Glamorgan v Hampshire: Match Abandoned

Following the decision by umpires Neil Mallender and Paul Baldwin, as well as the Cricket Liaison Officer Tony Pigott, to abandon the Royal London One-Day fixture between Hampshire and Glamorgan, the match is considered to be 'no result'.

All fans who have travelled to the match are urged to retain their ticket, with full information regarding a refund available below:

All supporters who purchased match tickets for Sunday's Royal London One-Day Cup match against Glamorgan are entitled to a full refund following the abandonment of the fixture.

To claim a refund, supporters should return their ticket stubs along with their name, address, telephone number and email address to: Ticket Office, Glamorgan County Cricket Club, The SSE SWALEC, Cardiff, CF11 9XR.

Refunds will take up to 14 days to process and will be refunded to credit or debit cards where applicable. Any cash sales will be refunded by cheque.

It is understood that an investigation into the playing surface used will be undertaken.

Match Report

An exceptional Hampshire bowling performance was thwarted in unusual circumstances, as the Royal London One-Day Cup match against Glamorgan was abandoned due to an unsafe pitch at the SWALEC Stadium.

Hampshire’s bowlers had initially restricted the home-side excellently on a deteriorating pitch as Glamorgan were only able to score 182-9 from their 50 overs, before the variable bounce seen previously became emphasised further to the extent that the match was then abandoned in the seventh over.

Hampshire began the match in excellent fashion as Jackson Bird (2-10) picked up his first wicket inside his opening over to remove Will Bragg (2).

Glamorgan struggled early on thanks to some efficient bowling and Bird picked up his second wicket shortly after the powerplay, when the often dangerous Jacques Rudolph (8) chipped a simple catch straight to mid-off.

The hosts looked to recover, but with runs hard to come by, they had only reached 59 in 19 overs when Chris Wood (1-39) picked up Hampshire’s third wicket.

Colin Ingram (51) looked to have steadied things slightly with some patient stroke-play anchoring the innings. Despite his perseverance, wickets soon fell around him with Mason Crane (1-44) and Liam Dawson (3-21) picking up four wickets between them in as many overs, including that of danger-man Ingram to see them fall to 96-6.

Some late-order hitting from David Lloyd (33) and Graham Wagg (29) looked to guide the hosts towards 200, but when both fell at the hands of the excellent Will Smith (2-11), Glamorgan were limited to below 200 from their batting effort.

In reply, openers Jimmy Adams (13*) and Michael Carberry (13*) began positively in tough conditions. However with Carberry first taking a blow to the helmet in the opening overs, and Adams then also being struck in the grille from a relatively full delivery, the umpires deemed the pitch too dangerous for play.

Words: Will Brewster