Match Details
Northamptonshire won the game by 6 wickets with 14.1 overs left.
The visitors won the toss and opted to bat first, Their decision was proved wrong for them as they lost 3 early wickets within 3 overs. After that Opener David Lloyd played an anchoring inning for them. he made 65 of 72 deliveries he was well supported by Joe Cooke 39(54). In end the tail-enders batted on Tom Cullen made 24 and Andrew Salter made 20, Daniel Douthwaite 30* helped them to reach the 221 they got bundled on 47.3 overs.
For Northamptonshire Saif Zaib took his best figure 10-1-23-4 and he was very economical and also took crucial wickets in the middle as well along with him Pacer Ben Sanderson took 3 wickets, Nathan Buck took 2 and James Sales took 1 wicket.
Chasing the target of 222, Northamptonshire looked steady as their openers gave them a solid start. Ricardo Vasconcelos104(105) and Emilio Gay 81(76) added 188 for the first wicket and made sure their team finishes the game on a positive note. Ricardo recorded his maiden hundred. After the wicket of Gay, the Northampton camp lost wickets in quick successions, but it was too late for Glamorgan’s, In the end, Rob Keogh 15(9) and Keeper McManus 11(13) finished things for Hosts.
For Glamorgan’s the captain Kiran Carlson took his career-best figure, and other than that all other bowlers have struggled, they need to look back at both batting and bowling performances after this game. This loss would concern them as they had failed in all the areas.