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Despite the heavy defeat to Kent on Saturday afternoon at the SSE SWALEC, Glamorgan remain in fourth place in the Division Two table, level on points with Northamptonshire but above them by virtue of their greater number of victories. Rain had fallen over Northampton for most of the night, and it was still lightly falling when the players and officials …

After Surrey and Lancashire secured promotion last week, the highest the Welsh county can now finish is third in Division Two. Glamorgan captain Jacques Rudolph has returned to South Africa for the birth of his first child, so Toby reveals who the new captain will be for the next two games and who will fill in at the top of …

Radford has named the eleven to play Kent and with Club captain Jacques Rudolph back in South Africa to be with his expectant wife, as well as a change in captaincy duties, there is also a change at the top of the order with batsman Jeremy Lawlor in line for his first-class debut for Glamorgan. Aneurin Donald returns after leading …

A selection of former Glamorgan cricketers from the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s donned their whites again at the home of Bridgend Town CC, as the Welsh county’s former players helped the local club bring down the curtain on their 175th anniversary summer and a season which has seen the Club win the First Division of the South Wales Premier League. …

After the completion of the latest round of games in the LV=County Championship, Glamorgan are in fourth place in the Division Two whilst Kent – despite making leaders Lancashire follow-on in their draw at Canterbury – remain in eighth spot. For the English county, this is their penultimate game in this year’s four-day competition, whilst the Welsh county will complete …

A number of past and present stars of Glamorgan Cricket will be at Bridgend on Sunday as a Glamorgan Masters XI meets Bridgend Town CC in a 20 overs match starting at 1.30pm. The idea to form a Glamorgan Masters team has been the brainchild of former players Ian Thomas and Michael Powell. Both will feature in the Masters XI …

Using the same pitch as the England-Australia contests, Nat West Club T20 Finals Day began with the two semi-finals before a high-scoring final under the Stadium’s floodlights, and with England having won both of the games on Monday, it was rather fitting that two teams beginning with the letter E – Ealing and Exmouth – should contest the final. Exmouth …

Morgan, who hit 74 with the bat, praised the maturity shown by Ben Stokes, whose accurate final over denied Australia victory at the death. With Steven Finn and David Willey having bowled their allotted overs, Morgan turned to Stokes and admitted he was by the cool head displayed by the Durham allrounder. Morgan said: “He took the responsibility of bowling …

The result at the SSE SWALEC Stadium in Cardiff this morning means that the final 2015 Women’s Ashes score line is England 6 – 10 Australia. England’s 2-1 NatWest IT20 series win ended Australia’s world record run of 16 women’s IT20 victories. Speaking immediately after the match today, England women’s captain, Charlotte Edwards said: “I am proud of the way …

Assistant Groundsmen Robin Saxton, Andrew Noyes and Kenny Lawrence will finalise preparations for the sold-out NatWest T20 International double header between England and Australia on Monday 31 August. “We are very fortunate to have three highly experienced groundsmen who have taken on the challenge of producing an international wicket, with the support of Chris Woods from the ECB,” said Hugh. …