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Comments (0) Leicestershire will set about building on a positive start to the season when they face Glamorgan in the LV County Championship at Grace Road tomorrow (11am). Good performances with bat and ball saw the County get the better of the drawn opening match against Kent at Canterbury this week. A century from opener Greg Smith and a maiden first-class …

Glamorgan bowling pair Will Owen and John Glover are in line to make their first county championship appearances of 2014 against Leicestershire at Grace Road on Sunday. Australian Michael Hogan has returned home for the birth of his second child and will miss the next three Division Two games, while teenager Ruaidhri Smith is also not included from the side …

Scorecard              Day four Glamorgan salvaged a draw against Gloucestershire thanks to a last-wicket stand by Michael Hogan and Dean Cosker. On a rain-affected final day where 60 overs were lost, the Glamorgan duo lasted 7.5 overs to clinch the draw. The start was delayed because of rain with two inspections at 10.45am and 11.15am resulting in a 12 noon start. …

Scorecard              Glamorgan lost a wicket with the first ball of the game when opener Gareth Rees was caught behind by Welsh wicket-keeper Cameron Herring from a Will Gidman delivery. Stewart Walters was trapped lbw for four with the final ball of the fifth over as Glamorgan slipped to 18 for two. Will Bragg looked impressive for his 25 before he …

Jim Allenby is an injury doubt for Glamorgan’s first home County Championship game on Sunday, against Gloucestershire at the Swalec Stadium. The all-rounder, 31, is having treatment on an ankle injury. Team-mate Michael Hogan said: “I don’t know what exactly happened but I have been assured it’s not very serious. He tweaked his ankle… playing golf. “So he has been …

New Glamorgan boss Toby Radford has admitted he would like to pick the brains of Warren Gatland’s coaching team after taking over at the Swalec Stadium. Radford claimed the Glamorgan reins in last November and is keen to learn from other sports. “I’d love to see a bit of how the Wales rugby team train and meet their coaches and …

The arrival of Hugh Morris as chief executive of Glamorgan Cricket Club has been marked not by a fanfare of trumpets but a 10-wicket win over rivals Surrey at the Oval. For a son of the club he now serves, it’s all very much the return of a native to his natural habitat after an absence of 16 years. Walking …

Don’t blame Surrey’s batting – Glamorgan bowled magnificently to beat them by 10 wickets at The Oval. It made for a very disappointing start to the new LV County Championship campaign but Stewart Walters was adamant that Graham Wagg and Michael Hogan should take the credit. They sent the hosts spiralling from 50-2 to 81 all out before the Welsh …

Graham Wagg took six wickets as Glamorgan brushed aside Surrey after a dramatic final-day collapse in County Championship Division Two. Resuming on 50-2, Zafar Ansari fell to the first ball of the morning as Surrey were bowled out for just 81. Wagg (6-29) and Michael Hogan (4-31) tore apart the hosts, who lost eight wickets for 31 in just over …

Surrey’s first match since relegation to Division Two looks likely to end in a draw against Glamorgan at The Oval. After the hosts were all out for 280, Zafar Ansari top-scoring with 74, Glamorgan struggled early on. Stuart Meaker, who missed much of last season with a knee injury, was the visitors’ chief tormentor with 4-57. Jim Allenby’s 52 steadied …