Glam aim to continue fine run
GLAMORGAN’S Aneurin Donald hailed his side’s bowlers after the Welsh county stormed to another victory in the T20 Blast by six wickets on Friday.
Glamorgan proved too strong for opponents Gloucestershire thanks to a couple of early wickets in the hosts’ innings as well as 48 not out from Donald and Colin Ingram’s blistering 64.
After the game Donald claimed it was those early wickets – with Dale Steyn removing Hamish Marshall and Timm van der Gugten getting rid of Michael Klinger – that set up the victory.
Donald said: “There are a lot of stats suggesting that if you take three wickets in the batting powerplay you normally go on to win. Fair play to the bowlers for setting it up for us early on.
“I was delighted to be there at the end. Bristol is a tough place to visit and we are delighted with the result.”
On his partnership with Ingram, which was the fulcrum on which the Glamorgan chase was built, Donald admitted his batting partner made life easy for him out in the middle.
The pair added 89 in eight overs to all but seal the win.
Donald added: “I love batting with Colin Ingram. He keeps hitting the ball out of the park so all I have to do is knock it around.”
Today, Glamorgan travel to Canterbury to take on Kent Spitfires in the Royal London One-Day Cup, where they will hope to continue their impressive form. The Welsh county have now won three out of four T20 Blast matches and five of their last six games in all competitions. LLANDUDNO who have dominated the North Wales League for most of the past decade and currently lead the Premier Division table suffered a shock defeat by Bangor in a rainaffected match.
The Seasiders won the toss,chose to bat and were all out for 175,Daniel Evans top scoring with 58.
Francois Mostert was the pick of the bowlers taking 4-36 in 9.4 overs.
Then the rain came but when it relented Bangor were set a revised total of 155 in 42 overs.Mostert was the man of the match adding to his brilliant bowling spell with an unbeaten 67.
They reached that target in 37.2 overs with and collected 12 points for their efforts.
In one of the few Premier games to reach a conclusion Llanwrst overcame Gresford by 52 runs. Put into bat Llanwrst were dismissed for 214 with Jack Williams hitting 50. John Bell took 4-19 and Jack Bonkell 4-27.
Gresford managed only 162,Matthew Cree top scoering with 40. Leg spinner Robert Ballerino took 5-32 and Jack Williams 4-46.
The leaders Menai Bridge’s match against Brymbo was abandoned as were games at Hawarden Park and Pontblyddyn.
In Division One Conwy Bethesda by seven wickets. beat