Glamorgan County Cricket Club in 2022

Glamorgan began their preparations for the 2022 season with a three-day match against Cardiff MCC University. With newly appointed club captain David Lloyd rested for the match, Kiran Carlson took the captaincy and led the first innings with a score of 148. Opening batsman Joe Cooke also scored a half-century, and Tom Cullen made an unbeaten 38 as Glamorgan made it to 320/7 before declaring ahead of the second day's play.[4] Cooke then took four wickets as Cardiff MCCU managed a total of 249/6 declared, although 108 of those runs came courtesy of Glamorgan academy batsman Morgan Bevans, who finished the innings unbeaten. Glamorgan finished the second day with 26 runs for no loss.[5] Wet conditions meant 90 minutes of play were lost on the morning of the third day. Glamorgan batted on for 29 more overs, Billy Root putting on an unbeaten 64 on the way to a total of 163/4 before they declared. Cardiff MCCU were set a nominal target of 235, but with only 13 overs possible before the close of play due to bad light, they finished on 33/1 and the match was drawn.[6]

Extreme weather at Sophia Gardens meant only 47 overs were possible after Glamorgan were put in to bat by Durham on the first day of the County Championship season. Stand-in opener Andrew Salter and vice-captain Kiran Carlson scored only a run each, while captain David Lloyd and new signing Sam Northeast could only manage starts, falling for less than 30 each as Glamorgan found themselves at 108/4 in the 29th over; however, Colin Ingram's unbeaten 71, aided by Chris Cooke, meant they recovered to 164/4 before rain forced the close of play.[7]

Ingram and Cooke eventually fell for 87 and 59, respectively, and Glamorgan were all out for 234 before lunch on the second day; however, Durham faced just one over before rain and hail set in and brought play to a close for the day.[8] Glamorgan found wickets hard to come by on day 3, as England opener Alex Lees reached 163 not out by the close of play; supported by Scott Borthwick (64) and David Bedingham (unbeaten on 71), Durham reached 348/3, a lead of 114.[9]

It took just 10 overs for Glamorgan to bowl Durham out on the final morning, as they lost seven wickets for just 35 runs, six of them falling to the off spin of Salter, who finished with career-best figures of 7/45 off 12 overs. Glamorgan needed 149 runs to make Durham bat again, but were four wickets down after 23 overs; however, Carlson (61) and Cooke (85 not out) were able to stabilise the innings, helping Glamorgan to 220/5 by the close of play, and the match was drawn.[10]