Glamorgan welcome Essex to the SWALEC Stadium for their next match in the LV=County Championship with the four-day contest scheduled to get underway at the Cardiff ground at 11am on Wednesday, May 15th
Glamorgan drew with Essex in both of their Championship encounters last summer - at Cardiff and Colchester - with the game at the SWALEC Stadium extending the sequence of draws between the two sides. Indeed, the last four matches between Essex and Glamorgan at the SWALEC Stadium have all been drawn, with the game in 2009 seeing the visitor's last pair survive the closing overs amidst much tension and drama.
Essex's last win at Glamorgan's headquarters came in 2006, whilst you have to go back to 1997 for Glamorgan's most recent Championship victory against Essex in Cardiff when captain Matthew Maynard and Tony Cottey shared a decisive partnership after the home side had lost early wickets on the final day of the contest, with their doughty stand laying the foundations of a seven-wicket victory which maintained Glamorgan's title bid.
Team News
Glamorgan have named an unchanged 12-man squad for the match against Essex. The squad in full is - WD Bragg, BJ Wright, SJ Walters, MJ North, MW Goodwin, J Allenby, MA Wallace (captain and wkt-keeper), GG Wagg, JC Glover, DA Cosker, MG Hogan and MT Reed.
