The County Championship Division 2, 2024 match between Gloucestershire and Glamorgan was played at College Ground, Cheltenham. The match ended in a tie. Both the teams performed very well in this match but no one got full points.

In this match, Gloucestershire batted first and scored 169 runs for the loss of all wickets in their first innings. The highest scorer from the team was Merchant de Lange who played an innings of 46* runs. Apart from him, Ajit Dale contributed 32 runs. In response, Glamorgan was also all out for 197 runs in their first innings. Mason Crane played an innings of 44 runs for the team while Kiran Carlson contributed 37 runs.

However, after this, Gloucestershire batted brilliantly in their second innings and declared it at 610 runs for 5 wickets. Wicketkeeper batsman James Bracey played an important innings of 204* runs for the team while Miles Hammond made a valuable contribution of 121 runs. Cameron Bancroft played a brilliant innings of 184 runs. Beau Webster played an aggressive innings of 68* runs.

In reply, Glamorgan almost won the match thanks to Marnus Labuschagne’s 119 and captain Sam Northeast’s 187. The team’s 9th wicket fell at 561 and they needed 32 more runs.

James Bracey took a brilliant catch on the last ball

Glamorgan had just one wicket left and needed 32 more runs. Mason Crane and Jamie Mcllroy put on 31 runs in 43 balls. The team needed just one run off the last ball and had just one wicket left. However, Gloucestershire wicketkeeper James Bracey took a very good catch of Ajit Dale and the match ended in a tie.

After the match was over, Bracey said, ‘I am very disappointed because we could have easily won this match. However, Sam and Labuschagne batted very well and that is why the match ended in a tie.’