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