Yorkshire beat Glamorgan in low-scoring encounter
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Glamorgan 186 (47 ): Eddie Byrom 68 ; Ben Cliff 4-29
Yorkshire 190-8 (48.4 overs): Finlay Bean 43 not out ; Mcllroy 2-23,Gorvin 2-45, Van der Gugten 2-37
Yorkshire won by 2 wickets
Yorkshire beat Glamorgan in Neath by two wickets in a low-scoring contest to earn their first Metro bank One Day Cup win of the 2026 campaign, as the hosts suffered their first defeat of the 50-over competition.
After winning the toss at the Gnoll and choosing to bat, the hosts never got to grips with disciplined and probing bowling from the visitors and were always under pressure with the top order skittled out cheaply .
Ben Cliff was the main antagonist for the visitors with 4-29 with Eddie Byrom the only Glamorgan batter offering any resistance with a workmanlike 68.
The visitors made hard work of chasing down a well-below par total with Finlay Bean top scoring with to guide his team to a nervy victory as they eventually reached the 187 required.
Encouraged by their opening round victory on Wednesday , Glamorgan aimed for a repeat performance with the bat against the Yorkshiremen, but by and large were always under pressure against a strong and experienced bowling unit.
Callum Nicholls, Will Smale and Henry Hurle departed in the first 10 overs as Cliff and Hill struck.
Rising talent Jack Hope-Bell was called on to steady the situation early on with Eddie Byrom, but there would be no heroics similar to his maiden class A 100 against Sussex this time as he was trapped lbw by Jack White for nine.
Despite little first team cricket this season Byrom formed a 47-run partnership alongside Dan Douthwaite to provide some brief respite for the hosts.
But the resistance did not last long as Douthwaite was bowled for 19 and Byrom fell for a spirited 68 .
Timm van der Gugten and Alex Horton held out briefly for another 47-run partnership, but Yorkshire were always in the ascendancy with Cliff the pick of the bowlers with 4-29 and Indian international Kuldeep Yadav also proving a valuable acquisition for the county picking up a couple of wickets on debut as Glamorgan limped to a disappointing 186-47.
Yorkshire made heavy weather of reaching the modest total with openers Adam Lyth and Will Luxton getting them off to a solid start.
After the ever-dependable Van der Gugten took the wickets of both openers, Yorkshire captain Dom Bess and Finlay Been seemed to have steered the visitors to safety with a crucial partnership of 44.
But when Bess was caught by Mcllroy off the bowling of Glamorgan captain Andy Gorvin it came down to a nervy finish as Yorkshire did just enough courtesy of Finlay Bean who was 43 not out to get them to the tally needed with eight balls to spare .
Glamorgan will now be hoping to bounce back on Sunday when they head to Radlett to face Middlesex. while Yorkshire face Sussex at Hove.