Looking Ahead To The NatWest T20 Blast 2016

Glamorgan’s 2016 NatWest T20 Blast campaign gets underway in Cardiff on June 1 and the Welsh county are looking to build on a positive 2015 with another season of high-octane cricket at The SSE SWALEC.

Glamorgan finished sixth in the South Group last season, winning seven and losing seven of their matches, just missing out on a quarter-final place to Essex Eagles.

And with Australia fast-bowler Shaun Tait now in their ranks, the squad is looking as strong as ever with both bat and ball. Tait, who has clocked the second fastest ball of all time, joins South African internationals Jacques Rudolph and Colin Ingram in the Glamorgan squad, as well as Dutch quick Timm van der Gugten, the ‘Flying Dutchman’, who has represented Netherlands at the T20 World Cup.

Tait will play the second half of the T20 Blast campaign and Glamorgan Cricket will soon be announcing their second overseas player.

The highlight of Glamorgan’s home campaign last season was the nerve-jangling match against Middlesex, which Glamorgan snatched by just four runs thanks to an incredible final over from Graham Wagg.

Middlesex, whose team boasted England T20 captain Eoin Morgan, as well as Nick Compton and Joe Burns, could not topple Glamorgan’s total of 169, as Wagg bowled immaculately to stop Joe Simpson hitting a boundary to win the game for Glamorgan.

Wagg will again be an integral part of Glamorgan’s T20 bowling attack, along with Aussie quick Michael Hogan, all-rounder Craig Meschede and spinners Dean Cosker and Andrew Salter.

The Cardiff pitch often makes for close games and new Head Coach Robert Croft will be hoping to guide his home county to the knockout stages. They lost agonisingly to Lancashire in the 2014 quarter-finals by a single run.

Glamorgan start 2016 with an away game versus Surrey on May 26, before the opening home game at The SSE SWALEC in Cardiff against Essex Eagles on June 1 starting at 6.30pm.

Join us at Glamorgan Cricket for the 2016 NatWest T20 Blast season with entry to all 7 home group fixtures for only £60 adults or £10 for juniors. T20 season tickets are available here giving you admission to see the following games: