Glamorgan County Cricket Club was founded in 1888 and is a county cricket club. Based at Cardiff it plays most of its home games at Sophia Gardens, which is located by the River Taff. It is the only first-class cricket team in Wales, having been raised to that standard in 1921.

Glamorgan famously won the county championship under the captaincy of Wilf Wooller in 1948, whose advocacy of high fielding standards was the key to beating much stronger batting and bowling teams. Glamorgan won the championship again under Tony Lewis in 1969 and Matthew Maynard in 1997. Maynard, who retired at the end of the 2005 season, was one of the most destructive batsmen in first class cricket over the past 20 years. The current captain, off spinner Robert Croft proved effective on England tours, and is a useful pinch hitter in List A one day games. It has current plans (April 2006) to extend its grounds in the Grade 2 Listed Heritage Park that is Sophia Gardens, with a 17,500 seat super-stadium. This is opposed by local residents' groups and earlier plans were objected to by Cadw and local MP's, Councillors and Assembly Members. See the Hit It For Six website On 20 April 2006, it was announced that, subject to the development being completed it, one of the Tests against Australia in the 2009 Ashes series would be held at Sophia Gardens.^*

External links

• Glamorgan County Cricket Club Homepage

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