Glamorgan undergo Lloyd harm blow for T20 begin

7 months ago 2 min read

Glamorgan will probably be with out captain David Lloyd for no less than half the T20 Blast due to a hamstring harm.

Kiran Carlson leads the facet within the brief format for the primary time after taking cost within the One-Day Cup.

Batter Tom Bevan can even miss an analogous interval with a shoulder harm.

However wicket-keeper Chris Cooke is anticipated to be match for Friday’s opener away to Gloucestershire on the The Seat Distinctive Stadium in Bristol after a minor groin challenge.

Skilled all-rounder Lloyd suffered the harm whereas batting on the ultimate day of the Championship win over Worcestershire, whereas Bevan broken his shoulder whereas fielding in a second-team recreation.

Lloyd opened the batting all through the 2022 season, with Bevan standing in for a handful of limited-overs matches.

“David Lloyd and Tom Bevan each have fairly critical accidents and can in all probability miss the principle a part of this T20 Blast over the subsequent three to 4 weeks,” Glamorgan coach Mark Alleyne instructed BBC Sport Wales.

“We’re nonetheless hopeful that each can have a small half to play in the direction of the again finish. These two gamers are fairly dynamic and would have challenged on the high of the order, so we’re delving into our contingency plans sooner than we anticipated.”

Carlson has two seasons of captaining the facet within the 50-overs competitors and lifted the trophy in 2021.

“We had good choices with loads of guys which have completed it earlier than – Colin Ingram, Sam Northeast – however we thought Kiran, who did the four-day recreation (in Sussex) as an alternative of David Lloyd, will proceed to captain the facet in his absence,” defined former Gloucestershire coach and captain Alleyne.

“He’s additionally in a wealthy vein of type and responded rather well down in Hove to the accountability of the captaincy (making a career-best 192 within the drawn recreation), so we hope that persevering with to try this can stimulate additional performances within the Blast.”

In the meantime, Glamorgan are nonetheless ready to see if Australian tempo bowler Michael Neser is launched again to them after his nation’s coaching camp, beginning on 26 Might, or if he’s retained for his or her Take a look at towards India and the next Ashes sequence.

Glamorgan begin their marketing campaign in Bristol on 26 Might, with journeys to face Somerset and Middlesex earlier than their first house recreation towards Kent on Friday, 2 June.