Ingram Shoots Down Spitfires as Glamorgan Fire Again

Colin Ingram has paid tribute to his fellow batsmen, but it was his brilliant 95 not out which steered Glamorgan to another one-day win on Sunday.

The South African timed his innings to perfection as Glamorgan continued their winning run in white ball cricket by beating Kent Spitfires by three wickets at Canterbury in the Royal London One-Day Cup.

It was Glamorgan’s fifth consecutive victory and their sixth in the last seven matches.

Kent’s total of 290-3 from a rain-restricted 42 overs included spectacular hundreds from Joe Denly and Sam Billings. The pair smashed an incredible 149 runs off just 12.5 overs.

Needing a revised 293, Glamorgan were given a platform by half-centuries from David Lloyd (65) and Will Bragg (52).

Despite three wickets from James Tredwell, Ingram struck six sixes as Glamorgan won with seven balls left.

Ingram said: “The guys really played smartly upfront, I thought Lloydy [David Lloyd] played an outstanding innings to get us off to a great stand with his fifty and Braggy [Will Bragg] helped out as well.

“They set it up nicely and fortunately we got the momentum going, and it just kept going- a very enjoyable win.

“I grew up in a place where the wind always blew one way, so you soon learnt to hit in one direction- when you’re hitting it well you’ve got to try to make it count.

“You can’t take anything for granted (in the competition), you want to be stringing the wins together in the business end, but we can take a lot of confidence out of the last couple of games and keep kicking on.”

Billings said: “At halfway we were very happy with the way we batted and the score we put on the board.

“But on a small ground like Canterbury on a good wicket you’re never out of it chasing these days.

Glamorgan are next at home to Middlesex on Tuesday in the same competition.