After his side\'s draw with Leicestershire earlier in the week, Glamorgan skipper Jacques Rudolph looked ahead to the Royal London One-Day Cup competition which starts on Thursday away at Gloucestershire.
This year all the fixtures are in the block so could this work to Glamorgan’s advantage if we get some early momentum like last year?
I think it could because we will be able to keep our focus on one competition at that time and I always speak about momentum. The guys are excited about playing white-ball cricket.
It's generally a format we pride ourselves in so if we hit the ground running we can get a win on Thursday.
Gloucestershire are a team you’ve played a lot recently?
They are a wily team who play very well in their own conditions so we’ve got to make sure when we arrive on Thursday we know how we want to go about our business so we can get some early momentum.
How much rotation on the fast bowlers will there be during the campaign as you do now have the option to bring people in?
A lot will depend on how fit Timm is and when Waggy starts coming back as well. We are mindful that a county season means high workloads for them so especially for someone like Marchant who had a full season in South Africa to keep fresh so if Timm is fit and ready to go maybe one of our seamers will have a rest.
In 2015 you managed to get through a season on three front line seamers, so it’s a bit of a turnaround?
I was actually thinking about that today and fair play to the fitness trainers and physios for getting us through that but we are in a more fortunate position this year with two more additions (Meschede and Timm) and it’s easier to rotate. We’ve also got young Lukas Carey who has had a massive effect on our four day campaign so far.
The Leicestershire game was Marchant de Lange’s best game for Glamorgan so far, how is he settling in?
I think you saw when Timm arrived last year as another Southern hemisphere bowler, in these conditions it took him two or three games to get used to what is an effective length in the UK and I think Marchant has bowled really well.
In his first 15 overs against Leicestershire he didn't conceed a boundary and he picked up three wickets and as he learns more about his game and playing in the UK he will become really dangerous.
How is the injury situation looking ahead of the 50-over competition?
A few of the batters played in the Second XI game and did well but I think our last game against Leicestershire was good for us. Our batsmen spent time in the middle playing nicely and our work ethic from our three main seamers was excellent and fortunately they’ve got a few days rest as well so they should be good to go.