
Glamorgan's 'Numpty' Turns County Legend
13.05.26, 10:08 Updated 06.06.26, 08:42 3 Minute Read
Blake Bint
Sometimes things just go your way.
Ryan Hadley hadn’t faced more than 54 balls in an innings before lasting his mammoth 231 undefeated to secure a win over Somerset by two meagre wickets. In fact, he’d faced just 250 balls in his first-class career; with 38 in the first innings as well, that was more in the match than his whole red-ball time spent at the crease to date.
And for Glamorgan he’s still yet to be dismissed.
“I was telling the boys I hadn’t been dismissed since coming over here as a bit of a joke then came in this morning saying ‘it’s inevitable they’re gonna get me for the first time’. But here I still am, didn’t get out today. It’s a miracle.” He said beaming with bemusement after being Glamorgan’s second unlikely hero of the game.
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