Hampshire are Glamorgan's next opponents in the NatWest T20 Blast as the two teams go head-to-head at the SWALEC Stadium on Friday, May 29th with the floodlit contest scheduled to start at 6.30pm.(Gates open - 5pm)
Both teams have a record of played two, won one and lost one in the NatWest T20 Blast this summer, with Glamorgan having defeated Surrey at The Kia Oval by 25 runs before losing at the SWALEC Stadium to the Essex Eagles by five wickets last Friday evening.
Hampshire met the Eagles in their opening game of the competition and thanks to a return of 3/27 by Yasir Arafat, plus an unbeaten half-century by Jimmy Adams, Hampshire won by 17 runs. However, Hampshire beaten last Friday at the Ageas Bowl by the Kent Spitfires as Alex Blake posted a rapid fifty to turn the game on its head and inflict a five wicket defeat on
Hampshire narrowly defeated Glamorgan last summer in the Twenty20 competition, with the South Coast side winning by six runs to make amends for the defeat by the Welsh county in the opening round of games of the 2014 competition at the Ageas Bowl. However, the result at Cardiff could have been very different had Darren Sammy not been caught on the boundary's edge by Jimmy Adams just as the West Indian all-rounder looked like seeing Glamorgan to a home and away double.
Glamorgan will be looking to return to winning ways against the South Coast side, whom they defeated in June 2010 at The SWALEC Stadium by seven wickets, with Jim Allenby taking the honours as the all-rounder guided his side to victory.
Hampshire have a decent record in Twenty20 cricket at Glamorgan's headquarters having won the competition in 2012 when the SWALEC Stadium hosted Finals Day. After beating Somerset in the semi-final, they defeated the Yorkshire Carnegie in the floodlit final with left-arm seam bowler Chris Wood claiming 3/26 as the South Coast side won by ten runs.
Hampshire T20 Fact File
T20 Captain: James Vince
Overseas players: Jackson Bird (Australia), Yasir Arafat (Pakistan)
Last Season: Finished 3
rd in the South Division, Semi Finalists- Losing to Lancashire Lightning by 41 runs (D/L method)
Pre-Tournament odds: Sky Bet- 6/1, William Hill- 6/1, Coral- 6/1, Betfred- 13/2, Bet 365- 13/2
Results v Glamorgan last season:
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th May 2014 at The Ageas Bowl - Glamorgan won by 10 runs
- Glamorgan 161/7 in 20 overs: Rudolph 34, Wallace 33. Briggs 2-24
- -Hampshire 151/6 in 20 overs: Coles 42, Vince 38. Owen 3-32
Man-of-the-Match - Jim Allenby (Glamorgan)
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th June 2014 at The SWALEC Stadium - Hampshire won by 6 runs
- Hampshire 170/6 in 20 overs: Carberry 59, Adams 52. Hogan 2-28
- Glamorgan 164/6 in 20 overs: Wallace 38, Cooke 35*. Coles 2-25
Man-of-the-Match - Jimmy Adams (Hampshire)