One month today the eyes of the cricket world will be on Cardiff as Glamorgan host the opening Investec Ashes Test between England and Australia.
Rival captains Alastair Cook and Michael Clarke will have their picture traditionally taken with the famous Ashes Urn and battle will commence at the newly renamed The SSE SWALEC on July 8.
Six years ago, Wales held it's first Test match which produced a stunning draw as tailenders Jimmy Anderson and Monty Panesar held out for more than 11 overs to famously avoid defeat against the Australians.
Hugh Morris was the England managing director on that day in 2009 and now, six years on, he is the man charged with delivering this Ashes Test match which starts on July 8th
Does the Ashes Test match feel like it is just a month away?
Hugh Morris: It has come around very quickly. We have planned long and hard and meticulously for it.
We want it to be as a good an Ashes as 2009 and even better. It was a fantastic Test match on and off the pitch and Glamorgan set the bar very high.
Others have since followed and took on board what we did, so we have a hard act to follow, but we are determined to do that. We have a great team here and everybody is looking forward to the challenge of hosting one of the biggest sporting events of the year.
There was a lot of scepticism about Cardiff hosting the first Ashes Test six years ago. Do you feel that still exists and Glamorgan still have to prove themselves?
HM: There is always pressure to deliver. Especially when you are hosting an event which is a huge global sporting showpiece.
You are under the spotlight and there is no complacency. Over the last nine months we have looked at different ways of doing things better to provide our customers with a different experience.
We will be on top of our game and we want people to come here and enjoy themselves.
What is left to do?
HM: What we have tried to do is to make sure we get no big surprises.
We have been constantly testing the infrastructure of the stadium so anything from scoreboards to floodlighting is looked after and
we've recently announced a new WiFi upgrade which will help us deliver the Test operationally more efficiently.
There has been a lot of testing going on and work with our partners to make sure the experience of coming into the stadium is a good one.
When they are in the stadium there are a lot of things for our customers to enjoy a great experience.
The ground has been renamed from the SWALEC Stadium to The SSE SWALEC. Why was that necessary?
HM: We have been very close partners with SSE SWALEC over the last few years. They have been great and the SSE SWALEC is going to be very much part of being an iconic venue around the world.
We were proud in 2009 to become the 100th Test venue in world cricket and that was a very special honour to have.
The SSE Swalec has become synonymous with successful major international matches and we want to do that for years to come.
How important is hosting Ashes Test matches to the financial future of the county given the recent troubles?
HM: It's a position we found ourselves in and are not proud of that.
We are grateful to our creditors and are working closely with them to make sure we come to a final resolution. By the end of the summer, hopefully we'll get into a position where we'll have a much more sustainable future.
It's important for the profile of cricket in Wales for us to be hosting major international matches and have ICC Champions Trophy and World Cup games being staged in Cardiff over the next four years.
It's also vital to secure the economic impact that major matches bring to the city of Cardiff and the reputation we will get as a country for hosting an event like the Ashes.
It is likely the Ashes will bring in between £5-8m for each day to the city, which is very considerable for Cardiff.
Any money we are going to generate through the Ashes we can plough back into the game at grassroots level in Cardiff and Wales.
What sort of state do you think England are in going into the Ashes series?
HM: It was a tough but good series against New Zealand (England drew 1-1) and there was a lot of good cricket played by both sides.
England will be buoyed by that. There were a lot of people who saw New Zealand as favourites going that series.
The way England performed, certainly at Lord's in the Test match they won, would have given them a lot of confidence.
Test series in this country between England and Australia have been tight in recent times. I have a lot of confidence England will again put on a good show, hopefully starting in Cardiff.
But won't Australia be dominant?
HM: Australia are a very strong side. Over the last two years they have set the benchmark for others to follow.
You have to bowl a side out twice in Test match cricket and their fast bowling looks very strong. If they have injuries, they have someone to come in.
Nathan Lyon is also a very underrated spin bowler. He has a good Test record and spins the ball and will put England's left handers in particular under a lot of pressure.
Andrew Strauss was captain last time England played Australia in a Test in Cardiff. Now he is effectively doing your old job with England. How will he cope in the role?
HM: I am really looking forward to seeing Andrew. He is a good personal friend of mine and he was an outstanding England captain.
I think he will do a great job as director of England cricket. He will come here with good memories of 2009 and of other internationals. He will instil a lot of calm and confidence in the dressing room and the ECB have a very good man to fill that role.
It is important you feel as if you have got the right people in place. Then it's over to them.
You have to put your trust and faith in them. That's a strength of Andrew because he is very calm and collected and that will help the England dressing room in the Ashes series.
Strauss and Ricky Ponting were the two captains in Cardiff six years ago. This time it will be Alastair Cook and Michael Clarke. How important will they be in this series?
HM: The first thing to say is they are both great ambassadors for the game. I keep seeing people write Alastair off but knowing the man as well as I do and seeing him perform at the top of the order for England, you write him off at your peril.
He is playing well again and is back to somewhere near his best in the last couple of series. He has 9,000 Test match runs which no other England batsman has done before and he could break any record in the book.
He's an outstanding individual and player. If he can hit his straps then England will be very competitive in this series.
It is great to see Alastair in form and it's always so important the captain is on top of his game for his status as a leader.
That is going to be so important against a strong Australian team who are outstandingly led by Michael Clarke.
What will you consider success at 7pm on July 12, the final day of the Test?
HM: I would love to have seen a full house for all five days. We managed to do that in 2009 and we are very confident the first four days are going to be sold out.
We still have some tickets left for day five, but we are confident given the price we will sell those tickets out and we will get fantastic crowds.
We want some good weather and fantastic cricket. If England can go on and win, that will be the icing on the cake.
There are still a limited number of tickets available to the first Ashes match from July 8-12. Tickets for the fifth day are currently available for £25 (which is fully refundable if no cricket is played) and there are also a number hospitality packages for anyone who wants to see the first four days' play. For more information see www.glamorgancricket.com/ashes
Register your details by midday on Monday 15th June to secure priority access to a final release of tickets which will be made available next week
here.