With places up for grabs at Second Eleven T20 Finals Day next week at Arundel, Glamorgan 2nd XI did their chances of qualifying for the knockout stages no harm today as they recorded two victories over the MCC Young Cricketers in their back-to-back games at Finchley CC.
(writes Andrew Hignell)
Glamorgan defeated the MCC YC’s in the first match by 30 runs as, after making 158/9, they restricted their opponents to 128/9. The scorecard for this game is available at http://live.nvplay.com/ecb/#mff6a6fa9-8f89-42a5-8711-d301f5e4917c
The second match saw captain Tom Cullen blast 78 with 10 fours and a six before Ruaidhri Smith dismantled the MCC top-order. On his birthday and the anniversary of his remarkable spell last year in the T20 game at Richmond, Ruaidhri claimed career-best figures of 5/18 in his four overs as Glamorgan won by 63 runs, leaving the squad and 2nd XI coach Steve Watkin waiting on results from elsewhere to see whether or not the Welsh county had qualified for Finals Day next week at Arundel. The scorecard for the second match is available at http://live.nvplay.com/ecb/#m602a9468-a982-4c7f-afb1-5a1286528b6f
The two teams will be involved in a Second Eleven Championship match over the course of the next three days at High Wycombe CC. You can follow the ball-by-ball scores for these games, courtesy of the PCS Pro scoring package at http://live.nvplay.com/ecb/