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BBC News
25-05-2025
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Kuhnemann bowls Glam to three-day win over Middlesex
Rothesay County Championship Division Two, Sophia Gardens, Cardiff (day three)Glamorgan 383: Northeast 122, Carlson 109; Higgins 5-59, Roland-Jones 4-95 & 8-0Middlesex 155: Holden 42; Gorvin 4-39& 235 (following on): Robson 66, Roland-Jones 57; Kuhnemann 6-53Glamorgan (22 pts) beat Middlesex (2 pts) by 10 wicketsMatch scorecard Australian spinner Matt Kuhnemann bowled Glamorgan to a three-day win over Middlesex by 10 in a one-off appearance, took six for 53 as Middlesex were dismissed for 235 after following knocks of 66 from Sam Robson and 57 from Toby Roland-Jones only served to avoid the innings defeat, with Glamorgan needing only eight to win. Glamorgan claimed three Championship wins in a row for the first time since 2015, and it was the first time they have ever won three consecutive games with a day to home side owed much to the first innings stand of 228 between centurions Sam Northeast and Kiran Carlson, with Middlesex unable to find similar application in their second successive defeat. The Glamorgan flag was flying at half-mast in memory of former Glamorgan groundsman Len Smith as Middlesex followed on 228 runs visitors surprised everyone with Robson and Max Holden racing along at a run a ball for the first hour in an opening stand of hit seamers James Harris and Andy Gorvin out of the attack with a series of ferocious drives, as they were unable to find the lengths that served them so well the previous day with the former England man racing to a 40-ball looked like the T20 Blast had come early, but as Glamorgan switched their attack round, it was left-arm spinner Kuhnemann who made the breakthrough as Holden was well taken at short leg by Asa Tribe for had blasted 13 fours when he was trapped lbw by Kuhnemann, who then bowled Leus du Plooy, and with Luke Hollman edging Timm van der Gugten to slip Middlesex had lost four wickets for kept chipping away after lunch with Ben Geddes trying to get after Kuhnemann but being well taken by Zain ul Hassan back-pedalling at mid-off for second spell was a considerable improvement as he got rid of Ryan Higgins for 19 and Zafar Gohar, brilliantly caught by a leaping Chris Cooke. Kuhnemann completed his five-for as Jack Davies (12) swung to mid-wicket before Roland-Jones launched a magnificent counter-attack, smashing three successive sixes into the grandstand off Gorvin, and speeding to 50 off just 33 scores were level when Roland-Jones swung Gorvin to a diving Harris at deep square leg, and fittingly Kuhnemann had the final word when Dane Paterson was taken by Gorvin at mid-on. Glamorgan knocked off the eight needed in 14 balls as Middlesex ran round to salvage a potential points deduction for their over-rate. Middlesex now start their T20 Blast campaign against Sussex at Lord's on Thursday 29 June, while Glamorgan's opener sees them travel to face Middlesex at Northwood on Sunday, 1 June.
BBC News
23-05-2025
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- BBC News
Northeast and Carlson tons boost Glam v Middlesex
Rothesay County Championship Division Two, Sophia Gardens, Cardiff (day one)Glamorgan 334-7 (96 overs): Northeast 122, Carlson 109; Roland-Jones 4-73, Higgins 3-44 Middlesex: Yet to batGlamorgan 2 pts, Middlesex 2 ptsMatch scorecard Hundreds from Sam Northeast and Kiran Carlson took Glamorgan to a solid 334-7 after being put in to bat by Toby Roland-Jones led from the front for the visitors, taking two wickets with each of the new Northeast's composed 122 and a more aggressive 109 from Carlson dominated the middle of the day in a stand of 228. It marked a remarkable recovery from 52-3 when Australia's Marnus Labuschagne was dismissed by Ryan Higgins for 23, following a hostile opening spell from Middlesex claimed four wickets late in the evening to fight back towards parity. While Middlesex were unchanged, Glamorgan gave a surprise one-off appearance to Australia left-arm spinner Matt Kuhnemann in place of Sri Lanka paceman Asitha Fernando, with Tom Bevan replacing in-form Ben Kellaway, who is sitting university exams. Roland-Jones took the initiative on a fairly grassy wicket as he had Zain Ul Hassan caught behind for 11 and Asa Tribe caught at slip for 12 in a typically threatening spell on a ground where he has often done African Dane Paterson had Labuschagne in early trouble in a rehearsal of a potential World Test Championship final battle, beating him several times as he got off the mark with an edged four and conceding just nine runs in seven had four boundaries, including one bonus from overthrows, when he was squared up and edged Ryan Higgins low to Leus du Plooy at second slip. Northeast rode his luck initially as he dug in alongside Carlson, who was more fluent as they brought up the 100 in the 38th over. But the perils eased in the afternoon sunshine with the pair rotating the strike efficiently and increasing the run-rate without taking too many second century of the season saw his innings include 11 fours as he took on the challenges laid down by the bowlers. Northeast, using his years of experience, struck 10 fours and a straight six off Zafar Gohar. But the second new ball brought much-needed relief for Middlesex as Roland-Jones had Carlson caught behind and Bevan lbw for three, while Higgins finally got his just rewards as he bowled Northeast and had Timm van der Gugten caught at gully in the same over. Chris Cooke (32 not out) batted out the day to give the hosts hope of building further on day two.
BBC News
17-05-2025
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Kellaway shines as Glam pile pressure on Northants
Rothesay County Championship Division Two, Cardiff (day two)Northamptonshire 185: Procter 61; Fernando 3-28, Gorvin 3-36& 49-3: Procter 30*, Gorvin 2-3Glamorgan 424 (107.1 overs): Kellaway 95, Northeast 67, Van der Gugten 61, Carlson 54; Broad 3-82, Conway 3-99Northamptonshire (3 pts) trail Glamorgan (7 pts) by 190 runs with seven second-innings wickets standing Glamorgan strengthened their grip on the match against Northants with the visitors on 49-3 in their second innings, still 190 all-rounder Ben Kellaway led the way for Glamorgan with a fluent 95 off just 104 balls in their total of Sam Northeast (67) played a calm support role to Kiran Carlson's dashing 54 and Kellaway's exciting knock, while Timm van der Gugten's 61 made sure Glamorgan picked up four batting Broad, the pick of the attack on day two, and Harry Conway picked up three wickets apiece, but the visitors toiled as the pitch appeared to ease in the sun. Glamorgan seamer Andy Gorvin took two wickets in the penultimate over as Northants struggled to survive. Resuming on 82-3, Glamorgan made good early headway led by Carlson who found the gaps in the field in an attractive half-century in a stand of 96 with Sam Northeast, before Ben Sanderson snared Carlson into flicking a catch to short backward square leg. But Northants could not keep the pressure on despite two very tight spells from captain Luke Procter, leading by example as he also threw himself into a couple of boundary Northeast reached a patient 50 off 120 balls, the prolific Kellaway was quickly into his stride to take Glamorgan ahead before 21 year old all-rounder, who hit a career-best 181 not out at Canterbury in the previous match, was again in sparkling form with some sumptuous off-drives and a lofted straight six off leg-spinner Calvin played a composed supporting role in a partnership of 141 before he edged Justin Broad to looked set for three figures when Harrison got one to bounce and he was caught the double breakthrough did not end the visitors' suffering as Chris Cooke (36) and Van der Gugten added 87, the Netherlands international striking nine fours, before Broad dismissed bowlers Conway and Sanderson returned to wrap up the innings belatedly as Northants at least maintained their 100% record on bowling points in 2025. With 14 overs for the visitors to bat, James Harris had Ricardo Vasconcelos caught at slip for one. The hard-working Procter and George Bartlett looked set to bat out the final 40 minutes of the in the penultimate over Bartlett was given lbw to Gorvin, who then trapped nightwatchman Calvin Harrison plumb leg-before second ball to deepenNorthants' misery.
Telegraph
15-05-2025
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- Telegraph
An ambidextrous is spinner taking county cricket by storm
Glamorgan were seeking the final Derbyshire wicket in the very last over of their Championship match earlier this month, after four days of hard graft. With spinner Ben Kellaway bowling, the Glamorgan captain Sam Northeast, one of many fielders crowding the batsman Luis Reece, signalled to his bowler that he should try something different: swapping his right-arm off-spin for left-arm orthodox. Kellaway obliged – informing the umpire first, of course. The plan did not work, with Derbyshire surviving for a draw. 'There was a bit of rough outside the left-hander's off-stump and we thought we'd give it a go,' he said. 'With two balls left there was nothing to lose, it might have shot through or bounced. Unfortunately I did not execute it to perfection.' Perhaps not that delivery, but Kellaway has got a lot right. In that innings, he registered his maiden first-class five-wicket haul and a week later, he had his maiden first-class hundred, 181 not out as a resurgent Glamorgan romped to their first win of the season. To avenge the draw against Derbyshire, it was fitting that Kellaway picked up the final two wickets against Kent. Kellaway made headlines last summer for his ambidextrous spin bowling, emerging as a cricketing curiosity. But that ball against Derbyshire is, so far, his only left-arm delivery of the new season, during which he has proved he is not a mere novelty act, but a 21-year-old all-rounder of real substance, with many arrows in his quiver. From No 6, he is averaging 64 with the bat and whether as a primary (behind Shoaib Bashir and perhaps soon the fit-again Mason Crane) or secondary spinner, 25 with the ball. With a former England spinner, Richard Dawson, now coaching Glamorgan, Kellaway has kicked on hugely. The first of many 💯 Relive the moment Ben Kellaway got his first-ever County Championship hundred 👏 WATCH LIVE: #KENTvGLAM #OhGlammyGlammy — Glamorgan Cricket 🏆 (@GlamCricket) May 10, 2025 'My main skills have always been being a middle order batter and bowling off-spin. I want and need them to be as strong as possible,' he tells Telegraph Sport. 'The both arms thing is talked about a lot, and has taken over a bit. If the left-arm stuff can be used effectively, then great but those two main skills will always be my main focus.' Bowling left-arm spin was a happy byproduct of lockdown boredom for Kellaway, who was born in Newport, learnt the game at Chepstow Cricket Club, and educated at Clifton College. 'It was a complete mess about,' he explains. 'Everyone obviously had so much time on their hands during Covid and my younger brother and I were both teenagers into cricket, so we just played in the backyard, messing around with swing balls and tennis balls. I then parked it for a while, and got it out occasionally in the nets at school. I never took it seriously.' Grant Bradburn, the former Glamorgan coach, saw Kellaway bowl left-arm in the nets, and encouraged him to practise 'to stand out'. Over the last 18 months, he has bowled more with his left arm in the nets, to the point that it accounts for about 30% of his bowling practice. 'I'll do my main training as right arm, then when I have some extra time practise with the left,' he says. 'At first my whole left side was weaker and I got very sore. But it's getting stronger and my action is getting better. I've still got loads of work to do, but it's moving in the right direction.' For now, Kellaway sees his party trick as primarily for white-ball to nullify match-ups. Last July, he became the first bowler in county cricket to take a wicket with each arm in the same innings, since Kent's Charles Rowe in 1980. Such skill remains very rare, with Sri Lanka's Kamindu Mendis – now one of the world's best batsmen – occasionally doing it, too. 'That was baffling,' he said. 'I didn't think much of it at the time. I'd just been told to give it a crack and it worked. The whole spell I bowled 50/50. To get a wicket was surreal, and the reaction in the days that followed made me realise how unusual it was. It's different and I'm quite excited by where I can take it. 'It needs some more work to bowl longer spells in Championship cricket, but I do find that when I bowl longer spells in the nets, I find it easier, and get some rhythm. Just dropping in for a ball here or there is hard.' One of the bizarre aspects of this tale is how Kellaway can do little else with his left hand. From a family with no link to cricket, he played rugby as a kid, and could 'just about pass off my left hand, but nowhere near as strong as my right'. 'People find that very funny,' he says. 'I am totally right hand dominant but weirdly this comes quite naturally. I have tried throwing a cricket ball with my left hand and it's terrible. It's quite common to bowl with one arm and throw with another, Tymal Mills and Jack Leach do that. But that's not me at all.' Kellaway points out that when Glamorgan have been at their strongest, such as when they last won the Championship in 1997, they had a strong core of Welsh players. 'That's a proud thing for the club, and we are striving for more Welsh representation. The way the pathway is set up, I think we will see more coming through. My family weren't into cricket, but some mates just took me down to the club in Chepstow and I loved it. Hopefully we can inspire more Welsh kids to get into the game.'
