Post by Admin on Jun 1, 2021 13:48:05 GMT
The last one before almost a month of white ball stuff sees us go to Cardiff for the first time in a while. The wicket is a lot slower than at OT and we may have to be patient in this one, another win should almost guarentee a place in the top group in the end of season shut out.
A test event for spectators in Wales so apparently 1000 first day and none afterwards.
The Cardiff Wales Stadium, which is part of Sophia Gardens Cardiff (Welsh: Gerddi Soffia Caerdydd), is a cricket stadium in Cardiff, Wales. It is located in Sophia Gardens on the River Taff. It is home to Glamorgan County Cricket Club and is listed as an international Test cricket venue.The venue is home to Glamorgan County Cricket Club which has played its home matches there since 24 May 1967,[3] after moving away from Cardiff Arms Park. A 125-year lease of the ground was acquired in 1995, with the previous leaseholders, Cardiff Athletic Club, moving its cricket section (Cardiff Cricket Club) to the Diamond Ground in Whitchurch. Beside the cricket ground is the large sports hall complex of the Sport Wales National Centre. Cardiff Corinthians F.C. have previously used the area for football. In July 2007, Glamorgan cricketer Mike Powell was granted his wish to have a rib, removed during surgery, buried at the ground.[4]
The £9.4 million cost to redevelop stadium was funded by with approximately half (£4.5 million) being provided in the form of a Cardiff Council loan.[11] It is possible that the revamped stadium could host seven Test matches, nine One Day Internationals and two World Cup games up to 2028, injecting at least £50 million into the local economy.[12][13] Construction of the redevelopment of Sophia Gardens began in April 2007,[7] and the redeveloped stadium was first opened for competitive matches on 9 May 2008, when the Glamorgan Dragons played the Gloucestershire Gladiators in a Friends Provident Trophy match in which the Gladiators won by six wickets.[14]
On 4 March 2008, Glamorgan Cricket Club announced a 10-year sponsorship deal with SWALEC, thought to be the biggest single sponsorship by a county cricket club, giving SWALEC the naming rights to the new stadium, worth in excess of £1.5 million over 10 years.[15]
In June 2015, ahead of the First Test of the 2015 Ashes series, the stadium was renamed as simply "The SSE SWALEC" in reflection of the ownership of sponsors SWALEC by SSE plc.[16] The new logo from June 2015 was designed to reflect the shape of the stadium.[17] In April 2018 the stadium officially reverted to its traditional name of Sophia Gardens following the end of the sponsorship deal.[18]
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Glamorgan will welcome Lancashire, plus many of the Welsh county’s loyal members on the opening day, back to Sophia Gardens for their next contest in the LV=Insurance County Championship with the four-day contest scheduled to get underway at 1100 on Thursday 3rd June. (writes Andrew Hignell)
Lancashire are the leaders of group three following their innings victory on Sunday afternoon over Yorkshire at Emirates Old Trafford, with the Red Roses currently having 123 points and four victories to their credit this summer. Glamorgan are in fourth place with 80 points, although the Welsh county have been particularly affected by the rain and bad light during May, including the drawn contest between the two teams at the Manchester ground. In fact, Glamorgan’s total of 47.25 hours of lost playing time so far this summer in the County Championship is only surpassed by Somerset’s tally of 48.50 hours.
This will be Lancashire’s seventh visit to Sophia Gardens for a Championship match and their first since 1996 when an imperious 214 by Matthew Maynard saw Glamorgan to a mammoth total of 505 and underpinned a 48-run victory for Glamorgan with spin-twins Robert Croft claiming 5/47 and Dean Cosker 4/60 on the final day.
The Welsh county also won by four wickets in a rain-affected game at the Cardiff ground during August 1968 with an unbeaten 95 by Alan Jones seeing Glamorgan to their target of 178 inside 39 overs. Lancashire’s sole victory in Championship cricket at Sophia Gardens came in August 1981 when the Red Roses won by 66 runs after half-centuries by Clive Lloyd and Bernard Reidy, plus a return of 6/44by Peter Lee trumped career-best figures of 8/70 by Glamorgan’s off-spinner Barry Lloyd.
The contests between the two teams in 1967, 1970 and 1984 at Sophia Gardens all ended in draws. In contrast, Lancashire have been victorious on each of their last three visits to Wales – all staged at Colwyn Bay – winning by 14 runs in 2013, by an innings and 157 runs in 2015 and by an innings and 150 runs in 2019.
Glamorgan’s most recent Championship victory over Lancashire came at Liverpool during June 1997 when a fine 152 by Steve James plus an astonishing spell of 7/25 by Waqar Younis – who twice was on a hat-trick - saw Lancashire dismissed for a paltry 51 as the Welsh county won by 221 runs en route to lifting the county title.
Besides seeing the welcome return of Glamorgan supporters on the opening day of this game after an absence of over 600 days at Sophia Gardens, the contest could also be a red-letter one for several Glamorgan players including Michael Hogan, their evergreen seam bowler who celebrated his 40th birthday earlier this week, as well as club captain Chris Cooke and batsman Kiran Carlson.
Michael needs two further wickets to reach the outstanding landmark of 400 first-class wickets for his adopted county, whilst Chris is 49 runs short of taking his own tally of first-class runs for Glamorgan to 5,000. As far as Kiran is concerned, the renaissance man of Glamorgan cricket in 2021 currently has 552 first-class runs to his name and is 15 runs away from surpassing his best-ever seasonal tally of 567 runs, achieved in 2018.
A test event for spectators in Wales so apparently 1000 first day and none afterwards.
The Cardiff Wales Stadium, which is part of Sophia Gardens Cardiff (Welsh: Gerddi Soffia Caerdydd), is a cricket stadium in Cardiff, Wales. It is located in Sophia Gardens on the River Taff. It is home to Glamorgan County Cricket Club and is listed as an international Test cricket venue.The venue is home to Glamorgan County Cricket Club which has played its home matches there since 24 May 1967,[3] after moving away from Cardiff Arms Park. A 125-year lease of the ground was acquired in 1995, with the previous leaseholders, Cardiff Athletic Club, moving its cricket section (Cardiff Cricket Club) to the Diamond Ground in Whitchurch. Beside the cricket ground is the large sports hall complex of the Sport Wales National Centre. Cardiff Corinthians F.C. have previously used the area for football. In July 2007, Glamorgan cricketer Mike Powell was granted his wish to have a rib, removed during surgery, buried at the ground.[4]
The £9.4 million cost to redevelop stadium was funded by with approximately half (£4.5 million) being provided in the form of a Cardiff Council loan.[11] It is possible that the revamped stadium could host seven Test matches, nine One Day Internationals and two World Cup games up to 2028, injecting at least £50 million into the local economy.[12][13] Construction of the redevelopment of Sophia Gardens began in April 2007,[7] and the redeveloped stadium was first opened for competitive matches on 9 May 2008, when the Glamorgan Dragons played the Gloucestershire Gladiators in a Friends Provident Trophy match in which the Gladiators won by six wickets.[14]
On 4 March 2008, Glamorgan Cricket Club announced a 10-year sponsorship deal with SWALEC, thought to be the biggest single sponsorship by a county cricket club, giving SWALEC the naming rights to the new stadium, worth in excess of £1.5 million over 10 years.[15]
In June 2015, ahead of the First Test of the 2015 Ashes series, the stadium was renamed as simply "The SSE SWALEC" in reflection of the ownership of sponsors SWALEC by SSE plc.[16] The new logo from June 2015 was designed to reflect the shape of the stadium.[17] In April 2018 the stadium officially reverted to its traditional name of Sophia Gardens following the end of the sponsorship deal.[18]
Glamorgan forum
forum.viewfromtheboundary.com/viewforum.php?f=21
Glamorgan will welcome Lancashire, plus many of the Welsh county’s loyal members on the opening day, back to Sophia Gardens for their next contest in the LV=Insurance County Championship with the four-day contest scheduled to get underway at 1100 on Thursday 3rd June. (writes Andrew Hignell)
Lancashire are the leaders of group three following their innings victory on Sunday afternoon over Yorkshire at Emirates Old Trafford, with the Red Roses currently having 123 points and four victories to their credit this summer. Glamorgan are in fourth place with 80 points, although the Welsh county have been particularly affected by the rain and bad light during May, including the drawn contest between the two teams at the Manchester ground. In fact, Glamorgan’s total of 47.25 hours of lost playing time so far this summer in the County Championship is only surpassed by Somerset’s tally of 48.50 hours.
This will be Lancashire’s seventh visit to Sophia Gardens for a Championship match and their first since 1996 when an imperious 214 by Matthew Maynard saw Glamorgan to a mammoth total of 505 and underpinned a 48-run victory for Glamorgan with spin-twins Robert Croft claiming 5/47 and Dean Cosker 4/60 on the final day.
The Welsh county also won by four wickets in a rain-affected game at the Cardiff ground during August 1968 with an unbeaten 95 by Alan Jones seeing Glamorgan to their target of 178 inside 39 overs. Lancashire’s sole victory in Championship cricket at Sophia Gardens came in August 1981 when the Red Roses won by 66 runs after half-centuries by Clive Lloyd and Bernard Reidy, plus a return of 6/44by Peter Lee trumped career-best figures of 8/70 by Glamorgan’s off-spinner Barry Lloyd.
The contests between the two teams in 1967, 1970 and 1984 at Sophia Gardens all ended in draws. In contrast, Lancashire have been victorious on each of their last three visits to Wales – all staged at Colwyn Bay – winning by 14 runs in 2013, by an innings and 157 runs in 2015 and by an innings and 150 runs in 2019.
Glamorgan’s most recent Championship victory over Lancashire came at Liverpool during June 1997 when a fine 152 by Steve James plus an astonishing spell of 7/25 by Waqar Younis – who twice was on a hat-trick - saw Lancashire dismissed for a paltry 51 as the Welsh county won by 221 runs en route to lifting the county title.
Besides seeing the welcome return of Glamorgan supporters on the opening day of this game after an absence of over 600 days at Sophia Gardens, the contest could also be a red-letter one for several Glamorgan players including Michael Hogan, their evergreen seam bowler who celebrated his 40th birthday earlier this week, as well as club captain Chris Cooke and batsman Kiran Carlson.
Michael needs two further wickets to reach the outstanding landmark of 400 first-class wickets for his adopted county, whilst Chris is 49 runs short of taking his own tally of first-class runs for Glamorgan to 5,000. As far as Kiran is concerned, the renaissance man of Glamorgan cricket in 2021 currently has 552 first-class runs to his name and is 15 runs away from surpassing his best-ever seasonal tally of 567 runs, achieved in 2018.
