The 2018 season was Glamorgan County Cricket Club's 131st year in existence and their 98th 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 Swansea (St Helen's) and Rhos-on-Sea (Penrhyn Avenue). They finished bottom of Division Two in the County Championship, 34 points adrift of second-bottom Northamptonshire; they also finished bottom the South Group in the One-Day Cup and sixth in the South Group of the T20 Blast, three points off qualifying for the quarter-finals.
The team was led by Robert Croft for a third and final season as head coach; the club's lack of success led to them parting ways with Croft in October 2018, ending a 32-year association since Croft signed as a youth player in 1986. Australian bowler Michael Hogan was named captain for the County Championship, having filled the role on an interim basis following the retirement of Jacques Rudolph the previous year, while South African batter Colin Ingram took over from countryman Rudolph in the One-Day Cup and the T20 Blast.
As a replacement for Rudolph as their overseas player, Glamorgan signed Australian opening batter Shaun Marsh to a two-year contract. Marsh had previously played for Glamorgan in the 2012 Twenty20 Cup, and had spent part of the 2017 season with Yorkshire. In May 2018, Marsh was called up by the Australia national team for their One Day International (ODI) series against England, which meant he missed three matches in June; to cover Marsh's absence, Glamorgan brought forward the arrival of fellow Australian batter Usman Khawaja, who had originally been signed as their second overseas player for the T20 Blast. Khawaja was unavailable for Glamorgan's final T20 match as he was called up by the Australia A team for a tour of India in August and September. After Marsh injured his shoulder in the second match of the T20 Blast, Glamorgan signed another Australian batter Joe Burns to replace him. Marsh's injury ruled him out for the remainder of the season, resulting in Glamorgan signing South Africa batter Stephen Cook for the last four County Championship matches.
In addition to Rudolph's retirement, Glamorgan also saw batter Will Bragg give up professional cricket in the off-season after suffering from ill health throughout the 2017 season. Batter Aneurin Donald left on an initial loan to Hampshire in August 2018; having failed to agree a new contract, Donald sought to leave Glamorgan and was allowed to go out on loan before a permanent move at the end of the season.
Pre-season and friendlies MCC University Match: Glamorgan v Cardiff MCCU (13–15 April)
County Championship Standings
Matches Gloucestershire v Glamorgan (20–23 April)
Middlesex v Glamorgan (27–30 April)
Glamorgan v Kent (4–6 May)
Leicestershire v Glamorgan (11–13 May)
Warwickshire v Glamorgan (9–12 June)
Glamorgan v Derbyshire (20–23 June)
Glamorgan v Northamptonshire (25–28 June)
Sussex v Glamorgan (22–23 July)
Glamorgan v Durham (19–21 August)
Glamorgan v Warwickshire (29–31 August)
Derbyshire v Glamorgan (4–6 September)
Glamorgan v Gloucestershire (10–13 September)
Kent v Glamorgan (18–20 September)
Glamorgan v Leicestershire (24–26 September)
One-Day Cup Standings
Matches Glamorgan v Gloucestershire (18 May)
Somerset v Glamorgan (20 May)
Glamorgan v Middlesex (23 May)
Kent v Glamorgan (25 May)
Essex v Glamorgan (30 May)
Glamorgan v Sussex (1 June)
Glamorgan v Hampshire (3 June)
Surrey v Glamorgan (6 June)
T20 Blast Standings
Advance to quarter-finals
Matches Hampshire v Glamorgan (6 July)
Glamorgan v Sussex (8 July)
Essex v Glamorgan (13 July)
Glamorgan v Somerset (20 July)
Gloucestershire v Glamorgan (27 July)
Glamorgan v Kent (29 July)
Surrey v Glamorgan (31 July)
Glamorgan v Gloucestershire (3 August)
Middlesex v Glamorgan (5 August)
Glamorgan v Essex (7 August)
Glamorgan v Hampshire (10 August)
Somerset v Glamorgan (12 August)
Sussex v Glamorgan (14 August)
Glamorgan v Surrey (17 August)
Statistics Batting + First-classPlayerMatchesInningsRunsChris Cooke142616066924.2455.09042872Kiran Carlson1325156715223.6257.21113870Jack Murphy122325338025.3840.50022810David Lloyd1018247411929.6264.31110695Usman Khawaja48042012652.5072.16301585Nick Selman122304034217.5243.00002530Ruaidhri Smith714224652*20.5067.58011422Timm van der Gugten1018521760*16.6957.86022330Andrew Salter1017320472*14.5743.40010262Shaun Marsh47020311129.0058.16112301Source: Cricinfo
+ List APlayerMatchesInningsRunsColin Ingram88140295*57.4298.040303511Nick Selman8802369229.5068.80011240David Lloyd8802339229.1286.94010166Graham Wagg8702104930.00106.060001211Chris Cooke8701685924.0079.2401094Connor Brown3301639854.3363.67010161Shaun Marsh4401435735.7578.57010171Aneurin Donald6601154819.1686.46002161Kiran Carlson3319359*46.50113.4101095Andrew Salter871894314.83100.0000153Source: Cricinfo
+ Twenty20PlayerMatchesInningsRunsColin Ingram111134308953.75164.750304023Kiran Carlson111112955829.50143.200102710Craig Meschede1210124777*27.44153.410111815Chris Cooke1312323860*26.44147.820101513Aneurin Donald131302063715.84138.250011810Usman Khawaja7701684424.00136.58000253Graham Wagg1310213053*16.25144.44012105David Lloyd7611223924.40112.9600064Andrew Salter1310366219.42120.0000144Timm van der Gugten13644321*21.50143.3300112Source: Cricinfo
Bowling + First-classPlayerMatchesInningsOversMaidensRunsWicketsMichael Hogan1321393.31011,014455/498/10222.532.5752.4620Timm van der Gugten1017287.069936437/428/7121.763.2640.0420Ruaidhri Smith710155.324593205/877/14829.653.8146.6510Andrew Salter1014245.045759184/806/14542.163.0981.6600Marchant de Lange36114.422383165/628/16023.933.3443.0010Lukas Carey69172.036592134/1057/17745.533.4479.3800Kieran Bull4685.414278113/364/6925.273.2446.7200Craig Meschede4576.0832792/304/8536.334.3050.6600David Lloyd1014105.31934392/312/1638.113.2570.3300Graham Wagg4682.41325883/253/5232.253.1262.0000Source: Cricinfo
+ List APlayerMatchesInningsOversMaidensRunsWicketsGraham Wagg8863.0034892/3338.665.5242.0000Timm van der Gugten7749.2131663/5852.666.4049.3300Andrew Salter8863.0135862/5059.665.6863.0000Marchant de Lange3326.0122153/6544.208.5031.2000Lukas Carey7757.4232152/5764.205.5669.2000Colin Ingram8839.4022143/2455.255.5759.5000Ruaidhri Smith3317.2011422/4157.006.5752.0000David Lloyd8625.0015421/1777.006.1675.0000Source: Cricinfo
+ Twenty20PlayerMatchesInningsOversMaidensRunsWicketsTimm van der Gugten131342.41427194/3122.4710.0013.4710Graham Wagg131237.50331142/1723.648.7416.2100Michael Hogan131346.00416133/3132.009.0421.2300Andrew Salter131237.01285113/3425.907.7020.1800Ruaidhri Smith9926.0119594/621.667.5017.3310Craig Meschede121131.0028863/2148.009.2931.0000Colin Ingram11918.5015142/1537.758.0128.2500David Lloyd711.00611/66.006.006.0000Source: Cricinfo
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