The 2023 season was Glamorgan County Cricket Club's 136th year in existence and their 103rd as a first-class cricket county. They competed in the Second Division of the County Championship, as well as Group B of the One-Day Cup and the South Group of the T20 Blast. Just two of their fourteen County Championship matches produced results (one win and one loss), meaning they finished in fifth place in the eight-team division; meanwhile, they failed to capitalise on a good start in the T20 Blast, winning four of their first five matches before losing eight of their next nine to finish eighth out of the nine teams in the South Group. In the One-Day Cup, they failed to put together any consistent form; they won four of their eight matches, finishing in fourth place, three points behind Gloucestershire and Worcestershire in quarter-final places. Glamorgan played two 50-over matches at The Gnoll in Neath for the second year in a row, while also not returning to Penrhyn Avenue in Rhos-on-Sea for the fourth year in a row.
It was the team's fourth season with Matthew Maynard as their red-ball head coach and their second with David Lloyd as captain; both left at the end of the season, with Maynard stepping down and Lloyd moving to Derbyshire. Former Gloucestershire and England all-rounder Mark Alleyne joined the club as white-ball head coach, but his appointment as an assistant coach for the Welsh Fire in The Hundred meant Glamorgan turned to David Harrison to coach the side in the One-Day Cup. The team's overseas players were Australians Marnus Labuschagne and Michael Neser, and South African Colin Ingram; Australian Peter Hatzoglou and New Zealander Cam Fletcher also joined for the T20 Blast, while Australian Mitchell Swepson was brought in while Neser was on international duty with Australia for the 2023 Ashes series.
Pre-season and friendlies Glamorgan's pre-season campaign took place in Zimbabwe, where they played a three-day match and a one-day match against Northerns, and three one-day matches against Southerns. On returning, they played a three-day game against Somerset at Taunton, before hosting Cardiff MCCU in another three-day match. They also played a one-day match against Herefordshire before the start of the One-Day Cup season, but it was rained off midway through the first innings.
Northerns (Zimbabwe) v Glamorgan (4–6 March)
Southerns v Glamorgan (8 March)
Northerns (Zimbabwe) v Glamorgan (9 March)
Southerns v Glamorgan (10 March)
Southerns v Glamorgan (12 March)
Glamorgan v Somerset (27–29 March)
MCC University Match: Glamorgan v Cardiff MCCU (1–3 April)
Herefordshire v Glamorgan (30 July)
County Championship
Matches Glamorgan v Gloucestershire (6–9 April)
Glamorgan v Durham (20–23 April)
After a week off, Glamorgan returned to action at home to Durham buoyed by the return of their overseas players, Australians Michael Neser and Marnus Labuschagne.
Leicestershire v Glamorgan (27–30 April)
Yorkshire v Glamorgan (4–7 May)
Glamorgan v Worcestershire (11–14 May)
Sussex v Glamorgan (18–21 May)
Durham v Glamorgan (11–14 June)
Glamorgan v Sussex (25–28 June)
Glamorgan v Leicestershire (10–13 July)
Gloucestershire v Glamorgan (20–23 July)
Derbyshire v Glamorgan (25–28 July)
Worcestershire v Glamorgan (3–6 September)
Glamorgan v Yorkshire (10–13 September)
Glamorgan v Derbyshire (26–29 September)
Standings
One-Day Cup
Matches Worcestershire v Glamorgan (4 August)
Derbyshire v Glamorgan (6 August)
Glamorgan v Durham (8 August)
Glamorgan v Warwickshire (10 August)
Sussex v Glamorgan (13 August)
Glamorgan v Gloucestershire (16 August)
Somerset v Glamorgan (20 August)
Glamorgan v Northamptonshire (22 August)
Standings
Advanced directly to the semi-finals Advanced to the quarter-finals
T20 Blast
Matches Gloucestershire v Glamorgan (26 May)
Somerset v Glamorgan (28 May)
Middlesex v Glamorgan (31 May)
Glamorgan v Kent (2 June)
Sussex v Glamorgan (4 June)
Glamorgan v Surrey (7 June)
Glamorgan v Essex (9 June)
Essex v Glamorgan (16 June)
Glamorgan v Gloucestershire (18 June)
Surrey v Glamorgan (20 June)
Glamorgan v Somerset (21 June)
Glamorgan v Sussex (23 June)
Hampshire v Glamorgan (30 June)
Glamorgan v Middlesex (2 July)
Standings
Advanced to the Quarter-finals
Statistics Batting + First-classPlayerMatchesInningsRunsKiran Carlson142301,06819246.4369.1245212711Billy Root14236884117*52.0060.461611325Chris Cooke14215733134*45.8159.40221933Sam Northeast13201646166*34.0052.43222723Marnus Labuschagne581502170*71.7158.16220656Michael Neser671487176*81.1665.89220654Eddie Byrom815247510136.5349.73143685Zain-ul-Hassan91614536930.2041.25021691Colin Ingram712035713629.7557.95110552David Lloyd81323328130.1870.04012482Source:
+ List APlayerMatchesInningsRunsEddie Byrom77035210850.2888.00130500Kiran Carlson7703327547.42121.61040357Colin Ingram661278115*55.60103.34120287Sam Northeast55124510061.2582.21110243Billy Root55320874*104.00104.00020171Ben Kellaway7601958232.50127.45021216Alex Horton7618144*16.2097.59000121Tom Bevan440604415.0074.0700182Zain-ul-Hassan4413826*12.6669.0900031Jamie McIlroy521171317.0044.7300010Source:
+ Twenty20PlayerMatchesInningsRunsChris Cooke14143419113*38.09171.021113522Kiran Carlson141413927730.15164.700214021Colin Ingram1010237692*47.00167.850204214Sam Northeast141313157626.25119.310213010Timm van der Gugten8821484824.66166.29001612Billy Root10811353619.28127.35001125Eddie Byrom5511204330.00169.01000156Will Smale540652716.25138.29000111Cam Fletcher330585719.33128.8801114Peter Hatzoglou1365451545.00145.1600031Source:
Bowling + First-classPlayerMatchesInningsOversMaidensRunsWicketsTimm van der Gugten1320385.5891,140396/887/7629.232.9559.3530James Harris1117292.4371,189324/186/11337.154.0654.8700Jamie McIlroy1017259.551736245/348/7530.662.8364.9510Michael Neser69155.326523207/327/12326.153.3646.6510Mitchell Swepson46176.332585144/897/14141.783.3175.6400Kiran Carlson1413206.012853143/1474/16660.924.1488.2800Zain-ul-Hassan911143.02247782/184/6559.623.33107.2500Andy Gorvin5796.42531873/883/8845.423.2882.8500Marnus Labuschagne5739.3121754/814/8143.405.4947.4000David Lloyd8859.0526652/324/11553.204.5070.8000Source:
+ List APlayerMatchesInningsOversMaidensRunsWicketsBen Kellaway7755.01298133/4122.925.4125.3800Kiran Carlson7756.0033984/4842.376.0542.0010Zain-ul-Hassan4321.0013974/2519.856.6118.0010Andy Gorvin5546.3027472/5639.145.8939.8500Prem Sisodiya3328.0115621/4478.005.5784.0000Timm van der Gugten4436.0617622/4188.004.88108.0000Jamie McIlroy5541.0320021/13100.004.87123.0000Harry Podmore3323.0012011/19120.005.21138.0000Ruaidhri Smith2217.0013311/75133.007.82102.0000Source:
+ Twenty20PlayerMatchesInningsOversMaidensRunsWicketsJamie McIlroy131346.50428194/3622.529.1314.7810Peter Hatzoglou131346.21404173/2323.768.7116.3500Ruaidhri Smith121242.01416123/3334.669.9021.0000Dan Douthwaite6620.40205104/2320.509.9112.4010Timm van der Gugten8829.0131193/2034.5510.7219.3300Prem Sisodiya8828.0027983/3234.879.9621.0000Andy Gorvin5516.1015031/3050.009.2732.3300Kiran Carlson1445.206022/1330.0011.2516.0000Source:
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