Glamorgan have released their squad for the Vitality Blast match against Essex at Sophia Gardens on Friday 6 June.
After a close game against Surrey at Sophia Gardens on Tuesday, Glamorgan face Essex at the Home of Welsh Cricket in the first Friday night Vitality Blast game in Cardiff for the 2025 season. Glamorgan will look to get a back-to-back home win against Essex in the competition, having won the previous encounter at Sophia Gardens in 2024 by 26 runs.
The in-form bowling unit restricted Surrey to 149 on Tuesday in Cardiff, and were off to a flyer with the bat thanks to Kiran Carlson and Will Smale's 50-run opening partnership. However, the hosts will look to brush aside the final half hour of the Tuesday game and will look get a win again on Friday, after beating Middlesex in Northwood on Sunday.
Squad for Essex (home):
1. Kiran Carlson (c)
2. Tom Bevan
3. Chris Cooke
4. Mason Crane
5. Dan Douthwaite
6. Andy Gorvin
7. Colin Ingram
8. Ben Kellawayr
9. Ned Leonard
10. Jamie McIlroy
11. Will Smale
12. Asa Tribe
13. Timm van der Gugten
Here are the last six head-to-head results between the two sides at Sophia Gardens:
Aug 7th, 2018 at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff - Glamorgan won by 6 runs
Aug 9th, 2019 at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff - No Result
June 13th, 2021 at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff - Glamorgan won by 7 wickets
June 2nd, 2022 at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff - Glamorgan won by 6 wickets
June 9th, 2023 at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff - Essex won by 51 runs
July 7th, 2024 at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff - Glamorgan won by 26 runs
Injury Update
Hayden Kerr is unavailable due to a quad niggle sustained in the last game, and will rejoin the squad shortly.
Streaming
The match will be streamed for free on our YouTube channel, and also can be streamed right here in the Match Zone section of our website. The match begins at 6:30PM.