The 2023 season was Glamorgan County Cricket Club 's 136th year in existence and their 102nd as a first-class cricket county. They competed in the Second Division of the County Championship , as well as Group B of the One-Day Cup and the South Group of the T20 Blast . Just two of their fourteen County Championship matches produced results (one win and one loss), meaning they finished in fifth place in the eight-team division; meanwhile, they failed to capitalise on a good start in the T20 Blast, winning four of their first five matches before losing eight of their next nine to finish eighth out of the nine teams in the South Group. In the One-Day Cup, they failed to put together any consistent form; they won four of their eight matches, finishing in fourth place, three points behind Gloucestershire and Worcestershire in quarter-final places. Glamorgan played two 50-over matches at The Gnoll in Neath for the second year in a row, while also not returning to Penrhyn Avenue in Rhos-on-Sea for the fourth year in a row.[ 1]
It was the team's fourth season with Matthew Maynard as their red-ball head coach and their second with David Lloyd as captain;[ 2] both left at the end of the season, with Maynard stepping down[ 3] and Lloyd moving to Derbyshire .[ 4] Former Gloucestershire and England all-rounder Mark Alleyne joined the club as white-ball head coach,[ 5] but his appointment as an assistant coach for the Welsh Fire in The Hundred meant Glamorgan turned to David Harrison to coach the side in the One-Day Cup.[ 6] The team's overseas players were Australians Marnus Labuschagne and Michael Neser , and South African Colin Ingram ;[ 7] Australian Peter Hatzoglou and New Zealander Cam Fletcher also joined for the T20 Blast,[ 8] [ 9] while Australian Mitchell Swepson was brought in while Neser was on international duty with Australia for the 2023 Ashes series .[ 10]
Pre-season and friendlies
Glamorgan's pre-season campaign took place in Zimbabwe, where they played a three-day match and a one-day match against Northerns , and three one-day matches against Southerns . On returning, they played a three-day game against Somerset at Taunton, before hosting Cardiff MCCU in another three-day match.[ 11] They also played a one-day match against Herefordshire before the start of the One-Day Cup season, but it was rained off midway through the first innings.[ 12]
4–6 March: Northerns (Zimbabwe) v Glamorgan
Northerns (Zimbabwe) won the toss and elected to bat.
Northerns (Zimbabwe) used 14 players and Glamorgan used 18 players (both 11 batting, 11 fielding)
8 March: Southerns v Glamorgan
Southerns won the toss and elected to field.
12 players per side (11 batting, 11 fielding)
9 March: Northerns (Zimbabwe) v Glamorgan
Northerns (Zimbabwe) won the toss and elected to bat.
12 players per side (11 batting, 11 fielding)
10 March: Southerns v Glamorgan
Southerns won the toss and elected to bat.
12 players per side (11 batting, 11 fielding)
12 March: Southerns v Glamorgan
Glamorgan won the toss and elected to bat.
15 players per side (11 batting, 11 fielding)
27–29 March: Glamorgan v Somerset
Toss uncontested
Play on day 1 was delayed by an hour due to rain.
Play on day 2 was not possible until 15:30 due to rain.
Play on day 3 was reduced to 33 overs due to rain.
1–3 April: Glamorgan v Cardiff MCCU
v
215 (56.2 overs)
David Lloyd 48 (44)Vinayak Raghavan 5/49 (13.2 overs)
228/5 (40 overs)
Colin Ingram 63 (72)Vinayak Raghavan 3/73 (13 overs)
275/7 (50.1 overs)
Xavier Clarke 110 (103) Andrew Salter 2/40 (7 overs)
Glamorgan won the toss and elected to bat.
Play on day 1 was not possible until 15:30 due to rain.
13 players per side (11 batting, 11 fielding)
30 July: Herefordshire v Glamorgan
Glamorgan won the toss and elected to field.
Rain stopped play after 23.1 overs of the Herefordshire innings.
County Championship
Matches
6–9 April: Glamorgan v Gloucestershire
Glamorgan won the toss and elected to field.
Points: Glamorgan 12, Gloucestershire 8.
20–23 April: Glamorgan v Durham
Glamorgan won the toss and elected to field.
No play was possible on day 2 due to rain.
Play on day 4 was reduced to 63 overs due to rain.
Points: Durham 13, Glamorgan 9.
After a week off, Glamorgan returned to action at home to Durham buoyed by the return of their overseas players, Australians Michael Neser and Marnus Labuschagne .[ 13]
27–30 April: Leicestershire v Glamorgan
Glamorgan won the toss and elected to field.
Points: Leicestershire 11, Glamorgan 10.
4–7 May: Yorkshire v Glamorgan
Yorkshire won the toss and elected to field.
Points: Yorkshire 8, Glamorgan 8.
11–14 May: Glamorgan v Worcestershire
Glamorgan won the toss and elected to field.
Points: Glamorgan 20, Worcestershire 3.
18–21 May: Sussex v Glamorgan
Match drawn County Ground , Hove Umpires: Martin Saggers and Rob White
Sussex won the toss and elected to field.
Zain-ul-Hassan (Glam) made his first-class debut.
Points: Sussex 12, Glamorgan 7.
11–14 June: Durham v Glamorgan
Glamorgan won the toss and elected to bat.
Points: Durham 13, Glamorgan 10.
25–28 June: Glamorgan v Sussex
Glamorgan won the toss and elected to bat.
Points: Glamorgan 8, Sussex 8.
10–13 July: Glamorgan v Leicestershire
Leicestershire won the toss and elected to field.
No play was possible on day 1 and only 17 overs were possible on day 2 due to rain.
Points: Leicestershire 13, Glamorgan 11.
20–23 July: Gloucestershire v Glamorgan
Glamorgan won the toss and elected to bat.
No play was possible on day 3 due to rain.
Points: Glamorgan 12, Gloucestershire 11.
25–28 July: Derbyshire v Glamorgan
Derbyshire won the toss and elected to field.
Points: Glamorgan 13, Derbyshire 9.
3–6 September: Worcestershire v Glamorgan
Glamorgan won the toss and elected to field.
Ben Kellaway (Glam) made his first-class debut.
Points: Worcestershire 4, Glamorgan 3.
10–13 September: Glamorgan v Yorkshire
Yorkshire won the toss and elected to bat.
Ben Cliff (Yorks) made his first-class debut.
Dan Douthwaite (Glam) came on as a substitute for Ben Kellaway after 78 overs of Yorkshire's first innings.
Points: Yorkshire 10, Glamorgan 7.
26–29 September: Glamorgan v Derbyshire
Glamorgan won the toss and elected to field.
Points: Derbyshire 9, Glamorgan 8.
Standings
Source: ESPNCricinfo,
[ 14] ECB,
[ 15] BBC
[ 16]
Yorkshire deducted 48 points by the ECB for the handling of the Azeem Rafiq scandal , and a further two points for slow over rates .
Sussex deducted 12 points by the ECB for receiving four fixed penalties during the season.[ 17] (P) Promoted
One-Day Cup
Matches
4 August: Worcestershire v Glamorgan
Worcestershire won the toss and elected to field.
Alex Horton , Ben Kellaway and Ben Morris (all Glam) made their List A debuts.
Points: Worcestershire 2, Glamorgan 0.
6 August: Derbyshire v Glamorgan
Glamorgan won the toss and elected to field.
Points: Glamorgan 2, Derbyshire 0.
8 August: Glamorgan v Durham
No toss.
Points: Glamorgan 1, Durham 1.
10 August: Glamorgan v Warwickshire
Glamorgan won the toss and elected to field.
Michael Booth (Warks) made his List A debut.
Points: Warwickshire 2, Glamorgan 0.
13 August: Sussex v Glamorgan
Sussex won the toss and elected to bat.
Points: Glamorgan 2, Sussex 0.
16 August: Glamorgan v Gloucestershire
Glamorgan won the toss and elected to bat.
Points: Gloucestershire 2, Glamorgan 0.
20 August: Somerset v Glamorgan
Somerset won the toss and elected to bat.
Points: Glamorgan 2, Somerset 0.
22 August: Glamorgan v Northamptonshire
Northamptonshire won the toss and elected to bat.
Points: Glamorgan 2, Northamptonshire 0.
Standings
Advanced directly to the semi-finals
Advanced to the quarter-finals
T20 Blast
Matches
26 May: Gloucestershire v Glamorgan
Glamorgan won the toss and elected to field.
Ben Charlesworth (Glos) and Ben Kellaway (Glam) made their T20 debuts.
Points: Glamorgan 2, Gloucestershire 0.
28 May: Somerset v Glamorgan
Somerset won the toss and elected to field.
Points: Somerset 2, Glamorgan 0.
31 May: Middlesex v Glamorgan
Glamorgan won the toss and elected to bat.
Points: Glamorgan 2, Middlesex 0.
2 June: Glamorgan v Kent
Glamorgan won the toss and elected to field.
Zain-ul-Hassan (Glam) made his T20 debut.
Points: Glamorgan 2, Kent 0.
4 June: Sussex v Glamorgan
Sussex won the toss and elected to field.
Eddie Byrom (Glam) retired hurt after 1.4 overs.
Points: Glamorgan 2, Sussex 0.
7 June: Glamorgan v Surrey
Surrey won the toss and elected to bat.
Points: Surrey 2, Glamorgan 0.
9 June: Glamorgan v Essex
Essex won the toss and elected to bat.
Points: Essex 2, Glamorgan 0.
16 June: Essex v Glamorgan
Essex won the toss and elected to field.
Points: Essex 2, Glamorgan 0.
18 June: Glamorgan v Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire won the toss and elected to field.
Zaman Akhter (Glos) made his T20 debut.
Points: Glamorgan 2, Gloucestershire 0.
20 June: Surrey v Glamorgan
Glamorgan won the toss and elected to field.
Josh Blake (Surrey) and Andy Gorvin (Glam) made their T20 debuts.
Points: Surrey 2, Glamorgan 0.
21 June: Glamorgan v Somerset
Somerset won the toss and elected to field.
Points: Somerset 2, Glamorgan 0.
23 June: Glamorgan v Sussex
Sussex won the toss and elected to bat.
Points: Sussex 2, Glamorgan 0.
30 June: Hampshire v Glamorgan
Glamorgan won the toss and elected to field.
Rain reduced the Hampshire innings to 9.2 overs and the Glamorgan innings to 5.3 overs.
Points: Hampshire 2, Glamorgan 0.
2 July: Glamorgan v Middlesex
Middlesex won the toss and elected to bat.
Points: Middlesex 2, Glamorgan 0.
Standings
Advanced to the Quarter-finals
Statistics
Batting
Bowling
First-class
Player
Matches
Innings
Overs
Maidens
Runs
Wickets
Timm van der Gugten
13
20
385.5
89
1,140
39
6/88
7/76
29.23
2.95
59.35
3
0
James Harris
11
17
292.4
37
1,189
32
4/18
6/113
37.15
4.06
54.87
0
0
Jamie McIlroy
10
17
259.5
51
736
24
5/34
8/75
30.66
2.83
64.95
1
0
Michael Neser
6
9
155.3
26
523
20
7/32
7/123
26.15
3.36
46.65
1
0
Mitchell Swepson
4
6
176.3
32
585
14
4/89
7/141
41.78
3.31
75.64
0
0
Kiran Carlson
14
13
206.0
12
853
14
3/147
4/166
60.92
4.14
88.28
0
0
Zain-ul-Hassan
9
11
143.0
22
477
8
2/18
4/65
59.62
3.33
107.25
0
0
Andy Gorvin
5
7
96.4
25
318
7
3/88
3/88
45.42
3.28
82.85
0
0
Marnus Labuschagne
5
7
39.3
1
217
5
4/81
4/81
43.40
5.49
47.40
0
0
David Lloyd
8
8
59.0
5
266
5
2/32
4/115
53.20
4.50
70.80
0
0
Source: [ 24]
References