Glamorgan are hoping to stage a Wales-England one-day international at Sophia Gardens, next year. Nothing has been completely finalised as yet, but the Welsh county have been given the go-ahead to start marketing the game which will be part of England`s warm-up for their triangular series in 2002 against Sri Lanka and India.

Glamorgan chief executive, Mike Fatkin said "We are delighted that the E.C.B. has given it's consent to the match between Wales and England being staged here at Cardiff. It is a marketing dream and with our former coach Duncan Fletcher in charge of the England team and Dean Conway, our former physiotherapist, also involved , it would be strange to see them on the visitor's balcony!

"Wales against England in any sport has a wide appeal to the Welsh public, and although all of Glamorgan's games are against English opposition, this will be very different because it will be an international match. Wales has never before had this opportunity to take on England in a formal match like this and I am sure it is something to which the Welsh public will give their full support."

The game could also see Tony Cottey and David Hemp playing for Wales alongside their former Glamorgan team-mates. "Aspects like eligibility still have to be worked out," continued Fatkin. "It could be that Robert Croft will play for England, and whether other counties would release players would depend very much on whether they had fixtures that day."

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