmsford had not been a happy hunting ground for Glamorgan in T20 cricket with the game in July 2011 also seeing New Zealander Tim Southee take 6/16 including a hat-trick before Owais Shah posted 60 as the Essex Eagles secured a win by five wickets.