Andy Gorvin guided Glamorgan to a dramatic two-wicket win over Worcestershire Rapids in the Metro Bank One-Day Cup at Sophia Gardens on Sunday. The Glamorgan captain edged the final ball of the match through vacant third man to complete a chase of 279, sealing victory with nothing to spare.
It marked a turnaround for Gorvin, who had watched his side fall three runs short against Essex just three days earlier. This time, his composure under pressure delivered the points instead of costing them.
Gorvin And Van Der Gugten Rescue Chase
Glamorgan looked well beaten when they slipped to 225 for 7, still needing 54 runs from the last five overs. Timm van der Gugten changed the complexion of the match with a rapid 45 off 29 balls, striking six boundaries and a six before holing out at deep cover from the penultimate over’s final delivery.
That left Gorvin to finish the job, and he did so in style. He pulled left-arm seamer Ben Gibbon over square leg for four, scrambled two more twos, and then edged the winning run with the scores level and two required.
His unbeaten 25 came off just 16 balls. Earlier in the innings, Jack Hope-Bell and Callum Nicholls had rebuilt after Glamorgan slipped to 46 for 3, adding 118 for the fourth wicket. Hope-Bell made 58 before he was caught and bowled by Brett D’Oliveira, while Nicholls compiled 70 off 91 balls before falling to Fateh Singh.
Jake Libby Century Not Enough For Worcestershire
Worcestershire had won the toss and chosen to bat, only to lose their top three inside the first ten overs as Zain-ul-Hassan tore through the order. The seamer finished with figures of 4 for 58, removing Isaac Mohammed, Rehaan Edavalath and Brett D’Oliveira as the visitors slipped to 26 for 3.
Captain Jake Libby steadied the innings and went on to record his fourth hundred in as many matches, an extraordinary run of form. He added 153 for the fifth wicket alongside Henry Cullen, who made a career-best 77.
Libby eventually fell for 105 off 114 balls, holing out to van der Gugten at mid-on off young seamer Tom Edwards. His dismissal triggered a slide of five wickets for 29 runs, and Worcestershire were bowled out for 278 in their final over.
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Tight Bowling Kept Glamorgan In Contention
Despite conceding a competitive total, Glamorgan’s bowlers never let Worcestershire pull away completely. Between the 24th and 36th overs, the hosts went 12 overs without conceding a single boundary, a spell of control that kept the target within reach.
That discipline set up the platform for the middle-order fightback and, eventually, Gorvin’s late heroics. The result lifted Glamorgan to four points from the win, while Worcestershire returned home empty-handed despite Libby’s individual brilliance.
The match ended with the scores level after 50 overs from Glamorgan, who reached 281 for 8 with no balls remaining, completing one of the tightest finishes of this year’s One-Day Cup campaign.
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