Carrot of pro cricket in sight for Glamorgan women

Lauren Parfitt was named as the first-ever captain of Glamorgan women in April 2025 [Huw Evans Picture Agency] Glamorgan's women cricketers are aiming to show they deserve full-time contracts as the team prepares for professional status in 2027. The county is scheduled to step up to the top tier of domestic cricket in England and Wales, becoming the 10th pro county after Yorkshire took a similar step this year. Glamorgan lost out to the White Rose side in both the One Day Cup final and T20 Blast semi-final in their inaugural season last year.

"We're looking to win some trophies but a lot of our focus is on 2027 and we need to be able to hit the ground running when that kicks off," said coach Rachel Priest, the former New Zealand star. "There's another great season coming up but the carrot of professional cricket is there. " A Cardiff-based academy, also including players from Gloucestershire and Wiltshire, has been set up to bring local players through.

The core squad is similar to last season, with Glamorgan expected to field a varying cast of three loan players from Tier One teams every week. Opening bat Daisy Jeanes is fit to return after injury halted her progress midway through the season. "Lauren Parfitt, Georgia Parfitt and Bethan Gammon have a lot of experience and we've got a lot of youngsters coming through like Poppy Walker, Katy Cobb and a couple through the academy, but we'll be looking to use the loan market a lot," said Priest.

"We are definitely keen to go one better in both competitions and build a winning culture for 2027. "We hope people will find us a good place to come, we hope to create a good environment and we're going to have to do some recruitment so we want to be seen as somewhere attractive to come to. " Glamorgan head coach Priest signs new contract The Tier Two schedule includes eight group matches plus knock-out stages in both the One-Day Cup and T20 Blast - with the Blast finals in Cardiff - plus an extra T20 knockout competition.