Glamorgan are on the road again as they travel to The Oval to meet Surrey in their next match in the T20 Vitality Blast which is scheduled to start at 1830 on Tuesday, 20 June. (writes Andrew Hignell)
Glamorgan’s stirring 32-run victory against Gloucestershire at Sophia Gardens on Sunday afternoon has lifted them up from sixth place in the table to fifth spot and with a game in hand over fourth place Hampshire. Surrey, after their defeat on Sunday against Hampshire have now slipped back into second place in the Southern Group, by virtue of an inferior run rate compared with Somerset, who despite not playing on Sunday, have moved up into top spot and on Monday evening have an opportunity to further extend their lead as they meet Essex at Chelmsford.
The Welsh county were unbeaten in T20 games at The Oval up until 2019 but, as the list below shows, Surrey have won their last three T20 games against Glamorgan at their headquarters:
26 May 2016 at The Oval - Glamorgan won by 8 wickets
4 August 2017 at The Oval - Glamorgan won by 6 runs
31 July 2018 at The Oval - Glamorgan won by 4 wickets
25 July 2019 at The Oval - Surrey won by 97 runs
14 June 2021 at The Oval - Surrey by 5 wickets
27 May 2022 at The Oval - Surrey won by four wickets
Last year’s game at The Oval had a gripping finale with Michael Hogan taking 5/18 and nearly helping the Welsh county to snatch a dramatic victory as Surrey chased a target of 174. He had earlier dismissed Jason Roy and Will Jacks before Ollie Pope oversaw a recovery. However, Hogan returned to remove Sam Curran and, with nine needed from 12 balls, Hogan also dismissed Pope as Northeast completed a catch at backward point.
Two balls later, Jordan Clark hoisted Hogan to Kiran Carlson at deep mid-wicket as the over yielded just a single and left Surrey still needing eight from the final over from Michael Neser. Jamie Overton struck the first two balls for two and one, before Chris Jordan flayed the next for two to deep point before scampering another single. Overton then drilled the penultimate delivery from Neser through mid-on for two to seal a hard-fought victory.
Amongst the highlights of Glamorgan’s previous T20 matches at The Oval was the 25-run victory in 2015 with Colin Ingram blasting an imperious 91. This remains the highest individual score for Glamorgan in all T20 matches against Surrey and allowed them to post a competition-best total of 240-3: a mammoth total and in stark contrast to their modest total of 44 on their visit to The Oval in 2019.