September at Sophia Gardens
Since it was a fine evening I popped in at the SSE SWALEC Stadium in Sophia Gardens on the way home from work to catch the last few overs of Day 1 of the County Championship match between Glamorgan and Gloucestershire.
For a change, and despite losing two quick wickets while I watched, Glamorgan are in a reasonably strong position at 342 for 7 off 96 overs at the end of Day 1, with young Kiran Carlson unbeaten on 137. That’s not bad considering that, having been put in to bat, they had been 63 for 4 at one stage.
It’s been a disappointing season in the County Championship for Glamorgan, who have only won two games out of 12 so far, and there’s not much at stake in this game, but I hope they can get a good result in this, their last game of the season in Cardiff.
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September 19, 2017 at 7:36 pm
Congratulations to Kiran Carlson and Andrew Salter on their highest first-class scores! I watched the last two overs on the live streaming and it seemed a pleasant autunmal day, and certainly one of Glamorgan’s best 1st days of the season. They seem to have sent Rudolph off to early retirement though.
September 19, 2017 at 7:48 pm
Not so autumnal, actually: it was rather warm! Yes, I was disappointed to see Rudolph wasn’t playing. He’s retiring at the end of this season so it would have been nice to have the chance to say goodbye to him!
September 19, 2017 at 8:43 pm
To be fair Rudolph’s first-class average for the season is in the 20s, and last season was even lower I think. So he hasn’t done too much to keep his place, though he was brilliant in the T20’s.
September 19, 2017 at 8:48 pm
And Ingram is only playing limited-overs cricket next season. Glamorgan will need to find a couple of higher-order batsmen.
September 20, 2017 at 2:11 pm
If you find them, post them to the England team!
September 19, 2017 at 7:49 pm
P.s. Salter was out to the first ball I watched.
September 19, 2017 at 8:42 pm
You went! Well done, I’ve already decided not to go to Old Trafford for Lancashire’s last match next week since we can’t now catch Essex, who fully deserve the championship. Next season…
September 19, 2017 at 8:50 pm
Yes the only issue in Div 1 is who gets relegated with Warwickshire. It could be Yorkshire!
September 19, 2017 at 10:42 pm
The three teams vying not to get relegated with Warks are the three who fought out last year’s championship to the last day of the season!
September 20, 2017 at 7:53 am
“So the last shall be first, and the first last..”
September 20, 2017 at 10:10 am
Lancashire amply proved that in their years of oscillation after winning the championship, 2011-5.
September 20, 2017 at 8:26 am
At least Glamorgan are in no danger of relegation (or promotion)
September 20, 2017 at 9:20 am
Also they can’t finish bottom..
September 20, 2017 at 10:11 am
A resal achievement by Durham not to, given the points that they had deducted pre-season. It seems the bottom has dropped out of one of their stands though…
September 20, 2017 at 10:56 am
That’s a very odd and concerning thing. I hope it doesn’t indicate a serious structural problem.
The departure of players is also a concern for Durham.