Head Coach Grant Bradburn has named a 13-man squad for our second home match of the summer, as we welcome Sussex to Sophia Gardens.
The Welsh County return to Cardiff after a hard-fought draw against Yorkshire at Headingley, with Glamorgan facing a large first-innings deficit against the Northern County.
Mason Crane took our first five-fer in the Yorkshire innings, where Joe Root and Finley Bean both struck centuries for the hosts.
Colin Ingram and Sam Northeast then replied in our second innings with centuries of their own, with both striking their second hundreds of the season to save the game for their side.
Northeast now tops the run-scoring charts across the country and is on pace to score 1000 runs before the end of May and join an immortal list.
After four draws to start the season, we sit 6th in the Division Two table, while the visitors sit in top spot after a convincing win against Derbyshire last week.
View from the Camp - Grant Bradburn
“The boys showed a tremendous amount of character to fight back at Headingley last week, and there were plenty of positives to take into this week’s game against Sussex.
“We can’t wait to be back at home in front of the Glamorgan faithful again, and we want to put on a show for our home fans!
“Sussex are a great side and rightfully top of the pile at the moment. This game will be a great marker to see where we are as a side this year. I am really excited about the fight the boys are showing, and that stands us in good stead for the rest of the season.”
Head-to-head – Glamorgan vs Sussex
Sussex are currently the leaders of Division Two having beaten Gloucestershire at Hove by four wickets, and then Derbyshire at Derby last weekend by an innings and 124 runs. The South coast team have 74 points with Glamorgan in sixth place on 44 points having drawn all four of their Championship matches so far this summer.
Last year’s match at Cardiff between the two teams saw Sam Northeast score a century before Sussex were left with the task of scoring 359 in the remaining 113 overs. After the early loss of Tom Haines and Ari Karvelas, the nightwatchman, Sussex mounted a rally until Mitchell Swepson, the Australian leg-spinner found plenty of assistance from the surface. Oli Carter, who the previous year had posted a career-best at the ground, then led a rearguard action and survived the final 21.2 overs with last man Henry Shipley to deprive Glamorgan of their second win of the season and prevented Glamorgan from completing back-to-back victories over the South Coast club at Sophia Gardens.
In 2022 Glamorgan had beaten Sussex by five wickets after Eddie Byrom and Colin Ingram shared a second wicket stand of 328 runs in 90 overs. It had been Glamorgan’s first victory over Sussex at Cardiff since April 1999 when both Simon Jones and Robert Croft each took five-wicket hauls, before a superb 153 from Steve James helped the Welsh county successfully chase a target of 336 on the final day to record a comprehensive victory by six wickets.
How to watch
A live stream of the fixture will be provided via our Match Centre and YouTube channel, with commentary from Nick Webb and the BBC Wales team. You can follow along and see the highlights of the fixture across the Glamorgan social media channels.