The Sussex Sharks are Glamorgan's next opponents in the NatWest T20 Blast, as the two sides meet on Sunday, June 21st at the SSE SWALEC in a contest starting at 2.30pm (Gates open - 1pm)
After their defeat at Chelmsford on Friday evening, Glamorgan are in fifth spot in the group table, and they return to their headquarters to play the injury-plagued Sussex Sharks who are in seventh place and one point behind the Welsh county after their victory over second placed Hampshire at the Ageas Bowl.
A belligerent half-century by Chris Cooke guided Glamorgan to a thrilling last-ball victory in last summer's match between the two sides at Cardiff as West Indian Darren Sammy swatted the winning runs from the final delivery to see Glamorgan to a nail-biting five-wicket victory.
The Welsh county had been victorious the previous occasion the two sides met at the Cardiff ground, with the game in June 2011 seeing a fine spell of swing bowling by Alex Jones which thwarted the visitor's run chase, with the left-arm bowler taking 3/18 as the Sharks stumbled to a two-run defeat.
2012 also saw the Sharks lose at Cardiff as on Twenty20 Finals Day - very successfully staged at Glamorgan's headquarters - they were beaten by 36 runs by the Yorkshire Carnegie who had earlier posted 172-6 in their 20 overs thanks to an unbeaten 68 by Jonny Bairstow. Accurate seam and swing bowling was their undoing again as Tim Bresnan and Richard Pyrah made decisive inroads into the Sharks line-up with only Chris Nash, who struck 80 not out, offering any lengthy resistance.
Sussex Sharks Fact File
T20 Captain: Luke Wright
Overseas players: Steve Magoffin (Australia), Mahela Jayawardene (Sri Lanka), George Bailey (Australia)
Last season: Finished 7
th in the South Division
Pre-Tournament Odds: Betfred, Coral and Bet 365 - 12/1; Sky Bet and William Hill - 14/1
T20 results in 2014 v Glamorgan
30
th May at Cardiff - Glamorgan won by 5 wickets
Sussex 178/7 in 20 overs - EC Joyce 39, MJ Prior 39, GG Wagg 2-28
Glamorgan 179-5 in 20 overs - CB Cooke 65*, JA Rudolph 50, SA Piolet 2-33
15
th July at Hove - Sussex won by 5 wickets
Glamorgan 151/8 in 20 overs - JA Rudolph 62, MW Goodwin 35, WAT Beer 3-14.
Sussex 153/5 in 18.3 overs - LJ Wright 66, MW Machan 33.