Glamorgan won six and lost three of their 14 league games in 2022, narrowly missing out on promotion
Glamorgan will oppose any reduction in the number of County Championship or T20 Blast games as counties debate Sir Andrew Strauss’ high performance rating.
A proposal was made to reduce the number of league games from 14 to 10 to improve English standards.
The measure has met with hostility from Glamorgan members.
The Welsh county will also push for a reduction in the time for The Hundred Franchise tournament.
Glamorgan’s statement follows a members’ forum convened to discuss the Strauss review, which was commissioned by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) following a series of poor performances at the England Tests.
The report comes after a summer in which England won six out of seven Tests following the appointment of Ben Stokes as captain and Brendan McCullum as manager.
Glamorgan has just over 2,000 members, with around 120 attending the forum and generally opposed to seeing less cricket.
Counties currently play 14 four-day games, 14 Twenty20 games, and eight One-Day Cup games before each knockout round.
Captain of the English Limited Overs suggested Jos Buttler A reduction in games “would allow players to prepare properly, recover properly and put a lot more value into those games…the standard could potentially be higher”.
However, any reduction would have to be approved by two-thirds of the 18 counties and is likely to be rejected.
Sussex Chairman Jon Filby condemned the proposals as ‘unworkable’ and Glamorgan will join the opposition when district leaders vote, which is likely to be in November.
A statement from the club to members said: “Glamorgan does not support a reduction in the number of County Championship games…a reduction in the number of Vitality Blast games… [or] a straight knockout competition in the Royal London Cup. [it wants] the [50 overs] competition to be played alongside The Hundred.”
The heavily marketed Hundred has drawn huge crowds at eight leading UK venues, including Sophia Gardens in Cardiff, and is part of television deals through 2028.
But it has been criticized by existing county supporters for stripping leading artists from its teams, and Glamorgan will campaign to shorten its month-long window despite receiving more financial benefits from Welsh Fire than the 10 counties not franchised host team.
Meanwhile, changes to the championship’s bonus points system and the number of districts in the first division, currently 10, will likely be up for discussion as the ECB and district chiefs seek consensus on the shape of the domestic pro game.
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