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Zain ul Hassan celebrates a maiden century with Kiran Carlson

Ul Hassan's Wait Comes to an End

Glamorgan enjoyed their best day in Division One in over 20 years. Although there were two centurions in the record-breaking day, it belongs to Zain ul Hassan.

01.05.26, 19:08 Updated 01.05.26, 19:19 4 Minute Read

Blake Bint

Blake Bint

Three years as an opening batter without a century in professional cricket would, for most, see the gradual, grumbling, saddening end to a career earned on churning out runs, or at least showing the promise to do that from a young age.

For Zain ul Hassan though, patience was much more required. Since the departure of David Lloyd, Glamorgan’s spots at the top order has left a gaping, looming hole. While Marnus Labuschagne, Sam Northeast, Kiran Carlson, Chris Cooke (and more recently Colin Ingram and Ben Kellaway) operated in a dominant engine room, questions aplenty remained over the top spots. Even when Lloyd was around, he stepped up as captain more as a case of having to do so than a show of willingness; he was often joined by Andrew Salter, an ul Hassan alike player – natural as a lower-middle order player and a useful bowler sent to do a job tarnished with risk.

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