18-year-old Tom Norton becomes the youngest player to achieve a first-class hat-trick for Glamorgan on debut, with his mum missing the historic moment.
Updates on day three from the latest round of games Sign up for The Spin newsletter | Mail Tanya or post BTLEighteen-year-old Tom Norton charged about Sophia Gardens chased by cock-a-hoop Glamorgan teammates, who clapped his back and rubbed his beard, as he became the youngest County Championship debutant to take a hat-trick, ruining Somerset’s innings in the process. Norton first removed James Rew for a duck, in what will count as a failed experiment to push him up the order, before Tom Lammonby pecked behind and Archie Vaughan doddered in front of his stumps.“I don’t think I can put it into words to be honest. It’s the most mental 45 minutes I’ve ever had on a cricket field,” said Norton, the first championship debutant to take a hat-trick since 1906. Continue reading...
Glamorgan teenager Tom Norton pegged back Somerset while Warwickshire skittled Yorkshire to take control of their match at EdgbastonNo hundred for Falconer on Championship debut, a chorus of bouncing slips and an imploring Tom Bailey enough for the umpire to raise an off-you-go finger to an lbw shout.Poor Zak Crawley out again cheaply, chopping on . I really hope this doesn’t disintegrate into a Haseeb Hameed 2019 summer and that someone has an arm round his shoulder. Kent 13-1. Continue reading...
