It’s a quick turnaround for Glamorgan following their away match at Chelmsford on Thursday evening as they return to Cardiff on Friday 2 July to meet the Sussex Sharks in a contest at Sophia Gardens which is scheduled to get underway at 1730 (writes Andrew Hignell)
The Welsh county have won three of their seven T20 matches against the Sharks at Cardiff, with the 2017 match also being washed out after just eight overs were possible. As the list below shows, the Sharks have been victorious on their last two visits to Glamorgan’s headquarters for a T20 game:
30 May, 2014 at Sophia Gardens - Glamorgan won by 5 wickets
21 June, 2015 at Sophia Gardens - Sussex won by 10 wickets
7 July, 2016 at Sophia Gardens - Glamorgan won by 48 runs
21 July, 2017 at Sophia Gardens - No Result
8 July, 2018 at Sophia Gardens - Sussex won by 8 wickets
26 Aug, 2019 at Sophia Gardens - Sussex won by 7 wickets
Glamorgan’s most recent victory over the Sharks in a T20 game at Cardiff came in 2016 after David Lloyd had struck a typically belligerent 81 before Tim van der Gugten claimed 4/17. This was in stark contrast to the game in 2015 when the Sharks completed a home and away double over the Welsh side, winning by ten wickets at Cardiff and by nine wickets at Hove.
However, the Welsh county were to the fore in 2014 at Cardiff when Chris Cooke made a match-winning contribution by posting a forthright half-century to see Glamorgan to a thrilling last-ball victory as West Indian Darren Sammy swatted the winning runs from the final delivery.