The Kia Oval will host it’s final domestic match of the summer as Surrey host Glamorgan in the penultimate round of the Rothesay County Championship
Surrey sit in sixth place of Division One of the Rothesay County Championship, just one plance and ten points ahead of Glamorgan in seventh.
HOW CAN I KEEP UP WITH PLAY?
You can purchase tickets for the match here. You can watch every ball from the clash with Glamorgan on the Surrey Live Broadcast on YouTube. A link will be placed on the Kia Oval Match Centre and Surrey’s social media channels. Regular updates and clips can be found on the Surrey Cricket social channels. Highlights, a written match report and the Oval & Out podcast will be published on the Kia Oval website at the end of each day of play.
SURREY SQUAD
Dan Lawrence returns to the squad following his involvement in the England Test team.
Jamie Smith is unavailable for Surrey’s final two matches of the season due to a finger injury sustained in last week’s Test match against Pakistan.
LAST TIME OUT
Surrey and Glamorgan last met at the Kia Oval in County Championship cricket in the 2021 season. The match saw Rikki Clarke bow out of a wonderful career.
The sides met in Division Two of the Championship, after both teams finished fourth and third in their groups. The result, a high scoring draw that didn’t reach the third innings largely summed up the fixture, as neither team was playing for anything.
Glamorgan won the toss and put on a huge 672/6dec thanks to a an unbeaten double-century from Chris Cooke and 121 from opener David Lloyd. Spin largely dominated the bowling, with Moriarty 2/165 from his 53 overs and Amar Virdi taking 3/140 from his 39 overs.
Unsurprisingly, the match fizzled out to a draw, with both teams shaking hands with Surrey on 722/4. Ollie Pope scored a career-best 274 not out, with centuries from Jamie Smith (138) and Hashim Amla (163), plus half-centuries from Ryan Patel (63) and Ben Foakes (52 not out).
After both team shook hands, the retiring Rikki Clarke, Gareth Batty and Jade Dernbach took in rapturous applause from the Kia Oval faithful after years of incredible playing service.
GLAMORGAN
Previewed by Blake Bint, ECB Reporters Network, supported by Rothesay
Captain: Kiran Carlson
Head coach: Richard Dawson
2025 finish: 2nd (in Division Two, promoted)
2026 highest run-scorer: Kiran Calrson (778)
2026 highest wicket-taker: Timm van der Gugten (35)
Key winter moves: It has been a quiet winter despite promotion. Sean Dickson joins from Somerset, albeit at the expense of captain Sam Northeast returning to Kent. Academy success in 2025 has seen rookie contracts given to two while James Harris’ retirement and the fact that Asitha Fernando is not returning leaves bowler-shaped holes. Colin Ingram is the only season-long overseas although Australian quicks Ryan Hadley and Nathan McAndrew will be there, for the first six, and for two matches in June respectively.
What we’re looking forward to seeing: Glamorgan are back in Division One for the first time since 2005, which is exciting on the surface. Then though, they had an England international as captain and another play a vital part in the Ashes win that summer; and yet they still recorded 14 losses from 16 games. Glamorgan will be hoping their top seven can offer stability, young though several may be, and be at the forefront of avoiding defeats if not picking up wins.
Aiming to catch Test selectors’ eye: Asa Tribe has overtaken Ben Kellaway as the most talked about Glamorgan youngster, but both have exceptional talent. The former had hundreds for Jersey at 19 and racked up 731 runs at 45.68 last season. Looking a traditional opening batter, he made a century on the England Lions’ tour to Australia and now has franchise recognition.
Final thought: Glamorgan have plenty to do to last more than one season in the top-flight this time round. More notable than on-field business, the club has kept the successful coaching combination of Richard Dawson and Ian Harvey, who also had success with Gloucestershire in 2015. To win first-class matches you need 20 wickets; with a shortage of seamers, leg-spinner Mason Crane should get more opportunities after claiming 23 scalps in just five red-ball games last year.
