Surrey have been boosted by the arrival of Rahul Chahar as they head to Glamorgan for the first time in County Championship cricket since 2015
The Three Feathers head into the second match of the midsummer round of matches in sixth place, 14 points off the top of the table. The Welsh county sit four points behind Surrey in eighth place.
HOW CAN I KEEP UP WITH THE GAME?
Every ball will be broadcast live on the Glamorgan’s YouTube channel. A link to the match will be available on the Kia Oval Match Centre and Surrey’s social media channels. Those Surrey channels will also post regular updates and clips. A written match report and highlights will be available at the end of each day of play.
SURREY SQUAD
Indian leg spin bowler Rahul Chahar is in the squad for the first time this season. Will Jacks misses the trip to Glamorgan to prepare for England’s upcoming white-ball series. Tom Lawes, Ben Foakes and Dan Worrall are still missing with injury.
LAST TIME OUT VS GLAMORGAN
Surrey and Glamorgan last met in County Championship cricket in the 2021 season, in a game that 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)
2025 highest run-scorer: Colin Ingram (1,076)
2025 highest wicket-taker: Timm van der Gugten (34)
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.
