Glamorgan's 31-run victory over the Hampshire Royals at the Ageas Bowl means that Mark Wallace and his team will be hoping that it will be third time lucky for the Welsh county as they appear in the YB40 Final at Lord's on Saturday, September 21st
Glamorgan have been to Lord's twice before for a showpiece one-day final, but they were on the losing side on both occasions, losing to Middlesex in the Gillette Cup in September 1977, whilst in June 2000 they were beaten by Gloucestershire in the final of the Benson and Hedges Cup - a match which saw captain Matthew Maynard score a memorable hundred to win the Man-of the-Match Award, besides becoming the first batsman in the history of the game to make hundreds in both the semi-final and final of a one-day competition.
As far as the one-day League is concerned, Glamorgan have won the competition on three previous occasions, winning in September 1993 at Canterbury in a memorable game against Kent which saw Tony Cottey score the winning runs with legendary West Indian Viv Richards at the non-strikers end.
In 2002 Glamorgan won the Sunday League again at Canterbury, as the Welsh county - under acting captain Robert Croft - defeated Kent in a nail-biting contest by four runs at the St. Lawrence ground. Croft was at the helm again in August 2004 when his side beat Lancashire at Colwyn Bay by five wickets to lift the one-day crown.
Glamorgan's opponents in the 2013 YB40 final will be decided on Monday when the Notts Outlaws meet Somerset in the second semi-final at Trent Bridge.
