The 2022 season was Glamorgan County Cricket Club's 135th year in existence and their 102nd as a first-class cricket county. They finished third in the Second Division of the County Championship, nine points behind second-placed Middlesex; they also finished fourth in Group B of the One-Day Cup, a point off the quarter-final qualification places, and sixth in the South Group of the 2022 T20 Blast, six points off the quarter-final places. It was the team's third season with Matthew Maynard as head coach and their first with David Lloyd as captain. The team's overseas players were Australians Marnus Labuschagne and Michael Neser, and South African Colin Ingram, while Shubman Gill and Ajaz Patel were brought in during the season. Glamorgan played two 50-over matches at The Gnoll in Neath, their first matches there for 27 years, but for the third season in a row, they did not play any matches at Penrhyn Avenue in Rhos-on-Sea.

Friendlies MCC University Match: Glamorgan v Cardiff MCCU (2–4 April)

Glamorgan began their preparations for the 2022 season with a three-day match against Cardiff MCC University. With newly appointed club captain David Lloyd rested for the match, Kiran Carlson took the captaincy and led the first innings with a score of 148. Opening batsman Joe Cooke also scored a half-century, and Tom Cullen made an unbeaten 38 as Glamorgan made it to 320/7 before declaring ahead of the second day's play. Cooke then took four wickets as Cardiff MCCU managed a total of 249/6 declared, although 108 of those runs came courtesy of Glamorgan academy batsman Morgan Bevans, who finished the innings unbeaten. Glamorgan finished the second day with 26 runs for no loss. Wet conditions meant 90 minutes of play were lost on the morning of the third day. Glamorgan batted on for 29 more overs, Billy Root putting on an unbeaten 64 on the way to a total of 163/4 before they declared. Cardiff MCCU were set a nominal target of 235, but with only 13 overs possible before the close of play due to bad light, they finished on 33/1 and the match was drawn.

NCCA Showcase Match: Glamorgan v Wales NC (31 July)

Ahead of their defence of the One-Day Cup title, Glamorgan played a 40-over friendly against Wales National County at Sophia Gardens. The National County won the toss and chose to field, but a century from Colin Ingram and fifties from David Lloyd and Billy Root helped Glamorgan to a total of 331/7 in their allotted overs. Glamorgan Second XI batter Tom Bevan provided an anchor for the Wales NC response, hitting 80 off just 61 balls; however, Glamorgan's Joe Cooke struck with his first two balls after being brought on to bowl, and Jamie McIlroy also took two in two to remove Bevan and Andy Gorvin. Ben Kellaway and Sam Jardine provided some resistance for the National County, each scoring 39, but two wickets in an over for spinner Andrew Salter meant Wales NC were bowled out for 198, giving Glamorgan a 133-run win.

County Championship

Matches Glamorgan v Durham (7–10 April)

Extreme weather at Sophia Gardens meant only 47 overs were possible after Glamorgan were put in to bat by Durham on the first day of the County Championship season. Stand-in opener Andrew Salter and vice-captain Kiran Carlson scored only a run each, while captain David Lloyd and new signing Sam Northeast could only manage starts, falling for less than 30 each as Glamorgan found themselves at 108/4 in the 29th over; however, Colin Ingram's unbeaten 71, aided by Chris Cooke, meant they recovered to 164/4 before rain forced the close of play.

Ingram and Cooke eventually fell for 87 and 59, respectively, and Glamorgan were all out for 234 before lunch on the second day; however, Durham faced just one over before rain and hail set in and brought play to a close for the day. Glamorgan found wickets hard to come by on day 3, as England opener Alex Lees reached 163 not out by the close of play; supported by Scott Borthwick (64) and David Bedingham (unbeaten on 71), Durham reached 348/3, a lead of 114.

It took just 10 overs for Glamorgan to bowl Durham out on the final morning, as they lost seven wickets for just 35 runs, six of them falling to the off spin of Salter, who finished with career-best figures of 7/45 off 12 overs. Glamorgan needed 149 runs to make Durham bat again, but were four wickets down after 23 overs; however, Carlson (61) and Cooke (85 not out) were able to stabilise the innings, helping Glamorgan to 220/5 by the close of play, and the match was drawn.

Nottinghamshire v Glamorgan (14–17 April)

Glamorgan v Middlesex (21–23 April)

Derbyshire v Glamorgan (28 April – 1 May)

Glamorgan v Leicestershire (5–8 May)

Durham v Glamorgan (12–15 May)

Glamorgan v Sussex (12–15 June)

Worcestershire v Glamorgan (26–29 June)

Glamorgan v Nottinghamshire (11–14 July)

Leicestershire v Glamorgan (20–23 July)

The two teams went into the match at opposite ends of the table, with Leicestershire still without a win, while Glamorgan were unbeaten in their last three and just a point behind second-placed Middlesex in the chase for promotion. Nevertheless, the home side were in good batting form, having scored 756/4 declared in their previous match away to Sussex, including double-hundreds for both Colin Ackermann and Wiaan Mulder. After winning the toss and choosing to bat, Leicestershire scored quickly on the opening day, reaching 387/5 by the close of play; although they lost Ackermann for a golden duck, Mulder picked up where he had left off in Hove, finishing the day unbeaten on 147, supported by half-centuries from Louis Kimber (68), Lewis Hill (81) and Harry Swindells (52*).

Swindells was dismissed with the third ball of the second day, followed by Mulder less than nine overs later, but Ben Mike (91) and former Glamorgan player Roman Walker (64) helped Leicestershire to a total of 584. Glamorgan lost both of their opening batters in little more than the first six overs of their response, but Colin Ingram (46*) – in his last match before leaving for the 2022 Caribbean Premier League – and Sam Northeast (50*) helped the Welsh county reach 111/2 at the end of day 2. Ingram and Northeast batted comfortably through the morning session on day 3, both reaching their centuries on the way to a partnership of 306 before Ingram was dismissed for 139. Kiran Carlson and Billy Root followed in quick succession soon afterwards, but Northeast and Chris Cooke stabilised the innings with another 229 runs before the end of the day, as Northeast reached his maiden double- and triple-centuries in first-class cricket, leaving Glamorgan just 21 runs behind the hosts.

Northeast soon passed Steve James' previous record of 309*, set at Colwyn Bay in 2000, for the highest score by a Glamorgan player in the County Championship. That match had also seen Glamorgan's highest total in the Championship (718/3d), but that record also fell as Cooke reached his century and Northeast reached 400, the fourth man to do so in the Championship and the eleventh in all first-class cricket. Glamorgan declared at the end of the morning session with the score at 795/5, having added 232 runs to their overnight total; Northeast finished on 410*, the third-highest score in the Championship and ninth in all first-class cricket, while Cooke was unbeaten on 191, their partnership worth 461 runs – the biggest sixth-wicket stand in Championship history and the biggest for any wicket by a Glamorgan pair. With a lead of 211, the visitors gave themselves two sessions to bowl Leicestershire out, but by the end of the first, they had just three wickets to show for their efforts; however, two wickets in an over from Michael Hogan with Leicestershire on 128 sparked a batting collapse. As in the first innings, Mulder was the home side's main source of resistance, but he managed just 59 before he was caught behind for Hogan's fourth wicket of the innings, leaving Leicestershire on 181/9 with 9.3 overs left in the match. Michael Neser, in his final Championship match before returning to Australia for pre-season with Queensland, bowled Chris Wright soon after to give Glamorgan the victory by an innings and 28 runs. The win moved Glamorgan up to second place in the Division 2 table, eight points ahead of Middlesex.

Glamorgan v Worcestershire (5–8 September)

Middlesex v Glamorgan (12–15 September)

Glamorgan v Derbyshire (20–23 September)

Sussex v Glamorgan (26–29 September)

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One-Day Cup

Matches Derbyshire v Glamorgan (2 August)

Glamorgan began their defence of the One-Day Cup with a trip to Derbyshire, albeit without seamer Michael Hogan and coach Matthew Maynard, who were involved in The Hundred. The visitors made quick inroads after choosing to field first, as Timm van der Gugten and competition debutant Jamie McIlroy combined to remove the hosts' top order for just six runs in the first four overs. Van der Gugten took his third wicket of the innings to limit Tom Wood's contribution to the Derbyshire response to just 18 runs, and McIlroy got a second with the dismissal of Brooke Guest for six. Derbyshire put on another 30 for the sixth wicket before Glamorgan one-day captain Kiran Carlson caught Anuj Dal off the bowling of Joe Cooke, and David Lloyd clean-bowled Mark Watt for a duck. Mattie McKiernan put on another couple of useful partnerships, with Ben Aitchison for 18 and Sam Conners for 28, before Dan Douthwaite became the fifth Glamorgan bowler to take a wicket, dismissing McKiernan for 43, leaving Derbyshire on 108/9. Conners went in the next over, Van der Gugten taking his fourth wicket, and Derbyshire were all out for 110. With a target of 110 set by the Duckworth–Lewis–Stern method, Glamorgan lost openers Lloyd (12) and Sam Northeast (10) to reach 28/2 by the end of the ninth over. Despite the shaky start, though, Colin Ingram (30) and captain Carlson (54) saw the reigning champions through to victory by 8 wickets with less than 22 overs bowled.

Glamorgan v Kent (4 August)

Glamorgan's first home game of the One Day Cup season saw them put Kent in to bat, and they were rewarded with an early wicket as James Weighell removed Ben Compton with the second ball of the innings; however, Ollie Robinson – who had recorded an unbeaten double-century in a win over Worcestershire two days earlier – scored another half-century as part of a 90-run partnership with Joey Evison for the second wicket. Evison then combined with Alex Blake for 135 runs before Blake (66) was caught trying to slog David Lloyd, and Evison soon followed – caught and bowled by Colin Ingram – for 109. After that, wickets fell fairly rapidly; after Darren Stevens (18*) retired hurt with a calf injury, the remaining eight overs saw Kent lose four more wickets for just 31 runs, finishing with a final score of 304/8. The home side's response started shakily, with both openers again going cheaply; Northeast was out for a golden duck in the first over, while Lloyd (2) fell early in the fourth. Ingram and captain Kiran Carlson started the recovery with a 56-run partnership for the third wicket before Carlson (28) was bowled by Matt Quinn. That dismissal sparked a mini-collapse from Glamorgan, who also lost Billy Root and Joe Cooke to fall from 75/2 to 107/5 in the space of six overs; however, Tom Cullen's arrival at the crease saw him prove an effective partner for Ingram, as both notched their biggest scores in List A cricket (Cullen with 80 and Ingram with 155, his first century in the format for Glamorgan since 2017) on the way to a club record sixth-wicket partnership of 186. Ingram was eventually out with Glamorgan 15 runs shy of victory, but Cullen, Douthwaite (6) and Salter (1*) saw them through to a second victory of the season.

Glamorgan v Yorkshire (10 August)