Glamorgan Build Towards 2027 Professionalism

Head coach Rachel Priest and skipper Lauren Parfitt opportunity Glamorgan women must usage their advancement successful 2025 arsenic a springboard towards becoming a afloat master broadside successful 2027.

Glamorgan were beaten heavy by Yorkshire successful Sunday's One Day Cup League 2 last successful Worcester, but tin bespeak connected a mostly affirmative run which besides included a T20 Blast semi-final.

Parfitt, 31, who balances cricket pinch her occupation arsenic a teacher, said nan squad had exceeded expectations and now had clear information for nan seasons ahead.

"Initially, we didn't needfully cognize what nan play would bring," all-rounder Parfitt told BBC Sport Wales.


"We're really proud to person achieved what we person this play and we'll look to amended connected that adjacent play and past into tier 1 for 2027.


"I've perfectly loved it, each 2nd of it."

The ECB's roadmap will spot Glamorgan connection contracts from June 2026 earlier afloat professionalism originates a twelvemonth later.

Priest says that makes adjacent season's campaigns captious for recruitment and development.

"We didn't cognize what to expect astatine nan opening of this title – from our team, from each nan different teams," said caput coach Priest.

"So hopefully that's seen arsenic success, and I'm conscionable truthful proud of really nan girls person gone astir this play and nan challenges put successful beforehand of them.

"I suppose this last has reflected wherever nan 2 sides are – Yorkshire person kept a batch of their master structures from nan erstwhile year.

"We knew coming into this crippled it was going to beryllium tough. They're master cricketers, truthful that's ever going to beryllium difficult erstwhile your squad isn't yet."

Both coach and skipper admit that players will look large decisions arsenic cricket careers travel into sharper focus.

"It's not conscionable america who person difficult decisions to make, it's nan girls arsenic well," Priest explained.


"You only get to beryllium a master cricketer for truthful long, truthful hopefully immoderate of nan girls will return that plunge."

For Parfitt, nan imaginable of realising a puerility dream is tantalising.

"What a awesome spot for women's cricket to beryllium in," she said.


"The 11-year-old maine dreamt of being a master cricketer and I would perfectly emotion to beryllium one, truthful we'll spot wherever it takes us."

Glamorgan relied connected indebtedness players from tier 1 teams this play and Priest is keen to repetition nan strategy successful 2026, while besides targeting imperishable recruits successful clip for professionalism.

"We'll evidently beryllium looking to do that again adjacent season, and hopefully different teams do too," Priest said.


"There's nary constituent tier 2 cricketers sitting connected nan sidelines if they tin beryllium contributing and making our title better. Probably moreover much importantly, we'll beryllium looking to spot who we tin enlistee permanently for nan play after."

After a agelong run juggling cricket pinch activity commitments, Glamorgan's players will now return a break earlier regrouping successful November.

Priest, who hopes to stay successful charge, says nan foundations built successful 2025 will beryllium captious complete nan adjacent 2 years.

"The girls request a bully break now – they've worked and trained truthful hard," she added.


"I've loved each infinitesimal of it and I don't want to miss retired connected seeing much betterment arsenic we move towards professionalism."