Glamorgan Set For Hampshire Clash At Swansea

30 Jul 2016 | Matches
Glamorgan Head Coach Robert Croft has recalled Will Bragg, with the Welsh county facing a must-win match in the Royal London One Day Cup against Hampshire, as festival cricket begins at Swansea\'s St Helen\'s ground.

Aneurin Donald will make a return to his hometown, with a strong crowd expected in Swansea for the 50-over match.

Bragg joins Ruaidhri Smith and Nick Selman, alongside the regular faces, as Glamorgan face their penultimate match in the group stages – still in with a chance of securing a quarter-final.

Donald, the 19-year-old batsman who has been making waves with his performances in the Glamorgan first team this season – including an equal world-record 234 off 135 balls at Colwyn Bay – admitted it was exciting to return to Swansea.

"The boys are excited to go down there," said Donald. "It's nice for my family as they don't have to travel too far, but it will also bring different challenges, which we'll have to switch on to. But it's always nice to make a few trips around Wales, as Colwyn Bay showed.

"If we can make our out-grounds fortresses and spread the word around Wales, I guess that can only be good for Glamorgan."

Glamorgan are currently sitting just outside the four qualification places, with five teams all level on six points from six games – including Sunday's visitors Hampshire. For Donald, it is another hugely important game for Glamorgan.

Donald added: "We're still in the hunt (for a Royal London quarter-final), we're going to need a couple of good performances to finish off the group stages, but if we can make the quarter-finals of both the T20 and the One-Day competitions, that'll be a good year for us in the white-ball competitions.

"It's just about kicking on now and making it count for the end of the year."

Glamorgan's Royal London One-Day Cup clash with Hampshire gets underway at 11am at Swansea tomorrow (Sunday) morning.

Glamorgan's 13-man squad: Jacques Rudolph (capt.), David Lloyd, Will Bragg, Colin Ingram, Aneurin Donald, Mark Wallace, Graham Wagg, Craig Meschede, Andrew Salter, Timm van der Gugten, Michael Hogan, Nick Selman, Ruaidhri Smith.