Vitality Blast Preview | Glamorgan vs Gloucestershire
19 June 2024
Gloucestershire make the short trip across the Bristol channel to take on Glamorgan in Cardiff on Thursday 20th June as the T20 Vitality Blast reaches the halfway point.
The season’s first Severnside derby comes after Gloucestershire secured three points out of a possible four from two tough away fixtures over the weekend. Shire snatched a dramatic tie against Surrey at the Oval on Friday evening before comprehensively beating Kent at Canterbury on Sunday. The much-needed return to form for Mark Alleyne’s side sees Gloucestershire climb to sixth place in the South Group table on five points from six matches. A win against Glamorgan could see Gloucestershire enter the top four if results elsewhere go their way.
In their last outing Gloucestershire romped to a nine-wicket victory against Kent Spitfires, Miles Hammond the star of the show with a career-best 80 from 41 balls. That was during the run-chase in which Gloucestershire chased down Kent’s first innings score of 125 all out with more than eight overs remaining in the match.
Glamorgan, meanwhile, sit once place and one point below Gloucestershire in the South Group table having had two wins, three defeats and one no result in their opening six Blast matches. Glamorgan’s two wins have come against Middlesex at Lord’s and Sussex at Cardiff.
TOWERGATE CHELTENHAM CRICKET FESTIVAL
A highlight of the cricket summer season is the Towergate Cheltenham Cricket Festival - two weeks of Gloucestershire cricket action with the Shire facing off in the various competitions at the College Ground, Cheltenham.
TEAM NEWS
Mark Alleyne selects an unchanged 14-man squad for the trip to face Glamorgan, with Ed Middleton dropping out of the 15-man squad that travelled to Kent.
Spinner Tom Smith misses out due to a back injury as does Zafar Gohar with a hamstring injury. Tom Price also remains sidelined due to an ongoing back injury.
Your 14-man squad to face Glamorgan: J Taylor*, Akhter, Bancroft, Bracey†, B Charlesworth, de Lange, Hammond, Payne, O Price, Shaw, Singh Dale, M Taylor, van Buuren, Webster
VIEW FROM THE CAMP
OUR OPPONENTS
Glamorgan fell to a comprehensive defeat at the hands of Somerset in their last Vitality Blast match, managing only to score 85 runs in reply to Somerset’s 193/8.
Dan Douthwaite was Glamorgan’s top performer on the night, taking four wickets at Taunton.
LAST MEETING
Last time out against Glamorgan in T20 cricket, Glamorgan scraped a two-run victory with five balls remaining thanks to fine batting displays from Kiran Carlson (45), Colin Ingram (37) and Timm van der Gugten (21 from 12 balls).
HOW TO WATCH
Gloucestershire will take on Glamorgan in the Vitality Blast at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff, from 6:30pm on Thursday 20th June.
Watch every ball live via the Gloucestershire Cricket Match Centre, here
