Middlesex are Glamorgan’s next opponents at Sophia Gardens in the Vitality County Championship, with the four-day contest at the Cardiff ground starting at 1100am on Friday, 17 May (writes Andrew Hignell).
Glamorgan’s stirring nine-wicket victory over Sussex at Cardiff on Sunday afternoon has lifted the Welsh county into fourth place in the Division Two table. Middlesex are in second spot in the table, just one point ahead of Glamorgan.
The two teams were involved in a high-scoring draw in the opening match of the Championship season in early April at Lord’s, with Sam Northeast making a record-breaking 335* and Colin Ingram 132* before Glamorgan declared on 620-3. Middlesex responded with 655 with Ryan Higgins posting 221.
Middlesex were the victors the last time the two teams met at Cardiff with the visitors winning by an innings and 82 runs in April 2022 thanks to eight wickets from Toby Roland-Jones and an unbeaten 104 by John Simpson, who is now the captain of Sussex.
It is thirty-three years since Glamorgan last recorded a Championship victory at their Cardiff base against Middlesex, with the victory in June 1991 coming during a rain-affected contest as four-wicket hauls by off-cutter Steve Barwick and seamer Mark Frost saw Glamorgan to a 129-run victory.
This also remains the Welsh county’s sole Championship victory against Middlesex at Sophia Gardens after the move at the end of the 1966 season away from the Arms Park – a ground where Glamorgan also only recorded one victory in nine Championship matches against Middlesex, with their sole success coming in 1950 when they won by 86 runs with Allan Watkins making an unbeaten 98, whilst Don Shepherd, then a seam bowler, taking 5/74.