Wagg Back, But Cooke Misses Derbyshire Trip

5 Jul 2015 | Cricket
Glamorgan travel to Chesterfield to play Derbyshire in the LV= County Championship tomorrow and Graham Wagg has been included in the 13-man squad after his return to fitness following a side strain.
Wagg has played such a big part in our Championship cricket this year so it's a hugely important we try and get him in and he's fit which is great, said Toby Radford, and Ruaidhri Smith is into the squad too, so I think it's a case of looking at the pitch tomorrow morning to see whether we go with four seamers and one front line spinner or play two front line spinners, but much will depend on the conditions we encounter there.

Glamorgan 's Chris Cooke misses the game due to family reasons, but there is room for Aneurin Donald again after he was an unselected member of the 12-man T20 squad that won at Southampton on Friday night.

Donald is in the thirteen man squad and Aneurin is a very talented young player who has just come off the back of a hundred last week for the second team and he's been involved with the England Under-19s so we know he is a high pedigree player and he will be looking for his opportunity as soon as possible.

Aneurin is back with us full-time now, and he's pretty much hit the ground running getting a century under his belt last week, we'd love to see him get an opportunity, whether it is this game or one of the games coming up, to add to what he did when he came in last year when he scored fifty against Hampshire at The SSE SWALEC.

He's shown to everyone the talent and ability he's got and also the confidence - that's a real strength of his to show that confidence against a good bowling attack.

Head Coach Toby Radford is relishing the chance to extend the Welsh county's winning run, as a fifth successive victory is possible - which would be a county record although he is equally as proud of the team's unbeaten record.

Radford hailed the performance down at Canterbury against Kent when the team had their backs to the wall, but we were able to grind out a draw which proved a confidence boost for the team as the winning run began from there.

We've gone on a roll from the Kent game, the attack is playing well and we know the middle and lower order is batting well, so we'd just love the top four or five to fire because when we do that we really will be on song.

Glamorgan squad v Derbyshire at Chesterfield: Rudolph, Bragg, Wright, Ingram, Wallace, Meschede, Wagg, Lloyd, Salter, Smith, Cosker, Hogan and Donald