Glamorgan County Cricket Club in 2020
| 2020 season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Coach |  Matthew Maynard | ||
| Captain |  Chris Cooke | ||
| Overseas player |  Andrew Balbirnie (T20 Blast) | ||
| Ground(s) | Sophia Gardens, Cardiff | ||
| Bob Willis Trophy | 6th, Central Group | ||
| T20 Blast | 5th, Central Group | ||
| Most runs | FC: Chris Cooke (294) T20: Andrew Balbirnie (255) | ||
| Most wickets | FC: Dan Douthwaite (14) T20: Timm van der Gugten (14) | ||
| Most catches | FC: Nick Selman (10) T20: Callum Taylor (4) | ||
| Most wicket-keeping dismissals | FC: Chris Cooke (16 ct + 2 st) T20: Chris Cooke (6 ct + 3 st) | ||
| |||
The 2020 season was Glamorgan County Cricket Club's 133rd year in existence and their 100th as a first-class cricket county. They played all of their home matches at Sophia Gardens in Cardiff. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, no cricket was played until the first week of August, and the County Championship was replaced for the 2020 season by the Bob Willis Trophy, a shortened form of the first-class game intended to reduce impact on bowlers who had been unable to train for the first few months of the summer; the 18 counties were placed into three roughly geographical groups of six teams each, and played one game against each of the other counties in their group either home or away. At the end of this stage, the two teams from across the three groups with the most points from their five matches faced each other in the final at Lord's.[1] Glamorgan finished bottom of the Central Group, failing to win any of their five matches.[2] Although the One-Day Cup was cancelled, there was still some white-ball cricket to be played in the form of the T20 Blast, which maintained its usual format: three regional groups of six teams each, with games against each of the other counties in the group, both home and away. Only Worcestershire Royals finished below Glamorgan, who won just four of their ten matches.
The team was led by Matthew Maynard in his first year back as full-time head coach, having served in an interim capacity for the 2019 season after the departure of Robert Croft,[3] before signing a three-year contract in November 2019.[4] Wicketkeeper-batsman Chris Cooke retained the captaincy in the County Championship and took over from Colin Ingram in the T20 Blast, as Ingram was due to play in The Hundred for Welsh Fire;[5] ultimately, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Ingram was unable to travel to the UK from South Africa due to travel restrictions. Australian batter Marnus Labuschagne was also unable to return as Glamorgan's overseas player for the 2020 season, again due to travel restrictions, although he did sign a new contract with the club, committing to an extra year.[6] Glamorgan signed Ireland captain Andrew Balbirnie as their overseas player for the T20 Blast.[7] All-rounder Craig Meschede was forced to retire in June 2020 due to thoracic outlet syndrome in his upper right arm.[8]
Bob Willis Trophy
Central Group
| Team | Pld | W | L | T | D | A | Bat | Bowl | Ded | PCF | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Somerset (Q) | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 97 |
| Worcestershire | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 74 |
| Warwickshire | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 53 |
| Northamptonshire | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 49 |
| Gloucestershire | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 45 |
| Glamorgan | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 43 |
Somerset v Glamorgan (1–4 August)
1–4 August Scorecard |
v |
||
- Somerset won the toss and elected to bat.
- Tom Lammonby (Somst) made his first-class debut.
- Ben Green replaced George Bartlett for Somerset on day 3 as a concussion substitute.[12]
- Points: Somerset 21, Glamorgan 3.
Worcestershire v Glamorgan (8–11 August)
8–11 August Scorecard |
v |
||
- Worcestershire won the toss and elected to bat.
- Points: Worcestershire 15, Glamorgan 12.
Glamorgan v Gloucestershire (15–18 August)
15–18 August Scorecard |
v |
||
- Gloucestershire won the toss and elected to field.
- No play was possible on day 1 due to rain.
- Points: Glamorgan 11, Gloucestershire 11.
Northamptonshire v Glamorgan (22–25 August)
22–25 August Scorecard |
v |
||
- Northamptonshire won the toss and elected to field.
- Callum Taylor (Glam) made his first-class debut.
- Callum Taylor became the fourth batsman to score a century on debut in a first-class match for Glamorgan.[13]
- Marchant de Lange took just 62 balls to reach his century, the fastest by a Glamorgan batter in first-class cricket.[14]
- Points: Northamptonshire 22, Glamorgan 5.
Glamorgan v Warwickshire (6–9 September)
6–9 September Scorecard |
v |
||
- Glamorgan won the toss and elected to field.
- Points: Glamorgan 12, Warwickshire 11.
T20 Blast
Standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gloucestershire | 10 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 1.017 |
| 2 | Northants Steelbacks | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0.053 |
| 3 | Birmingham Bears | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | −0.634 |
| 4 | Somerset | 10 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0.653 |
| 5 | Glamorgan | 10 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 9 | −0.304 |
| 6 | Worcestershire Rapids | 10 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 5 | −0.789 |
Advance to quarter-finals
Matches
Glamorgan v Worcestershire Rapids (27 August)
v |
||
- No toss.
- No play was possible due to rain.
- Points: Glamorgan 1, Worcestershire Rapids 1.
Gloucestershire v Glamorgan (29 August)
Glamorgan 150/7 (20 overs) |
v |
Gloucestershire 135 (20 overs) |
- Gloucestershire won the toss and elected to field.
- Points: Glamorgan 2, Gloucestershire 0.
Glamorgan v Birmingham Bears (30 August)
Glamorgan 140/9 (20 overs) |
v |
Birmingham Bears 141/4 (18.5 overs) |
- Glamorgan won the toss and elected to bat.
- Points Birmingham Bears 2, Glamorgan 0.
Somerset v Glamorgan (1 September)
Northamptonshire Steelbacks v Glamorgan (3 September)
Glamorgan 160/7 (20 overs) |
v |
Northamptonshire Steelbacks 161/6 (19.2 overs) |
- Northants Steelbacks won the toss and elected to field.
- Points: Northants Steelbacks 2, Glamorgan 0.
Birmingham Bears v Glamorgan (11 September)
Birmingham Bears 142/9 (20 overs) |
v |
Glamorgan 129/8 (20 overs) |
- Birmingham Bears won the toss and elected to bat.
- Points: Birmingham Bears 2, Glamorgan 0.
Glamorgan v Northamptonshire Steelbacks (13 September)
Northants Steelbacks 98 (17.2 overs) |
v |
Glamorgan 99/3 (16 overs) |
- Northants Steelbacks won the toss and elected to bat.
- Points: Glamorgan 2, Northants Steelbacks 0.
Glamorgan v Somerset (16 September)
Somerset 183/3 (20 overs) |
v |
Glamorgan 117 (15.5 overs) |
- Glamorgan won the toss and elected to field.
- Lewis Goldsworthy (Somst) made his T20 debut.
- Points: Somerset 2, Glamorgan 0.
Glamorgan v Gloucestershire (18 September)
Glamorgan 188/4 (20 overs) |
v |
Gloucestershire 171/6 (20 overs) |
- Glamorgan won the toss and elected to bat.
- Points: Glamorgan 2, Gloucestershire 0.
Worcestershire Rapids v Glamorgan (20 September)
Worcestershire Rapids 190/3 (20 overs) |
v |
Glamorgan 196/4 (19.4 overs) |
- Worcestershire Rapids won the toss and elected to bat.
- Points: Glamorgan 2, Worcestershire Rapids 0.
Statistics
Batting
| Player | Matches | Innings | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | SR | 100 | 50 | 0 | 4s | 6s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Cooke | 5 | 10 | 1 | 294 | 82 | 32.66 | 48.19 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 37 | 0 |
| Billy Root | 5 | 10 | 1 | 286 | 118 | 31.77 | 40.45 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 1 |
| Nick Selman | 5 | 10 | 0 | 215 | 73 | 21.50 | 35.53 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 0 |
| Dan Douthwaite | 5 | 10 | 1 | 160 | 86 | 17.77 | 52.45 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 4 |
| Callum Taylor | 2 | 4 | 0 | 153 | 106 | 38.25 | 67.10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 6 |
| Marchant de Lange | 3 | 5 | 1 | 131 | 113 | 32.75 | 121.29 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 10 |
| Kiran Carlson | 4 | 8 | 0 | 109 | 79 | 13.62 | 36.57 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 0 |
| Graham Wagg | 3 | 6 | 1 | 100 | 54 | 20.00 | 50.00 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 0 |
| Timm van der Gugten | 4 | 7 | 3 | 98 | 30* | 24.50 | 40.66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| Tom Cullen | 3 | 6 | 0 | 80 | 26 | 13.33 | 52.28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| Source: Cricinfo[17] | ||||||||||||
| Player | Matches | Innings | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | SR | 100 | 50 | 0 | 4s | 6s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Balbirnie | 9 | 9 | 2 | 255 | 99* | 36.42 | 144.88 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 7 |
| Chris Cooke | 9 | 9 | 2 | 221 | 72 | 31.57 | 123.46 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 9 |
| Nick Selman | 6 | 6 | 0 | 176 | 78 | 29.33 | 123.94 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 4 |
| David Lloyd | 5 | 5 | 0 | 160 | 56 | 32.00 | 139.13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 5 |
| Callum Taylor | 7 | 7 | 1 | 76 | 23 | 12.66 | 84.44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| Dan Douthwaite | 6 | 6 | 2 | 75 | 23* | 18.75 | 178.57 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 |
| Marchant de Lange | 7 | 6 | 2 | 68 | 28* | 17.00 | 128.30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 |
| Timm van der Gugten | 8 | 4 | 2 | 49 | 34* | 24.50 | 140.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Andrew Salter | 9 | 5 | 3 | 45 | 14 | 22.50 | 115.38 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Owen Morgan | 4 | 3 | 0 | 44 | 24 | 14.66 | 112.82 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| Source: Cricinfo[18] | ||||||||||||
Bowling
| Player | Matches | Innings | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 5w | 10w |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Douthwaite | 5 | 9 | 121.1 | 16 | 473 | 14 | 3/42 | 5/103 | 33.78 | 3.90 | 51.92 | 0 | 0 |
| Timm van der Gugten | 4 | 7 | 119.0 | 31 | 362 | 12 | 3/45 | 5/115 | 30.16 | 3.04 | 59.50 | 0 | 0 |
| Graham Wagg | 3 | 5 | 73.0 | 14 | 272 | 11 | 3/38 | 5/139 | 24.72 | 3.72 | 39.81 | 0 | 0 |
| Marchant de Lange | 3 | 5 | 81.2 | 17 | 218 | 9 | 4/84 | 4/115 | 24.22 | 2.68 | 54.22 | 0 | 0 |
| Kieran Bull | 4 | 7 | 102.3 | 4 | 462 | 9 | 3/112 | 4/221 | 51.33 | 4.50 | 68.33 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Hogan | 4 | 8 | 139.0 | 32 | 397 | 8 | 3/59 | 3/90 | 49.62 | 2.85 | 104.25 | 0 | 0 |
| Ruaidhri Smith | 1 | 1 | 14.0 | 4 | 41 | 3 | 3/41 | 3/41 | 13.66 | 2.92 | 28.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Lukas Carey | 1 | 2 | 24.5 | 4 | 82 | 3 | 3/54 | 3/82 | 27.33 | 3.30 | 49.66 | 0 | 0 |
| Callum Taylor | 2 | 3 | 26.0 | 2 | 81 | 2 | 1/20 | 1/20 | 40.50 | 3.11 | 78.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Owen Morgan | 1 | 1 | 11.5 | 0 | 43 | 1 | 1/43 | 1/43 | 43.00 | 3.63 | 71.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Source: Cricinfo[19] | |||||||||||||
| Player | Matches | Innings | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | BBI | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Timm van der Gugten | 8 | 8 | 28.0 | 0 | 209 | 14 | 3/17 | 14.92 | 7.46 | 12.00 | 0 | 0 | |
| Prem Sisodiya | 9 | 9 | 36.0 | 1 | 232 | 10 | 3/26 | 23.20 | 6.44 | 21.60 | 0 | 0 | |
| Andrew Salter | 9 | 9 | 36.0 | 0 | 293 | 10 | 4/20 | 29.30 | 8.13 | 21.60 | 1 | 0 | |
| Marchant de Lange | 7 | 7 | 21.4 | 0 | 168 | 5 | 2/23 | 33.60 | 7.75 | 26.00 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ruaidhri Smith | 6 | 6 | 22.0 | 0 | 178 | 5 | 2/13 | 35.60 | 8.09 | 26.40 | 0 | 0 | |
| Callum Taylor | 7 | 2 | 5.0 | 0 | 38 | 3 | 2/9 | 12.66 | 7.60 | 10.00 | 0 | 0 | |
| Graham Wagg | 6 | 5 | 16.0 | 0 | 143 | 3 | 3/34 | 47.66 | 8.93 | 32.00 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dan Douthwaite | 6 | 3 | 7.0 | 0 | 64 | 1 | 1/29 | 64.00 | 9.14 | 42.00 | 0 | 0 | |
| Source: Cricinfo[20] | |||||||||||||
References
- ↑ Aldred, Tanya (31 July 2020). "Bob Willis Trophy: county cricket returns with new rules and no fans". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 July 2026.
- ↑ "Review of the Season – 2020". Glamorgan Cricket Archives. Retrieved 24 July 2026.
- ↑ "Glamorgan Cricket: Matthew Maynard to coach county for 2019 season". BBC Sport. 7 February 2019. Retrieved 24 July 2026.
- ↑ "Matthew Maynard: Glamorgan re-appoint coach on three-year deal". BBC Sport. 7 November 2019. Retrieved 24 July 2026.
- ↑ "Glamorgan appoint Chris Cooke, David Lloyd captains for 2020". Cricinfo. Jiostar India. 27 January 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2026.
- ↑ "Marnus Labuschagne: Australia batsman signs for extra year with Glamorgan". BBC Sport. 19 June 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2026.
- ↑ "Andrew Balbirnie: Glamorgan sign Ireland captain". BBC Sport. 21 August 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2026.
- ↑ "Craig Meschede: Glamorgan all-rounder forced to retire". BBC Sport. 29 June 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2026.
- ↑ Bob Willis Trophy Table, BBC Sport.
- ↑ Bob Willis Trophy 2020, CricInfo.
- ↑ Bob Willis Trophy Tables, England and Wales Cricket Board.
- ↑ "Bob Willis Trophy: Somerset poised for win over Glamorgan". BBC Sport. 3 August 2020. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
- ↑ "Stat Attack: Callum Taylor hits a century on first-class debut". Glamorgan Cricket. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
- ↑ "No.10 clubs fastest ever century in record partnership". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
- ↑ Vitality Blast tables, BBC Sport.
- ↑ All County Tables, ECB.
- ↑ "Most runs in 2020 in FC - Glamorgan". Cricinfo. Jiostar India. Retrieved 24 July 2026.
- ↑ "Most runs in 2020 in T20s - Glamorgan". Cricinfo. Jiostar India. Retrieved 24 July 2026.
- ↑ "Most wickets in 2020 in FC - Glamorgan". Cricinfo. Jiostar India. Retrieved 24 July 2026.
- ↑ "Most wickets in 2020 in T20s - Glamorgan". Cricinfo. Jiostar India. Retrieved 24 July 2026.