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The rise of Glamorgan's record-breaking teenager Norton

BBC Sport · May 12, 2026, 3:47 AM · Also reported by 1 other source

Key takeaways

  • Huw Evans Picture Agency Image caption, Glamorgan bowler Tom Norton was born and educated in Abergavenny
  • Handed his County Championship debut by Glamorgan, 18-year-old bowler Tom Norton was cock-a-hoop with his figures of 3-75 as Somerset amassed 354 in their first innings after being put in to bat in Cardiff by the hosts.
  • His next three wickets in the visitors' second innings on Sunday took the young seamer into dreamland, ripping through Somerset's top order with three successive balls for a record-setting hat-trick.

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Huw Evans Picture Agency Image caption, Glamorgan bowler Tom Norton was born and educated in Abergavenny

Handed his County Championship debut by Glamorgan, 18-year-old bowler Tom Norton was cock-a-hoop with his figures of 3-75 as Somerset amassed 354 in their first innings after being put in to bat in Cardiff by the hosts.

His next three wickets in the visitors' second innings on Sunday took the young seamer into dreamland, ripping through Somerset's top order with three successive balls for a record-setting hat-trick.

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