Glamorgan welcome Derbyshire for the last game of the season

26 Sep 2023 | Cricket

Head Coach Matt Maynard has named a 15-player squad for the last match of the season against Derbyshire and his last game as Head Coach at Glamorgan.

Timm van der Gugten returns to the squad after missing out last time because of a hamstring injury. Sam Northeast is not available for this fixture due to recovery from a non-cricket operation.

Glamorgan are fifth in the LV= County Championship Division Two table with 131 points, Sussex in fourth have the same number of points. Today's visitors lie in sixth spot with 104 points.

Sue Redfern will become the first female umpire to stand in a men's first-class match in England and Wales. Capped 21 times by England in the 1990s, Redfern has since become a trailblazing figure for female umpires.

Glamorgan Squad vs Derbyshire

 

View from the Camp - Sam Northeast

Sam Northeast, 166 not out against Yorkshire in Glamorgan's last game:

“Yorkshire dominated the game for the first two days and put us under some really good pressure. They bowled really well in the first innings, I thought. But the wicket flattened out and got pretty dead.

“That’s the story of the season. It can go a bit dead here at times and that’s why we’ve drawn so many games. Going forward, we’re going to have to think about ways to get a result on that pitch.

“It was pleasing that we showed some fight and some heart at the end of a long season, and I was happy to get the boys safely home.

“We’d obviously have liked to push harder for promotion, but it wasn’t to be.”

Head to Head - Glamorgan vs Derbyshire

The Welsh county secured an emphatic innings victory last year when they welcomed the Peakites to Cardiff with David Lloyd scoring an unbeaten and record-breaking 313 as his team posted 550-5 before declaring.

A five-wicket haul by Kiwi spinner Ajaz Patel saw Derbyshire follow-on 297 runs in arrears before a stand of 128 in 37.5 overs between Wayne Madsen and Leus du Plooy steadied Derbyshire’s second innings. Their stand ended when James Harris, during an exemplary post-lunch spell, saw Madsen chop a short ball onto his stumps, before Glamorgan took the new ball with Michael Hogan ending the contest as Timm van der Gugten caught Sam Conners on the long-leg boundary.

How to follow

The Glamorgan live stream will be in operation with commentary from BBC Radio's Nick Webb and colleagues so that you can watch the action on our website if you can't make it to Sophia Gardens.

The match will also be covered on our social media channels, with updates, highlights, and reports throughout the game.

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