Washout at soggy Cardiff
Glamorgan and Worcestershire finally bowed to the inevitable and agreed to abandon their Championship match at Sophia Gardens
13-Sep-2008•Cricinfo staff
No 'home' advantage in Cardiff
The hosts couldn't have picked a less English venue to kick off next year's Ashes
04-Sep-2008
English cricket needs a new home
Despite revamps, capacities at England's cricket grounds remain below par. The ECB needs to consider adopting London's Olympic Stadium
29-May-2008•Andrew Miller
Cardiff's Ashes credentials called into question
Former England captain Mike Atherton has called into doubt the ECB's decision to award an Ashes Test next year to the redeveloped Sophia Gardens in Cardiff
11-May-2008•Cricinfo staff
Glamorgan rename Sophia Gardens
Glamorgan have announced that they will be renaming Sophia Gardens the Swalec Stadium after agreeing a £1.5 million ten-year sponsorship deal
07-Mar-2008•Cricinfo staff
County treasurer warns 'a club will go into administration'
Warwickshire's honorary treasurer has warned that there is every possibility that a county will go to the wall
06-Mar-2008•Cricinfo staff
Welsh spare ribs
Will Luke looks back at The Week That Was
23-Jul-2007•Will Luke
Powell buries his rib at Sophia Gardens
Just over a month ago, Mike Powell faced life-threatening complications following surgery. Happily, he's now recovering - and can see the lighter side of life, after having his rib buried at Sophia Gardens
18-Jul-2007•Cricinfo staff
A brief history of Sophia Gardens
It has been the long held dream of a succession of Glamorgan captains from Maurice Turnbull and J.C.Clay to Wilf Wooller and Tony Lewis that the Welsh county should have a ground of their
own
31-May-2007•Dr.Andrew Hignell
Glamorgan get final go-ahead
Glamorgan have been given the final go ahead for their redevelopment of Sophia Gardens ahead of hosting an Ashes Test in 2009
17-Apr-2007•Cricinfo staff
Sophia Gardens causes environmental concerns
An environmentalist opposed to the redevelopment of Sophia Gardens, in preparation for the 2009 Ashes, has said the ground is located in the worst possible place for such a large stadium
23-Apr-2006•Cricinfo staff
Cardiff to host Ashes Test in 2009
Cardiff will play host to an Ashes Test when Australia next visit England in 2009, after being elevated to Category A status by an ECB review committee
20-Apr-2006•Cricinfo staff
Cardiff steps up its Test ambitions
Cardiff's city councillors are backing ambitious £7 million plans to bring Test cricket to Glamorgan's home ground in Sophia Gardens, after a series of "very positive" discussions with club officials
09-Mar-2006•Cricinfo staff
Glamorgan unlikely to get funding for Sophia Gardens
Glamorgan are unlikely to get funding to improve Sophia Gardens
18-Feb-2006•Cricinfo staff
Glamorgan threaten to quit Cardiff
Glamorgan chairman Paul Russell has warned that the county may quit Cardiff after the local council objected to a new arena at Sophia Gardens
14-Oct-2005•Cricinfo staff
Ambitious Glamorgan want Tests at Cardiff
Glamorgan aim for Test cricket in Cardiff by the end of the decade
06-Feb-2004•Wisden Cricinfo staff
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