Glamorgan hope for David Miller boost in the quarter finals

Glamorgan chief executive Hugh Morris is keeping his fingers crossed before his side features in the NatWest T20 Blast quarter final match. The coach is desperately hoping for the return of South African power hitter David Miller, who is a part of the team. There is a possibility that David Miller will be playing for the South Africa ‘A’ team when the knockout stages of the T20 Blast get underway.

Glamorgan booked a berth for themselves in the quarter finals of the competition when they defeated Somerset on Sunday by a single run. However, Glamorgan will now aim to beat Middlesex in the final group stage game in order to book a home quarter final for themselves. If they manage to do so and Miller returns for the quarterfinal, the double boost will surely make a team confident of reaching the semi final.

What Chris Morris said:

“We are hopeful David might make an appearance,” said Morris. “It depends on how the quarter-finals fixtures fall.” he added.

Miller agreed to play six games for the Welsh county in the group stages before leaving to play two four-day matches for South Africa A with the second of those games against India A which is scheduled to finish on 22nd August.

That is the same day as the opening quartet of T20 Blast quarter-finals which will be held between Tuesday, 22 August and Friday, 25 August. The Finals Day will take place on 2 September, which will see both semi-finals and the final played at Edgbaston on the same day.

“He made a strong contribution even if he was only here for a short space of time and we would love to have him back,” said Morris.

“It (qualifying) takes a lot of pressure off the last game, but we still have a big match against Middlesex which we would like to win because we want to have a home draw in the quarter-final,” said Morris.

“A home quarter-final is important for a load of reasons.” told the bowler.

“Our away form has ironically been important for a couple of reasons, but to play in front of large crowds in Wales is something that we want to do.” satted Morris.

“We want to bring some exciting cricketers to Welsh supporters. Every Friday night when we have had home games it seems to have rained on us.” he added.

“Fingers crossed it will be OK against Middlesex and it should be a good atmosphere.” “The boys have done well in the competition this year and deserve to play in front of a lot of people.” added Morris.