The 2025 season is Glamorgan County Cricket Club's 138th year in existence and their 105th as a first-class cricket county. They are playing in the Second Division of the County Championship; they finished in second place in the division and were promoted to the top flight for the first time since 2005. They played in the South Group of the T20 Blast, and in Group A of the One-Day Cup. They began the defence of their 2024 One-Day Cup title with two matches at The Gnoll in Neath, the fourth year in a row they played at the ground; however, they managed just one win in the 2025 competition and finished bottom of Group A.
It is the team's first season under head coach Richard Dawson, who was appointed on a one-year contract in January 2025 following the sacking of Grant Bradburn for discriminatory misconduct in December 2024. David Harrison took over coaching duties for the One-Day Cup in August while Dawson was working for Welsh Fire in The Hundred. Dawson signed a new three-year contract with Glamorgan on 21 August.
Sam Northeast continued as red-ball captain, while Kiran Carlson retained the white-ball captaincy. South African Colin Ingram returned as one of the team's overseas players, along with Sri Lankan bowler Asitha Fernando, who joined for the first seven games of the County Championship season; Fernando returned to Glamorgan on 21 July for their final five Championship matches. On 5 May 2025, Australian batter Marnus Labuschagne, who had played for Glamorgan in five previous seasons, was reported to be returning for two County Championship matches in May; the club confirmed his return three days later. On 14 May, they signed Australian all-rounder Hayden Kerr for County Championship and T20 Blast fixtures in June and July. On 22 May 2025, they signed Australian spin bowler Matthew Kuhnemann to play in their County Championship match against Middlesex, which began on 23 May, as a replacement for Ben Kellaway. Glamorgan and Northeast opened talks over a new contract in August 2025, but he ultimately signed for his home county of Kent, bringing an end to a four-year spell in Wales.
Pre-season and friendlies Glamorgan are playing two three-day matches in preparation for the start of the County Championship season, beginning behind closed doors at home to Worcestershire on 24–26 March before another home game against the Cardiff MCC University team, beginning on 30 March. They also played a Twenty20 game against Wiltshire at Swindon on 30 May ahead of the start of the 2025 T20 Blast campaign two days later.
Glamorgan v Worcestershire (24–26 March)
MCC University Match: Glamorgan v Cardiff MCCU (30 March – 1 April)
NCCA Showcase Match: Wiltshire v Glamorgan (30 May)
County Championship
Matches Glamorgan v Leicestershire (4–7 April)
Gloucestershire v Glamorgan (11–14 April)
Middlesex v Glamorgan (18–21 April)
Glamorgan v Derbyshire (2–5 May)
Kent v Glamorgan (9–12 May)
Glamorgan v Northamptonshire (16–20 May)
Glamorgan v Middlesex (23–26 May)
Leicestershire v Glamorgan (22–25 June)
Glamorgan v Gloucestershire (29 June – 2 July)
Glamorgan v Kent (22–25 July)
Lancashire v Glamorgan (29 July – 1 August)
Northamptonshire v Glamorgan (8–11 September)
Derbyshire v Glamorgan (15–18 September)
Glamorgan's draw with Derbyshire, along with Middlesex's draw with Lancashire and Gloucestershire's inability to pick up any batting points against Northamptonshire, meant they could no longer be caught in second place, meaning that they would be promoted to the First Division for the first time since 2005.
Glamorgan v Lancashire (24–27 September)
Standings
One-Day Cup
Matches Glamorgan v Hampshire (5 August)
Glamorgan v Derbyshire (7 August)
Surrey v Glamorgan (13 August)
Gloucestershire v Glamorgan (15 August)
Glamorgan v Nottinghamshire (17 August)
Essex v Glamorgan (20 August)
Worcestershire v Glamorgan (22 August)
Glamorgan v Leicestershire (26 August)
Standings
Advanced directly to the semi-finals Advanced to the quarter-finals
T20 Blast
Matches Middlesex v Glamorgan (1 June)
Glamorgan v Surrey (3 June)
Glamorgan v Essex (6 June)
Sussex v Glamorgan (8 June)
Essex v Glamorgan (12 June)
Glamorgan v Sussex (14 June)
Gloucestershire v Glamorgan (15 June)
Glamorgan v Somerset (20 June)
Somerset v Glamorgan (4 July)
Glamorgan v Kent (6 July)
Hampshire v Glamorgan (10 July)
Surrey v Glamorgan (11 July)
Glamorgan v Gloucestershire (13 July)
Glamorgan v Middlesex (18 July)
Standings
Advance to the quarter-finals
Statistics Batting + First-classPlayerMatchesInningsRunsColin Ingram122121,076133*56.6354.733701177Kiran Carlson142311,02011346.3658.623511109Sam Northeast1322188313942.0450.773311023Ben Kellaway11194813181*54.2063.21242896Chris Cooke142147378443.3549.76061825Asa Tribe1119373120645.6862.102311093Zain-ul-Hassan142515256521.8741.96021710Timm van der Gugten131703836222.5245.00032452Andy Gorvin79122250*27.7539.78010270Eddie Byrom3601754829.1645.81000261Source: ESPNcricinfo
+ List APlayerMatchesInningsRunsAsa Tribe772401131*80.2095.47210493Kiran Carlson77029413542.00133.031102018Eddie Byrom7702599437.0089.61020392Will Smale772242105*48.4091.66110236Dan Douthwaite6501304326.00116.07000510Alex Horton330833527.66127.69000102Zain-ul-Hassan650813316.2069.8200171Sam Northeast220765238.0082.6001092Henry Hurle440725618.0064.2801083Billy Root540615615.2570.1101040Source: ESPNcricinfo
+ Twenty20PlayerMatchesInningsRunsColin Ingram141403386924.14153.630212819Kiran Carlson141403379324.07142.790102616Will Smale141403296523.50137.080113713Asa Tribe1414531263*34.66150.720202018Ben Kellaway141412625320.15150.57012403Dan Douthwaite141222265622.60151.670101018Chris Cooke881892112.71100.0000042Imad Wasim984621715.50100.0000050Alex Horton66046207.66109.5200070Timm van der Gugten10714421*7.33115.7800213Source: ESPNcricinfo
Bowling + First-classPlayerMatchesInningsOversMaidensRunsWicketsTimm van der Gugten1321332.283924345/856/5627.172.78110Ben Kellaway1118248.044803256/1117/18232.123.23120Asitha Fernando1016233.435825244/716/7034.373.53100Mason Crane57131.311615236/199/12626.734.67120James Harris1017251.040967223/354/8843.953.85000Andy Gorvin711142.035443205/855/7122.153.11210Zain-ul-Hassan1420203.143606152/182/2140.402.98000Ned Leonard710140.415608143/664/12643.424.32000Matthew Kuhnemann1230.397576/537/7510.712.45010Kiran Carlson14840.0416953/243/2433.804.22000Source: ESPNcricinfo
+ List APlayerMatchesInningsOversMaidensRunsWicketsZain-ul-Hassan6640.0220863/6034.665.2040.0000Ned Leonard5538.0225663/5442.666.7338.0000James Harris3329.0315352/4530.605.2734.8000Romano Franco6647.4029653/5959.206.2057.2000Andy Gorvin6645.0131352/3162.606.9554.0000Tom Norton1110.014133/4113.664.1020.0000Asa Tribe7415.009632/5532.006.4030.0000Kiran Carlson7729.3021621/22108.007.3288.5000Dan Douthwaite6644.3032222/40161.007.23133.5000Source: ESPNcricinfo
+ Twenty20PlayerMatchesInningsOversMaidensRunsWicketsNed Leonard101036.00278205/2513.907.7210.8011Dan Douthwaite141452.50478204/2223.909.0415.8510Mason Crane111141.00337174/2019.828.2114.4720Ben Kellaway141119.40171102/1217.108.6911.8000Imad Wasim9936.00025693/2328.447.1124.0000Andy Gorvin9928.0025084/1731.258.9221.0010Timm van der Gugten101035.0028761/1447.838.2035.0000Jamie McIlroy5519.0020032/4266.6610.5238.0000Source: ESPNcricinfo
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