Yorkshire meet unbeaten Glamorgan in the Welsh county’s next match in the Royal London One-Day Cup at Cardiff on Wednesday, 10 August starting at 1100.(writes Andrew Hignell)
Glamorgan are currently third in the Group B table, with Yorkshire in fourth spot, and the Welsh county will be looking to avenge their four-run defeat last season at Sophia Gardens by the White Rose side for whom newly appointed captain Johnny Tattersall (53) and hard-hitting all-rounder Matthew Waite (44) shared a match-winning partnership. In reply, Hamish Rutherford (58) and Nick Selman (92) shared an opening stand of 121 but, after they were dismissed, the Glamorgan innings rather fell away as they chased what seemed to be a modest target of 231 in 50 overs.
The list below shows the last six meetings between Glamorgan and Yorkshire at Cardiff in List A cricket and includes a dramatic quarter-final encounter in the NatWest Trophy in 1997 when Glamorgan were victorious by one run.
5 May, 1996 - Glamorgan won by 4 wickets
29 July, 1997- Glamorgan won by 1 wicket
19 May, 1998 - Yorkshire won by 37 runs
11 Aug, 2002 - Glamorgan won by 21 runs
20 Aug, 2007 - Yorkshire won by 8 wickets
12 Aug, 2021 – Yorkshire won by 4 runs
That game in 1997 proved to be yet another cliff-hanger, as Glamorgan chasing a target of 237, had a mid-innings wobble, losing seven wickets for 69 runs, including captain Maynard who was suffering from chicken-pox. When last man Dean Cosker, then aged 19 year-old, joined Waqar at the crease, 28 runs were still needed. Soon after, Waqar had a moment of good fortune, surviving a sharp chance to Michael Vaughan, before drawing on all of his international experience, the Pakistani farmed the strike against Darren Gough and Craig White, with the young spinner showing great maturity, well beyond his years, to take Glamorgan closer and closer to their target.
As the young spinner later reflected, “I didn`t feel too nervous because when you are out there, you just rely on your instincts. Waqar was so cool under pressure. He kept talking to me all the time, encouraging me to carefully watch the ball and don`t get out. Coming from one of the legends of the game, you try and listen. I survived a shout for l.b.w. against Darren Gough as the ball started reversing a great deal, but when Chris Silverwood, bowled a wide, we had won a quite remarkable game!”