Glamorgan Head to Taunton for Second Blast Encounter

28 May 2023 | Cricket

Limited Overs Head Coach Mark Alleyne has named a 14-man squad for Glamorgan's trip to Somerset in the Vitality Blast.

New overseas signing Peter Hatzoglou has been selected and is in line to make his Glamorgan debut at Taunton this evening.

He has joined as short-term cover for Michael Neser who is away with the Australia team, making Hatzoglou the only change to the Glamorgan squad who were victorious at Gloucestershire on Friday night.

All-rounder Dan Douthwaite took career-best figures of 4/23 last time out as the Welsh county restricted Gloucestershire to 161/9 from their 20 overs.

Colin Ingram top-scored with 47 in the run chase and contributed to a partnership of 69 with captain Kiran Carlson (35). After a flurry of wickets, the contest ended in thrilling fashion, with Timm van der Gugten smashing a six off the first ball of the final over to secure a two-wicket victory.

Somerset have won both of their opening two fixtures in the blast, most recently defeating Sussex at Hove by five wickets on Friday night.

In similar style, the clash went to the final over with Somerset also needing six to win and they reached the victory target with three balls to spare.

View from the camp – Colin Ingram

"It was great to spend some time out in the middle on Friday night.

"Fortunately, with some great knocks out there, and then Timm and Ruaidhri under pressure at the end, with some big shots we came away with the win.

"In that first outing, it was nice to shake the rust off. We clearly made a few mistakes but obviously some really exciting stuff as well. Hopefully, going into the next game we'll be way more polished."

Head-to-Head - Somerset vs Glamorgan

13 Aug 2017 at Taunton - Glamorgan won by 1 run
12 Aug 2018 at Taunton - Somerset won by 29 runs
24 Aug 2019 at Taunton - Somerset won by 25 runs
1 Sept 2020 at Taunton - Somerset won by 8 wickets
19 June 2021 at Taunton - Match Abandoned
3 June 2022 at Taunton - Somerset won by 9 wickets

Glamorgan’s victory at Taunton in 2017 was a nail-biting affair as they won by one run after a maiden half-century by Nick Selman plus a nerveless display by their bowlers during the closing stages with Michael Hogan and Marchant de Lange stifling a late Somerset rally. Their reward was qualification for the quarter-finals of the competition in a summer which saw the Welsh county reach Finals Day at Edgbaston where they lost to the Birmingham Bears in the semi-finals.

The game at Taunton in 2015 at Taunton was also a close contest before Glamorgan won by three runs, thanks to Colin Ingram who posted an imperious 96 from 62 balls and Wayne Parnell who delivered a superb final over. With the home side needing twelve off the final over, Tim Groenewald on-drove the South African’s first delivery for four runs and, after a flurry of singles and a wide, Abdur Rehman was left needing to strike four from the final two balls. But Parnell yorked the Pakistani spinner before Max Waller failed to make contact with the final delivery.

How to watch

Thanks to our friends at Somerset, a live stream will be in operation, and you can watch on the Glamorgan website via the match centre.

There will also be commentary available online via the BBC with Nick Webb and colleagues.

The match will also be covered on our social media channels, with updates, highlights, and reports throughout the game.

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