Glamorgan meet Somerset in the NatWest T20 Blast on Friday, July 4th with the contest, at the SWALEC Stadium, scheduled to get underway at 6.30pm (Gates opening - 5pm)
This is another important match for the Welsh county as they press for a top four place in the table and qualification for the quarter-finals. As far as Somerset are concerned, they start the game in bottom but one place in the table having won just three of their eight games so far this season, with their five defeats including the loss by seven runs to Glamorgan at Taunton a month ago.
Last summer's match between the two sides at the SWALEC Stadium saw Glamorgan comprehensively defeat Somerset by nine-wickets in front of a bumper crowd of 8,700 at their Cardiff headquarters. The star-studded Somerset side, who had come into the match on the back of victories in their opening games appeared to be the favourites on paper, but the Galactico's from the West Country were made to look rather third-rate. Graham Wagg took 3/29 as, together with support from his fellow bowlers, Somerset were restricted to a modest total of 125/6 in their 20 overs before Jim Allenby and Chris Cooke eased Glamorgan to an emphatic victory.
The contest between the two sides at Cardiff in 2012 was washed out, whilst the West Country side were victorious in 2011 when they played at the SWALEC Stadium with spinner Arul Suppiah recording a remarkable return of 6/5. Somerset also won in 2010 at the SWALEC Stadium as captain Marcus Trescothick blasted an imperious half-century to see his side to a seven-wicket victory under the Duckworth-Lewis Method.
Team news
After their record-breaking efforts at Richmond on Thursday night, Glamorgan have named an unchanged 13-man squad for the match with Somerset at the SWALEC Stadium. The 13-man squad in full is - J Allenby (capt and wk), JA Rudolph, MA Wallace, SJ Walters, CB Cooke, BJ Wright, WD Bragg, MW Goodwin, AG Salter, WT Owen, RAJ Smith, DA Cosker and MG Hogan.