Glamorgan v Warwickshire, One-Day Cup Semi-final, Cardiff, 18/08/2024

It was a scene reminicent of better days for domestic one-day cricket as Glamorgan secured a place in the Metro Bank Cup final in front of a healthy crowd of over 3,000.

With longer-form 50 over cricket reduced to cinderella status these days, it was good to see plenty of interest from the Glamorgan faithful, proving yet again that there's more to cricket that T20 and 100-ball thrashes. Glamorgan earned its place at home in the semi-final through topping the group, whilst Warwickshhire overcame Worcestershire in their quater final.

After being inserted, the home side were soon in trouble at 90/5 with dangermen Sam Northeast and Colin Ingram back in the pavilion. Thankfully, Billy Root once agin steadied the ship with 46, and then there was some explosive late hitting from Dan Douthwaite (55 not out) and Timm van der Gugten (26), giving Glamorgan a competitive total of 247 for the loss of nine wickets.

In reply, the Bears were soon in trouble at 62/6, before some resistance for the seventh wicket with a stand of 87 by Michael Burgess and Jake Lintott. Michael Booth, with 35, gave the visitors some hope and a late scare for home fans, but when Booth skied Andy Gorvin to Douthwaite, it was all over and the Glammy family could prepare for its second 50-over final in three years.

The cricinfo report is here and scorecard here

Glamorgan v Yorkshire, One-Day Cup, Cardiff, 14/08/2024

A healthy crowd of over 1,500 came down to Sophia Gardens for Glamorgan's important 50-over match versus Yorkshire, in that a home vistory would all but assure a semi-final at the same venue on the following Sunday.

After a drizzly start, the visitors unsurprisingly inserted Glamorgan and quickly made inroads, leaving the Daffodil county struggling at 40/3 and 143/7 but some spirited resistance from Billy Root with 66 and 34 not out from Timm van der Gugten rallied the home side to 230/9 from the reduced 47 overs.

In reply, Yorkshire were quickly reeling at 11/3, but rebuilt mainly through Johnny Tattersall with 51. Glamorgan were able to squeeze in the middle overs with some excellent bowling and energetic fielding. Andy Gorvin took 4/35 and ambidextrous spinner Ben Kellaway 3/33.

Match details are available on cricinfo here, as Glamorgan secured a home semi-final versus Warwickshire on Sunday 18th August.