County Championship Preview | Gloucestershire vs Glamorgan
28 June 2024
The Towergate Cheltenham Cricket Festival returns on Sunday and will get underway with a Vitality County Championship Division Two clash between Gloucestershire and Glamorgan.
Mark Alleyne’s will be looking to bounce back against the visiting Welsh side having succumbed to a comprehensive defeat against Yorkshire at Scarborough last week.
That defeat against Yorkshire leaves Gloucestershire in seventh place in the table on 92 points but only seven points off Yorkshire in third place. Sussex on 132 points and Middlesex on 124 points lead the way currently after eight games played.
Glamorgan, meanwhile, drew their last match against Northamptonshire and currently sit in fourth place in the table on 97 points. A win for either side at Cheltenham College could see them close the gap on the all-important top two promotion places.
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TEAM NEWS
Mark Alleyne selects a 14-man squad for the Cheltenham Cricket Festival curtain-raiser with Marchant de Lange and Matt Taylor coming into contention to play on Sunday.
Tom Price and Zafar Gohar remain sidelined while Chris Dent also misses out.
Your 14-man squad to face Glamorgan:
van Buuren (c), Akhter, Bancroft, Bracey, B Charlesworth, de Lange, Goodman, Hammond, Middleton, O Price, Singh Dale, Shaw, M Taylor Webster
LAST MEETING
Gloucestershire’s last red ball meeting with Glamorgan came in last year’s Cheltenham Cricket Festival. The match ended in a draw on that occasion with Chris Dent (113) and Ollie Price (84) high-scoring for Gloucestershire in what turned out to be a rain-affected fixture.
OUR OPPONENTS
Glamorgan have won one, lost one and draw six of their opening eight Vitality County Championship matches so far with their only win coming against early-season table-toppers, Sussex.
Last time out against Northants, Marnus Labuschagne top-scored for Glamorgan with 93 runs while Tim van der Gugten ended the match with five wickets.
HOW TO WATCH
Gloucestershire will take on Glamorgan in the Vitality County Championship at Cheltenham College from 11am on Sunday 30th June.
Watch every ball live via the Gloucestershire Cricket Match Centre, here
