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South Wales Argus
07-07-2025
- Sport
- South Wales Argus
Glamorgan Cricket Club see off Kent CC in Vitality Blast
On a home return to Sophia Gardens in their T20 campaign, Glamorgan had more than eight overs to spare as they chased 119 in an explosive second innings after a dominant bowling display. Andy Gorvin returned career best figures of four for 17, along with Ned Leonard taking nine wickets in his last two matches. Only Jack Leaning put up some resistance with 45 from 40 balls to recover Kent from 27 for three after six overs. Kiran Carlson top-scored for Glamorgan with a quickfire 34 balls as a series of cameos secured a comfortable six-wicket victory. Glamorgan gave the Spitfires first use of the green-topped surface and instantly reaped the rewards of doing so in economical fashion initially before Imad Wasim began a forthcoming cluster of wickets in the third over. With Daniel Bell-Drummond dismissed early, Kent's top scorer in the Vitality Blast – Tawanda Muyeye – falling in the next over didn't help the visitors' start at nine for two, mistiming a drive to give Leonard a first-ball wicket, caught at deep-third. The struggles in timing and finding the pace of the pitch continued to prove to be the issue throughout the Kent innings, finding themselves three down in the powerplay with Harry Finch unable to continue his form from a half-century last time out, missing an attempted ramp. With no intention of dying wandering, the Kent Spitfires continued to up their sluggish run-rate on a varying paced wicket. Two internationals in the form of Joe Denly and captain Sam Billings attempted to reform the innings until Gorvin dismissed the pair in the same over. From 37 for three to 43 for five after nine overs, Gorvin was exceptionally difficult to get away with a variety of pace at medium pace. Billings bowled first slog-sweeping before Denly played around a nip-backer just balls later. Leaning's blows towards the back end, particularly off Dan Douthwaite for his best knock of the campaign helped Kent to a respectable total when at risk of falling for an unwanted record. The 31-year-old found two sixes in the final over from Jamie McIlroy, after the Glamorgan bowler had dropped him earlier in the innings on 13 in a caught and bowled chance. Leaning ensured he farmed the strike from his number 11 partner Matt Parkinson after the lower-order continued to come and go, unable to support Leaning. Glamorgan came out firing as Carlson so often does, leading from the front along with Will Smale. 12 from the first over quickly had the hosts realising that this chase could be a matter of net run rate importance rather than the risk of a win-lose situation. Smale's ramp for six off overseas Tom Rodgers first ball helped Glamorgan to take 46 from his three overs with a flurry of shots along the way. With Glamorgan having no issue with finding their timing on a pitch Kent found to have demons, the relentless striking continued. A few mistimed shots found fortunate results for the arm-chancing batters. Not all fell safe with Smale first to go, bringing inexperienced Horton to free himself for a quick 20 which included four fearless consecutive boundaries off Rodgers. Carlson's 34 in no time similarly to Smale ended trying one shot too many after a six ending 30 rows back over mid-wicket off Fred Klaassen with the game all-but-done following a 70 for one powerplay. Horton's cameo ended pulling Nathan Gilchrist to deep-square which brought Ben Kellaway and Colin Ingram to take the hosts closer, Ingram punishing Matt Parkinson for two sixes in the same over before being dismissed with two to win, the batters enjoying their short stays. Asa Tribe came in to find the winning runs after his return from Netherlands where he played for Jersey just 24 hours prior. The potentially important figure in the successful chase being the 11.4 overs it took to complete the task. Glamorgan bowler Andy Gorvin said: "The conditions were in my favour today and you've got to make the most of that. The ball was nipping around, actually more so the slower I bowled so it's great. "In our talk before the game we spoke about our good win on Friday night but we needed to back it up and we did with bat and ball, brilliant. "The way the guys bowled in the powerplay makes my job, and other middle overs bowlers' job a lot easier. It's great to see Ned [Leonard] come in, young guy, bowling quick and with Immy [Imad Wasim]'s experience, Dan [Douthwaite] and Maccers [Jamie McIlroy] bowling really well." Kent captain Sam Billings said: "The last two results have been really frustrating with them being two important games but you just have to draw a line under it. Really bad day at the office. "We speak about trying to impose ourselves on the opposition, I think we were a little timid and lacked that intent from the start and then trying to force the issue, you have to keep attacking and Jack [Leaning] was the only one who showed a bit of fight with the bat. "Everything went wrong that could've and it's a brutal format this game because it makes you just keep on coming. We have been inconsistent and we've not played anywhere close to the perfect game."
BBC News
03-05-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Gorvin puts Glamorgan on top against Derbyshire
Rothesay County Championship Division Two, Sophia Gardens, Cardiff (day two)Glamorgan 431 (127.4 overs): Ingram 81, Northeast 63, Van der Gugten 62, Tribe 58; Lloyd 2-18, Reece 2-33Derbyshire 215-7 (64 overs): Andersson 46, Guest 45; Gorvin 4-49Derbyshire (2 pts) trail Glamorgan (5 pts) by 216 runs with three first-innings wickets standingMatch scorecard Andy Gorvin led a fine effort from Glamorgan's bowlers as Derbyshire struggled to 215-7, still 216 runs twice lost wickets in clusters either side of a stand of 76 between Brooke Guest (45) and Martin Andersson (46), with Gorvin claiming seam bowlers made scoring difficult for most of the day as the pitch offered them some assistance, with Derbyshire needing 282 to avoid the possibility of a follow-on. Glamorgan's 431 solid all out saw Timm van der Gugten's 62 as the main lower-order contribution on day two. Resuming on 336-6, it was honours even for the first session as Glamorgan added 95 more runs for the loss of their last four Ingram fell for 81 in the first over, hooking Blair Tickner straight to fine leg, but a stand of 86 between van der Gugten and Gorvin (39) occupied most of the bowled fast and short while Anuj Dal beat the bat without success before the batting pair settled in to accumulate eventually did the trick for Derbyshire as former Glamorgan skipper David Lloyd claimed two wickets and Alex Thomson one to finish the innings fell for two in the first over of the visitors' reply as he dragged an attempted drive off Asitha Fernando onto his Sri Lankan proved expensive but Glamorgan's change bowlers put Derbyshire in trouble as Gorvin's first ball saw Harry Came caught behind down leg-side, Ned Leonard had the in-form Wayne Madsen slashing to slip and Gorvin induced prolific Australian Caleb Jewell (34) to chip a return catch at and Andersson counter-attacked judiciously in a stand of 76 before another cluster of three wickets on a pitch which was starting to look bowled Andersson and had Dal brilliantly stumped by Chris Cooke second ball. Meanwhile fellow medium-pacer Zain Ul Hassan deceived Guest with a ball that moved slightly and kept low, as he conceded just a single off his first five overs. But the visitors found some resistance late in their day with a half-century stand between the injured Luis Reece, batting with a runner and restricted because of a hamstring problem, and Thomson who was dropped at slip off Ul Hassan on 12. With Thomson playing the odd attacking shot to reach 32 not out and give Derbyshire hope of avoiding the follow-on, Glamorgan were unable to make further inroads in the last 75 minutes, but still remained in charge at the half-way stage for the first time in the season.
Yahoo
06-04-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Leicestershire race to three-day win over Glamorgan
Rothesay County Championship Division Two, Sophia Gardens, Cardiff (day three) Glamorgan 229 & 248: Carlson 113, Gorvin 50*; Holland 4-46, Green 3-28 Leicestershire 427: Hill 96, Wright 74, Handscomb 63; Gorvin 4-51, Fernando 4-71 & 53-0 Leicestershire (23 pts) beat Glamorgan (2 pts) by 10 wickets Match scorecard Seamer Ian Holland blew away the Glamorgan top order to earn Leicestershire a flying start to the season in Cardiff. Glamorgan were bowled out for 248 in their second innings despite Kiran Carlson's battling 113 and a maiden Andy Gorvin 50. Leicestershire needed 51 to win and claimed the extra half-hour to race to victory by 10 wickets. They dominated the game with Holland taking 4-46 to add to his first innings 3-40. Notifications, social media and more with BBC Sport A consistent visitors' batting display, with five players passing 50, saw them to 427 all out in their first innings. At the start of the day Andy Gorvin finally ended the Leicestershire tail-end frolics as he had Ben Cox lbw for 51 with the second ball of the morning, and although the injured Rishi Patel came out to try to see Chris Wright to a maiden century, his bravery was in vain as Wright was bowled for 74. But even though Glamorgan had hoped the pitch would flatten out in the sunshine after another heavy roller, Holland soon got to work and made the most of the new ball. A peach of a yorker accounted for Zain Ul Hassan lbw, Sam Northeast inside-edged his first ball on to the stumps, and Eddie Byrom drove a wide ball to gully after attempting to dig in. With Leicestershire bowling far more consistently than the home side, Ben Green induced an edge from Colin Ingram and batting hero Wright pinned Ben Kellaway leg-before before limping off during his 10th over. Carlson and Chris Cooke halted the slide temporarily with a stand of 51 as Carlson reached his 50 off 112 balls with an upper-cut six. But Cooke's dismissal for 21, lbw to Green, looked to signal the beginning of the end as Leicestershire eyed up a day off. Carlson and Gorvin had other ideas as they eventually settled in together with a stand of 99 for the eighth wicket which avoided the the innings defeat. Carlson's fluent innings, including 10 fours and that six, ended in the last over with the old ball as he skied Mike to tumbling substitute Liam Trevaskis at fine leg, but Gorvin had enough time to reach a well-earned half-century before running out of partners. Sol Budinger (32 not out) was joined by Rehan Ahmed (13 not out) as the pair swung hard from the start to wrap up the win in helter-skelter fashion, with spinner Kellaway bizarrely bowling two high full-tosses in four balls to be taken off. The injuries to Patel and Wright were the only downside to Leicestershire's dominant display as they prepare to host Derbyshire, while new Glamorgan coach Richard Dawson must ponder whether to make early changes for the trip to his former county Gloucestershire. Leicestershire captain Peter Handscomb told BBC Radio Leicester: "That's a fantastic way to start the season, the most pleasing thing was that we were able to execute our plans pretty well for the three days. "It was a good toss to win, but I wouldn't say it determined the result, the wicket played pretty fair for three days with a bit more in it the first day. "We found it hard to find a man of the match, it was a team performance with bat and ball, the bowling unit bowled beautifully in partnerships throughout the game." Glamorgan coach Richard Dawson told BBC Sport Wales: "We played well in parts, but we didn't play consistently well enough over the three days. Leicestershire put us under pressure with bat and ball. "Carlson and Gorvin showed what we want to see from our players, a bit of fight and working hard. Kiran made the century, but the start of the innings was tough for him, he got through that with a fantastic effort supported by a lot of application from Gorv. "I haven't thought about selection for Gloucestershire, we'll have a look at what we can improve on. We've got a couple of [injured] lads training and we'll make the call later in the week."
BBC News
06-04-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Leicestershire race to three-day win over Glamorgan
Rothesay County Championship Division Two, Sophia Gardens, Cardiff (day three)Glamorgan 229 & 248: Carlson 113, Gorvin 50*; Holland 4-46, Green 3-28Leicestershire 427: Hill 96, Wright 74, Handscomb 63; Gorvin 4-51, Fernando 4-71 & 53-0Leicestershire (23 pts) beat Glamorgan (2 pts) by 10 wicketsMatch scorecard Seamer Ian Holland blew away the Glamorgan top order to earn Leicestershire a flying start to the season in were bowled out for 248 in their second innings despite Kiran Carlson's battling 113 and a maiden Andy Gorvin needed 51 to win and claimed the extra half-hour to race to victory by 10 dominated the game with Holland taking 4-46 to add to his first innings 3-40. A consistent visitors' batting display, with five players passing 50, saw them to 427 all out in their first the start of the day Andy Gorvin finally ended the Leicestershire tail-end frolics as he had Ben Cox lbw for 51 with the second ball of the morning, and although the injured Rishi Patel came out to try to see Chris Wright to a maiden century, his bravery was in vain as Wright was bowled for even though Glamorgan had hoped the pitch would flatten out in the sunshine after another heavy roller, Holland soon got to work and made the most of the new ball.A peach of a yorker accounted for Zain Ul Hassan lbw, Sam Northeast inside-edged his first ball onto the stumps, and Eddie Byrom drove a wide ball to gully after attempting to dig Leicestershire bowling far more consistently than the home side, Ben Green induced an edge from Colin Ingram and batting hero Wright pinned Ben Kellaway leg-before before limping off during his 10th and Chris Cooke halted the slide temporarily with a stand of 51 as Carlson reached his 50 off 112 balls with an upper-cut Cooke's dismissal for 21, lbw to Green, looked to signal the beginning of the end as Leicestershire eyed up a day and Gorvin had other ideas as they eventually settled in together with a stand of 99 for the eighth wicket which avoided the the innings fluent innings, including 10 fours and that six, ended in the last over with the old ball as he skied Mike to tumbling substitute Liam Trevaskis at fine leg, but Gorvin had enough time to reach a well-earned half-century before running out of Budinger (32 not out) was joined by Rehan Ahmed (13 not out) as the pair swung hard from the start to wrap up the win in helter-shelter fashion, with spinner Kellaway bizarrely bowling two high full-tosses in four balls to be taken injuries to Patel and Wright were the only downside to Leicestershire's dominant display as they prepare to host Derbyshire, while new Glamorgan coach Richard Dawson must ponder whether to make early changes for the trip to his former county Gloucestershire.
