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New Glamorgan boss Hugh Morris flies out to Australia today hoping the England team can cement his legacy by winning an unprecedented fourth consecutive Ashes series. The eyes of the cricketing world will this week switch from Sachin Tendulkar’s fond farewell in India to the most famous Test series between two nations. The five Test programme Down Under will also …

8:00am, Fri 15 Nov 2013 Last updated Fri 15 Nov 2013 UK Glamorgan’s Matthew Maynard (R) square cuts a delivery. Credit: PA A special service is being held later today at Llandaff Cathedral to celebrate 125 years of Glamorgan County Cricket Club. Led by the Archbishop of Wales, the Most Reverend Dr Barry Morgan, it forms part of the club’s …

The great and the good of Glamorgan cricket are set to descend on Llandaff Cathedral tonight to celebrate the county’s 125th anniversary. We felt it was right to give thanks and commemorate the illustrious history of this great club. We mentioned this to the Archbishop of Wales, the Most Reverend Dr Barry Morgan, who was present at one of the …

Robert Croft  believes Indian legend Sachin Tendulkar has to be considered the ‘greatest’ as he prepares to bow out of Test cricket. Tendulkar will play his 200th Test match on Thursday to become the first player to complete a double century of matches in the five-day game. At the age of 40, and a day short of the 24th anniversary …

Alan Jones. The Glamorgan legend Alan Jones was born on November 4, 1938. Abhishek Mukherjee looks at the man whose only Test was erased from the annals of cricket. Perhaps the greatest example of Alan Jones’ misfortune is the world record he holds: among those who have not played Test cricket Jones has scored the most First-Class runs. He was …

New coach Toby Radford expects Mark Wallace to remain as Glamorgan captain. Wicketkeeper Wallace was skipper in the County Championship in 2013, while Marcus North led the one-day team. North has left the county, and Radford hinted Wallace could retain his role. “I’d imagine so, but it’s early days for me and those discussions have still got to be had …

Simon Jones’s prospects of extending his career in Twenty20 have been dealt a blow after he was not offered a contract for next season’s NatWest T20 by Glamorgan. Jones, the 34-year-old former England fast bowler, retired from first-class and List A cricket at the end of last season but hoped to play on in the shortest format. But in domestic …

Glamorgan have awarded new contracts to five homegrown players. Batsmen Ben Wright, Will Bragg and David Lloyd have all agreed two-year deals, as have spinner Andrew Salter and all-rounder Ruaidhri Smith. Hugh Morris will take on the dual role of chief executive and director of cricket at his old county when he leaves his post with England in the New …

County Championship side Glamorgan have continued their rebuild of the club by handing new contracts to five homegrown players. It has been a busy week for Glamorgan after naming Toby Radford as new head coach and agreeing a new two-year contract extension with 35-year-old left-arm spinner Dean Cosker. And the Welsh county have continued to rebuild under new director of …

County Championship side Glamorgan have continued their rebuild of the club by handing new contracts to five homegrown players. It has been a busy week for Glamorgan after naming Toby Radford as new head coach and agreeing a new two-year contract extension with 35-year-old left-arm spinner Dean Cosker. And the Welsh county have continued to rebuild under new director of …