Gloucestershire vs Glamorgan County Championship: All You Need To Know

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Gloucestershire vs Glamorgan: Teams are competing hard for the top two spots in the County Division 2 league in order to be promoted to Division 1. Despite being unbeaten after nine games, Glamorgan is experiencing a quiet season thus far as all but one of their remaining eight games have ended in draws. They’ll be looking for crucial points from this game to climb the standings. Since they have lost all nine of their games, Gloucestershire is in a more serious situation. Both teams are quite inexperienced and will try to win this game and earn the valuable points that are up for grabs.

The Test between Gloucestershire vs Glamorgan will take place on July 20th, 2023 at College Ground, Cheltenham.

Match Details to Note

Match: Gloucestershire vs Glamorgan County Championship

Date: July 20, 2023 (Thursday)

Time: 03:30 PM IST

Venue: College Ground, Cheltenham

Gloucestershire vs Glamorgan

Glamorgan (Match Odds- 1.65)

Preview

After struggling to 93/7 on day 1’s first session, Glamorgan scored a tremendous score of 403/9 in the last game. With J Harris (47 runs) and Mitchell Swepson (69 runs) providing strong support at the other end in the lower order, Michael Neser recorded the highest score of his career of 176*. This season, Kiran Carlson, Billy Root, and Cam Cooke have scored the most runs for them. In order to conclude the game with 451/6 in the opposition’s first innings, their bowlers worked extremely hard for 92.3 overs. Van Der Gugten, who has 34 wickets in 9 games, tops their bowling stats. With the new ball, James Harris (19 wickets) and Michael Neser (20 wickets) have offered strong support. To their starting XI, Jamie McClory, Mitchell Swepson, and Kiran Carlson bring variation and balance.

Full Squad:

Eddie Byrom, Kiran Carlson, Chris Cooke, Alex Horton, Colin Ingram, Sam Northeast, Billy Root, Callum Taylor, Dan Douthwaite, James Harris, Marnus Labuschagne, David Lloyd, Owen Morgan, Michael Neser, Jamie McIlroy, Harry Podmore, Andrew Salter, Prem Sisodiya, Timm van der Gugten, Roman Walker, Tom Bevan, Andy Gorvin, Rhodri Lewis, Sam Pearce, Steven Reingold, Zain-ul-Hassan, Tegid Phillips, Ben Morris, Ben Kellaway, Harry Friend

Players to watch out for:

Colin Ingram

He is a left-handed batsman and a part-time leg-spinner. He has been one of the most consistent performers for Glamorgan in both white-ball cricket and red-ball cricket. He is the club’s all-time leading run-scorer in T20 cricket, and he has also scored three centuries in County Championship cricket. He will be the player to watch out for.

Timm van der Gugten

Van der Gugten is a versatile cricketer who can bowl both pace and spin. He is a quick bowler who can consistently bowl in the mid-130s, and he also has a good yorker. He is also a handy batsman who can score runs at the top of the order. In the last match, he bowled 15 overs and conceded 46 runs with an economy of 3.07.

Possible Playing XI:

David Lloyd (c), Zain-ul-Hassan, Sam Northeast, Kiran Carlson, Billy Root, Chris Cooke (wk), Timm van der Gugten, Michael Neser, James Harris, Mitchell Swepson, Jamie McIlroy

Gloucestershire (Match Odds- 2.25)

Preview

Gloucestershire lost by nine wickets after being bowled out for 316 runs in the previous match. The only players to record 50+ runs in the previous game were Mathew Hammond (52 & 86) and Chris Dent (85). Gohar, James Bracey, and Grant Roelofson all made brief appearances, but they were unable to turn it into a significant point total. Their bowlers were unable to contain the opponents, as they allowed 453/10 & 52/1 in the previous games. With the new ball, Josh Shaw (2/84) and Matt Taylor (3/66) got wickets, while Goodman chipped in with an excellent 4-wicket haul in the middle overs. However, they were unable to contain the enemy as a whole.

Full Squad:

James Bracey, Ben Charlesworth, Chris Dent, Miles Hammond, Marcus Harris, Tom Lace, Glenn Phillips, Grant Roelofsen, Jack Taylor, Ben Wells, Tom Price, Graeme van Buuren, Oliver Price, Ajeet Singh Dale, Marchant de Lange, Dominic Goodman, David Payne, Josh Shaw, Tom Smith, Matt Taylor, Paul van Meekeren, Jared Warner, Zafar Gohar, Luke Charlesworth, Ed Middleton, Joe Phillips, Zaman Akhter, William Naish, Oliver Meadows

Players to watch out for:

Chris Dent

He is a left-handed batsman who is known for his elegant strokeplay and his ability to score runs in all conditions. He is also a good runner between the wickets, and he is a valuable asset in the field as well. He will be the player to watch out for.

Zafar Gohar

Gohar is a very versatile bowler who can be effective in both white-ball and red-ball cricket. He is a good line and length bowler who can also bowl yorkers and change his pace. He is also a good fielder, and he is often used as a slip fielder. In the last game, he bowled with an economy of 4.71.

Possible Playing XI:

Miles Hammond, Chris Dent, Grant Roelofsen, James Bracey (c & wk), Oliver Price, Ben Charlesworth, Zafar Gohar, Zaman Akhter, MD Taylor, Josh Shaw, Dominic Goodman

Gloucestershire vs Glamorgan Head to Head

Gloucestershire vs Glamorgan played each other 22 times. Gloucestershire won 9 games and Glamorgan won 12 games.

Gloucestershire vs Glamorgan Toss Prediction

Since neither team will be informed of the pitch’s conditions, both teams will try to bat first because the pitch can get worse as the game goes on.

Gloucestershire vs Glamorgan Pitch Report

The ball will come to the bat nicely on Cheltenham, making it a great pitch for batting. Once the ball loses its shine, bowling will be challenging on this surface. The daytime here is expected to be sunny and warm. Since this is the first game of the season at this location, we anticipate some fierce rivalry for runs among the batters. In the first innings, the average run total is anticipated to be between 300 and 350 runs.

Gloucestershire vs Glamorgan Prediction

Glamorgan has 95 points after 9 games, with 1 victory, 8 ties, and 1 loss. Gloucestershire has accumulated 65 points from 9 games, including 6 draws, 3 losses, and no victories. This season’s first meeting between Glamorgan and Gloucestershire finished in a tie.

Glamorgan is predicted to win the match at the odds of 1.65