Glamorgan's cricketers will make their earliest-ever start to a domestic season in the U.K. as they meet Gloucestershire at the SWALEC Stadium for a two-day friendly now re-scheduled to take place on March 17th and 18th (start time - 11am) as they commence their programme of pre-season games for 2015.
Match Information
On March 19
th, 2014 Glamorgan travelled to Bristol for a one-day match against Gloucestershire with the two teams then meeting at Cardiff on March 20
th and 21
st for another friendly. This year's match at Glamorgan's headquarters in Cardiff - now re-scheduled to Tuesday and Wednesday - sees an even earlier start to the pre-season programme, with further contests scheduled at Bristol on March 19
th, against Somerset at Taunton Vale CC on March 23
rd and 24
th, as well as against Cardiff MCCU at the SWALEC Stadium on March 26
th.
There will be a minimum of 96 overs on each day of this game on March 17th and 18th , with each team fielding 12 players, 11 of whom are entitled to bat. Entry to this contest is free-of-charge. Access will be available by foot at Gate 5 from 10am on each day with play expected to commence at 11a.m. Please note that there will be no catering facilities on either day, but drinks and snacks will be available from the vending machines in the National Cricket Centre.
Ball-by-ball scores will also be available online for this match via the Total Cricket Scorer website -
http://www.totalcricketscorer.com/TCSLive/TCSLiveScores.aspx - whilst an interval report plus a close of play summary and scorecard will appear on the Glamorgan website at the end of the match.
Squad News
Glamorgan have named the following 12 for their warm-up match against Gloucestershire at the SWALEC Stadium on March 17
th and 18
th: JM Kettleborough, WD Bragg, CB Cooke, BJ Wright, DL Lloyd, MA Wallace (capt and w/k), GG Wagg, CAJ Meschede, RAJ Smith, JR Murphy, DA Cosker and WT Owen.