Match Preview: Glamorgan v Hampshire Hawks, Vitality Blast

Glamorgan v Hawks
Vitality Blast (South Group)
Thursday 10th June (6:30pm Start)
Sophia Gardens

Hampshire Hawks head to Wales on Friday to face Glamorgan in the Vitality Blast as James Vince’s side look to make it four T20 wins on the spin.

It’s the first clash between the two sides of the 2022 campaign with Glamorgan sitting in eighth in the South Group – with two wins from seven matches – while the Hawks are in fifth after reeling off three straight wins against ‘el clasicoast’ rivals Sussex Sharks, Middlesex and Essex Eagles.

Friday’s match is the Hawks’ first Vitality Blast match at Sophia Gardens since 2019, where they lost by 28 runs.

Hampshire Squad

The Hawks have named an unchanged 15-player squad for the match, following Thursday’s victory against Essex Eagles.

All-rounder James Fuller (4-30) impressed against the Eagles while Vince (44), Prest (30), Weatherley (38) and Albert (24*) all contributed with the bat.

Nathan Ellis travels to Sophia Gardens and will hope to feature after missing out against Middlesex and Essex Eagles through injury.

Full Hampshire Squad

Glamorgan

2022 Season In Numbers

• 8th in South Group
• Form (most recent first): LLALW
• Leading run scorer: Sam Northeast - 220
• Leading wicket taker: Michael Hogan - 14

Head-to-Head

Hampshire’s record in Vitality Blast v Glamorgan

P: 17, W: 9, L: 7, NR: 1

Last 5 meetings:

• July 18 2021 | The Ageas Bowl | South Group | Hampshire won by six wickets
• August 30 2019 | Sophia Gardens | South Group| Glamorgan won by 28 runs
• August 2 2019 | The Ageas Bowl | South Group | Hampshire won by 41 runs
• August 10 2018 | Sophia Gardens | South Group | Glamorgan won by eight wickets
• July 6 2018 | The Ageas Bowl | South Group | Glamorgan won by 63 runs

Read more about Hampshire’s record away against Glamorgan in the T20 Blast by clicking here.

Tickets

Tickets for the Hawks’ match against Glamorgan on Friday are available by clicking here.

Coverage

Glamorgan will be live streaming the game and a link to this stream will be available in the free-to-download Hampshire Cricket App and at www.ageasbowl.com/cricket.

Both the Hampshire Cricket App and www.ageasbowl.com/cricket will also host a live match centre with scorecard, statistics and insight available throughout the match.

Weather Forecast

Please follow the link to view the latest weather forecast for Sophia Gardens: https://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/2653822