The 2019 season was Glamorgan County Cricket Club's 132nd year in existence and their 99th as a first-class cricket county. They played most of their home matches at Sophia Gardens in Cardiff, but also played matches at outgrounds in Newport (Spytty Park), Swansea (St Helen's) and Rhos-on-Sea (Penrhyn Avenue). They finished fourth in Division Two of the County Championship, 15 points behind Gloucestershire in the last of three promotion places; they also finished sixth in the South Group of the One-Day Cup and bottom of the South Group in the T20 Blast.
The team was led by Matthew Maynard, serving as interim head coach after the departure of Robert Croft at the end of the previous season. Wicketkeeper-batsman Chris Cooke captained the side in the County Championship and the One-Day Cup, taking over from Michael Hogan and Colin Ingram, respectively. Ingram stood down from the role after being bought by Delhi Capitals for the 2019 Indian Premier League, which meant he would be unavailable for the entire One-Day Cup campaign.
Australian batter Shaun Marsh returned for a second season as Glamorgan's overseas player in all three formats; he was due to link up with Glamorgan after the 2019 Cricket World Cup, but suffered a broken arm during the tournament, ruling him out until August. With Marsh on international duty and then with his injury, Glamorgan signed fellow Australian batter Marnus Labuschagne for the first half of the season; in November 2019, he signed a two-year contract to return to Glamorgan in 2020 and 2021. Marsh's brother Mitchell also signed to play for Glamorgan in the T20 Blast, but was ruled out after being picked by Australia for the 2019 Ashes series. Glamorgan considered bringing in fellow Australian all-rounder Marcus Stoinis for the Blast, but ultimately did not sign him. That left Pakistan opening batter Fakhar Zaman as Glamorgan's only overseas player for the competition, signing him for the first eight games before the return of Shaun Marsh. West Indies batter Kraigg Brathwaite joined for the last three games of the Championship season after Shaun Marsh returned to Western Australia for pre-season. In August, Glamorgan signed Nottinghamshire all-rounder Samit Patel on loan for the last four County Championship matches. Welsh batter Aneurin Donald left Glamorgan for Hampshire on a permanent basis for the 2019 season, after spending the last month of 2018 on loan there, while Australian opener Joe Burns left for Lancashire after playing for Glamorgan in the 2018 T20 Blast. Batter Jack Murphy was forced to retire at the age of 23 in June 2019 due to a knee injury.
Pre-season and friendlies MCC University Match: Glamorgan v Cardiff MCCU (5–7 April)
County Championship Standings
Matches Glamorgan v Northamptonshire (11–14 April)
Glamorgan v Gloucestershire (14–17 May)
Derbyshire v Glamorgan (19–22 May)
Sussex v Glamorgan (27–30 May)
Northamptonshire v Glamorgan (2–5 June)
Glamorgan v Derbyshire (11–14 June)
Middlesex v Glamorgan (16–19 June)
Gloucestershire v Glamorgan (23–26 June)
Glamorgan v Worcestershire (30 June – 3 July)
Glamorgan v Middlesex (13–16 July)
Glamorgan v Lancashire (18–20 August)
Worcestershire v Glamorgan (10–12 September)
Glamorgan v Leicestershire (16–19 September)
Durham v Glamorgan (23–26 September)
One-Day Cup Standings
Matches Glamorgan v Essex (17 April)
Hampshire v Glamorgan (19 April)
Glamorgan v Somerset (21 April)
Glamorgan v Kent (25 April)
Glamorgan v Surrey (28 April)
Gloucestershire v Glamorgan (30 April)
Middlesex v Glamorgan (5 May)
Sussex v Glamorgan (7 May)
T20 Blast Standings
Advance to quarter-finals
Matches Glamorgan v Somerset (18 July)
Gloucestershire v Glamorgan (19 July)
Surrey v Glamorgan (25 July)
Glamorgan v Middlesex (26 July)
Glamorgan v Gloucestershire (1 August)
Hampshire v Glamorgan (2 August)
Sussex v Glamorgan (6 August)
Glamorgan v Essex (9 August)
Glamorgan v Surrey (11 August)
Kent v Glamorgan (14 August)
Essex v Glamorgan (16 August)
Somerset v Glamorgan (24 August)
Glamorgan v Sussex (26 August)
Glamorgan v Hampshire (30 August)
Statistics Batting + First-classPlayerMatchesInningsRunsMarnus Labuschagne101811,11418265.5276.195511548Billy Root1422176822936.5764.05212991Nick Selman1424275215034.1846.50163950David Lloyd142316689730.3653.26041973Charlie Hemphrey101815467532.1141.71052773Graham Wagg1016341810032.1561.02111499Chris Cooke71023689646.0070.36020563Tom Cullen91233196335.4443.51040350Dan Douthwaite71202986324.8361.95011441Lukas Carey912323062*25.5586.14021353Source: Cricinfo
+ List APlayerMatchesInningsRunsBilly Root871386113*64.3395.30121354Chris Cooke88033716142.1296.01101349David Lloyd8812408434.2893.02020294Graham Wagg8702076829.57102.47021207Marchant de Lange87215958*31.80152.880101112Charlie Hemphrey8601348722.3393.70011152Jeremy Lawlor5501294825.8074.13000123Marnus Labuschagne8811235417.5767.9501093Lukas Carey741923930.66101.09000121Dan Douthwaite3316152*30.50141.8601162Source: Cricinfo
+ Twenty20PlayerMatchesInningsRunsDavid Lloyd121103586332.54139.84030467Colin Ingram1211126150*26.10145.000211915Chris Cooke121121964521.77145.18000812Fakhar Zaman760995816.5093.39012122Nick Selman330934031.00143.07000113Shaun Marsh440865221.50104.8701192Dan Douthwaite882642410.6683.1100032Jeremy Lawlor650604312.00113.2000161Billy Root660602410.0095.2300150Graham Wagg9615536*11.00110.0000133Source: Cricinfo
Bowling + First-classPlayerMatchesInningsOversMaidensRunsWicketsMichael Hogan1118349.085974465/627/7121.172.7945.5210Marchant de Lange814244.433950264/647/12536.533.8856.4600Marnus Labuschagne1017192.216724193/525/7738.103.7660.7300Lukas Carey915242.350766194/545/8940.313.1576.5700Dan Douthwaite712132.110612174/486/13736.004.6346.6400Graham Wagg1016236.035789173/595/9446.413.3483.2900Timm van der Gugten813198.026705153/445/11247.003.5679.2000Samit Patel46122.140292124/586/10324.332.3961.0800David Lloyd1417128.122437102/352/3143.703.4076.9000Ruaidhri Smith3567.01122473/433/5332.003.3457.4200Source: Cricinfo
+ List APlayerMatchesInningsOversMaidensRunsWicketsMarchant de Lange8762.52421164/6326.316.7023.5610Graham Wagg8752.3132793/4636.336.2235.0000Marnus Labuschagne8758.0034073/4648.575.8649.7100Timm van der Gugten5432.1119042/6347.505.9048.2500Lukas Carey7648.0325142/6462.755.2272.0000Billy Root8420.0011532/3638.335.7540.0000Michael Hogan3323.0214032/5246.666.0846.0000Dan Douthwaite3213.018322/4641.506.3839.0000Craig Meschede3315.008911/2789.005.9390.0000Source: Cricinfo
+ Twenty20PlayerMatchesInningsOversMaidensRunsWicketsAndrew Salter121034.00269144/1219.217.9114.5720Marchant de Lange121133.10304134/2623.389.1615.3010Graham Wagg9823.0017052/2834.007.3927.6000Ruaidhri Smith4414.0012153/2124.208.6416.8000Roman Walker3311.5011953/3923.8010.0514.2000Dan Douthwaite8717.0015431/2551.339.0534.0000Lukas Carey5516.0014821/1574.009.2548.0000Fakhar Zaman726.002611/1526.004.3336.0000David Lloyd1244.003111/631.007.7524.0000Prem Sisodiya228.007011/4570.008.7548.0000Michael Hogan5412.0011711/48117.009.7572.0000Source: Cricinfo
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