Toss & Conditions

Head-to-Head

Last do meetings 1-1 split hain. Sabse recent match mein Glamorgan 7 wickets se jeeti, 24 balls remaining ke saath. Game ka turning point ye tha ki Northamptonshire 98 par bowled out ho gayi, jisse Glamorgan ko chhota sa chase mila aur unhone jaldi finish kar diya. Previous meeting ulta gaya tha, jahan Northamptonshire 4 wickets se jeeti thi 4 balls remaining ke saath—matlab recent pattern tight bhi hai aur unpredictable bhi.

GLGlamorgan 99/3

NONorthamptonshire 98/10

2020-09-13 · GLA won by 7 wickets (With 24 balls remaining)

NONorthamptonshire 161/6

GLGlamorgan 160/7

2020-09-03 · NOR won by 4 wickets (with 4 balls remaining)

Northamptonshire

Ye Northamptonshire ka season ka first match hai. Unke last three listed matches mixed results dikhate hain—Surrey ke against 7-run win ke baad Hampshire ke against D/L defeat. Sabse clear recent signal ye hai ki Hampshire ne D/L method ke under Northamptonshire ka 158/7 14 balls remaining ke saath chase down kar liya.

NONorthamptonshire 158/7

HAHampshire 155/4

2025-09-13 · HAM won by 6 wickets (with 14 balls remaining) (D/L method)

NONorthamptonshire 154/4

SUSurrey 147/6

2025-09-03 · NOR won by 7 runs

NONorthamptonshire 203/5

DUDurham 204/1

2025-07-18 · DUR won by 9 wickets (with 21 balls remaining)

Glamorgan

Ye Glamorgan ka season ka first match hai. Unke last three listed matches mein Middlesex ke against 52-run win hai, but saath hi Gloucestershire aur Surrey ke against defeats bhi. Sabse telling recent result Middlesex wala game hai, jahan Glamorgan ne 184/9 banaye aur phir Middlesex ko 132 par bowled out kar diya.

GLGlamorgan 184/9

MIMiddlesex 132/10

2025-07-18 · GLA won by 52 runs

GLGlamorgan 135/10

GLGloucestershire 175/6

2025-07-13 · GLO won by 40 runs

GLGlamorgan 222/6

SUSurrey 224/4

2025-07-11 · SUR won by 6 wickets (with 5 balls remaining)

Playing XI

Key Stats

Verdict

Models split hain, but average Northamptonshire ki taraf lean karta hai 52% vs 48%. Bookmakers bhi Northamptonshire ko favour kar rahe hain—unko 60% (1.57) pe price kiya hai vs Glamorgan 40% (2.30). Key stats overall Northamptonshire ko 2-1 edge dete hain, Elo advantage ke saath aur better death-overs economy bhi. Glamorgan ka counterweight hai modelled matchup edge aur Northamptonshire ke against zyada experience, jo key phases mein game swing kara sakta hai.

Scrimshaw closes the door

George Scrimshaw turned the finish with a burst at the back end, and Northamptonshire clung on to win by three runs in a chase that swung twice in the last quarter. Glamorgan had momentum through Daniel Douthwaite’s clean striking, but once the set batter was removed in the closing overs, the equation tightened quickly. Northamptonshire’s bowlers held their nerve under pressure, forcing Glamorgan to settle for ones when boundaries were the only currency.

Northants’ last five overs

The match was effectively built in Northamptonshire’s death overs with the bat: 47 runs in the final five, at 11.8 an over, after a steady rather than explosive first 15. Justin Broad’s 38 off 25 gave them lift, but it was the timing of the acceleration that mattered most, ensuring Farooqi’s 4/34 didn’t leave them short. Glamorgan’s reply was strong early at 50/2 in the powerplay, yet they were dragged into a mid-innings wobble—72/5—before the late push.

Douthwaite shines, Broad sets up

Douthwaite was the standout across disciplines, top-scoring with 51 off 34 and then bowling 2/18 to keep Northamptonshire honest. His 62-run partnership with Mason Crane briefly put Glamorgan ahead of the chase. For Northamptonshire, Broad’s tempo-setting 38 ensured a defendable total, and Scrimshaw’s 3/33 delivered the key breakthroughs when Glamorgan were lining up the finish.

Fine margins beat matchups

Pre-game numbers hinted at a tight contest, and it played out that way: Glamorgan’s batting matchups and experience kept them in the chase, while Northamptonshire’s slightly better control at the death became the separator. Glamorgan’s middle-overs slide blunted the advantage of that fast start, leaving too much for the last five even with a set hitter. In a game decided by three, one extra boundary in that middle phase would have flipped it.