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BBC News
12-05-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Glamorgan relishing Labuschagne's two-game return
Glamorgan are relishing the prospect of Australian Test star Marnus Labuschagne arriving for two Championship games, in his sixth season with the county."It'll be good to have him involved, he knows the players, he brings energy and quality so it's great to have him back into the squad," said coach Richard Dawson."I've come up against him and met him a couple of times so I'm looking forward to working with him."Labuschagne will be able to acclimatise to British conditions prior to Australia's World Test Championship final against South Africa at Lord's in South African-born batter has played some part in every year since his 2019 debut, apart from the Covid-hit season on 2020, although it is his briefest visit yet because of international commitments and recent paternity leave. Labuschagne reached number one status in the world ranking of Test batters at one stage after his first Glamorgan trip as he became a Test regular in the 2019 Ashes series and his games in this month's brief return are at Sophia Gardens, facing Northants on Friday, 16 May and Middlesex the following week, with South African batter Colin Ingram, 39, rested before the T20 Blast despite his continuing strong performances."Col's in great form but the lads are excited and the club's excited to get Marnus in, he'll be hungry for runs and bring something different to the changing room," explained van der Gugten, who has played alongside Labuschagne since his Glamorgan debut, revealed he had already been in contact during their win at Kent."He'll bring another energy with him. He's already been on FaceTime and he arrives in the morning [Monday], so he's keen to get involved like he always is and it'll be nice to have him around the group," van der Gugten told BBC Sport is best known for his batting ability but has also bowled seam, leg-spin and off-spin during his time with Lankan paceman Asitha Fernando, who took three wickets in the second innings of the victory at Canterbury, has two red-ball games left on his contract while Glamorgan are yet to announce plans for a bowling recruit for the T20 Blast, with batter Ingram set to return for the opener against Middlesex at Northwood on Sunday, 1 June.
Yahoo
10-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Kellaway best sees Glamorgan pile pressure on Kent
Rothesay County Championship Division Two, The Spitfire Ground, Canterbury (day two) Glamorgan 549-9 dec (132 overs): Kellaway 181*, Tribe 94, Ingram 70; Kashif Ali 4-92, Parkinson 3-149 Kent 156-8 (58 overs): Benjamin 68*; Van der Gugten 3-23, Harris 3-40 Kent (2 pts) trail Glamorgan (6 pts) by 393 runs with two first-innings wickets standing Match scorecard A stunning innings of 181 not out from Glamorgan's Ben Kellaway boosted his side to a massive 549 for nine declared against Kent, the hosts struggling to 156-8 in reply. It was a maiden, and chanceless, century for the 21-year-old Welsh all-rounder as Glamorgan piled on the runs. Left needing 400 to avoid the possibility of a follow-on, Kent lost half their side for just 23 to Timm van der Gugten and James Harris. Chris Benjamin (68 not out) led a relative fightback but the hosts are still under the cosh at the halfway stage. It was a remarkable turnaround of fortunes from the opening weeks of the season, when Kent won two out of three while Glamorgan lost two from three. Notifications, social media and more with BBC Sport Resuming on 389-7 with Kellaway on 91 and the battle for bonus points the other immediate concern, the Chepstow youngster was happy to take his time over reaching three figures, achieved with a stylish cover drive for three off Kashif Ali. Partner Andy Gorvin was dropped behind on 14 off Kashif but put together a quietly efficient stand of 108 with Kellaway as Kent suffered in the sun, collecting just two bowling points to the visitors' four with the bat. Gorvin eventually holed out to deep square off perspiring leg-spinner Matt Parkinson for a solid 47 off 99 balls. Parkinson bowled James Harris for 12 as he looked to add quick runs after lunch, but Kellaway struck him for three successive sixes and a four in a spectacular burst of hitting before Sam Northeast called them in. Kellaway faced 228 balls, striking 18 fours in addition to those maximums over mid-wicket, having hit a maiden first-class 50 only two matches ago. Kent, under scoreboard pressure, then lost five wickets for just 23 inside 15 overs, after the returning Harris struck with his second ball of the season, having Harry Finch lbw before forcing Ben Compton to lob a catch to gully. Van der Gugten had Kent captain Daniel Bell-Drummond, off the back of a double hundred, in all sorts of trouble before he edged to slip. In a hostile nine-over spell, the Netherlands international then had Tawanda Muyeye and debutant Ekansh Singh caught at short-leg as both lobbed up catches, before Jack Leaning and Benjamin steadied the ship in a stand of 81. Leaning had problems against Asitha Fernando, reaching 37 before the Sri Lankan won an lbw verdict, and Harris quickly forced Grant Stewart to play on. Benjamin, the wicketkeeper recruited from Warwickshire, was lucky to survive a few moments against the seam of Zain Ul Hassan on his way to 50 off 83 balls. Andy Gorvin had Matt Parkinson well caught behind off the inside edge for 13 though George Garrett survived the closing overs alongside Benjamin. Glamorgan's Ben Kellaway told BBC Sport Wales: "I'm fatigued but delighted to kick on this morning after a solid start yesterday, and to get us into a solid position in the game, it's a really nice feeling. "I wasn't trying to force anything (to get to a hundred) because that would have been my downfall, so it was nice to get over the line after 30 minutes. "I had to take it step by then, Gorv and me got through the first half-hour and built from there, it was nice to get a few away after lunch and give us momentum, the short boundary was tempting. "It was the right time for us to pull out and have a crack at them. The way Timm and James bowled upfront and the others have backed them up has been superb, we bowled accurately and got the rewards. "It's pretty surreal, I'm delighted to have got the opportunity in the middle order, it's nice to have things coming together and it's really helped my confidence."
