Who knows just how symbiotic Kiran Carlson’s relationship with the record books will prove to be as his career progresses, but the Glamorgan youngster has barely stopped flirting with the annals so far.

The 19-year-old, who brings down the curtain on only his second season in first-class cricket this week, almost claimed a special place in Glamorgan history against Gloucestershire last week.

As he struck a career-best total of 191 at the SSE SWALEC, the teenage Welshman very nearly became his club’s youngest-ever double-centurion.

However, he will more than settle for his exploits against Essex in September 2016, which saw him become the youngest player to record a century and claim a five-wicket haul at 18 years and 119 days.

Despite all the fanfare coming his way, and the inevitable hype, Carlson insists that he’s doing his very best to keep his feet on the ground.

“It’s pretty exciting,” said the Glamorgan youngster.

“It’s a bit of a shock how much attention you do get after a good performance. You don’t really expect that to happen but you’ve got to take everything in your stride.

“It’s a nice pressure to have.

“With every good performance, there’s always a few low scores to come – that’s just the way cricket goes.

“It’s always nice to put a performance on the table.

“You do all this training and big scores don’t come too often in cricket – they’re few and far between – so when you do have a good performance, you want to soak it all in and try to make it last as long as possible.

“If you’re expected to score runs, people think you’re a good player and you take that in your stride and use it as a positive in seasons to come.”

Carlson faced 319 balls en route to his patient 191 against Gloucestershire, spending 443 minutes at the crease.

His score was also the highest by a homegrown batsman for the Welsh county at the SSE SWALEC, beating Ben Wright’s 172 against the same opponents at the ground in 2010.

At the start of the month, Carlson was also involved as Glamorgan lost to Birmingham Bears in the semi-finals at t20 Blast Finals Day, and his ambition is to develop as much as possible in every format of the game.

He also says that there are plenty of senior teammates that have helped contribute to his cricket education in South Wales.

“I think, with batting, it’s great having people like Colin Ingram around – you can really pick their brains and see how they go about their batting,” said Carlson.

“From a bowling point of view, you’ve obviously got Robert Croft, the head coach, who gives you help because he obviously bowled off-spin for England and I’m an off-spinner.

“Andrew Salter is only young himself but he always gives tips and helps me out in warm-ups and stuff.”

Carlson hasn’t just earned his stripes at Glamorgan however – to this day, he still occasionally turns out for Cardiff in the South Wales Premier League.

“I’ve played for Cardiff since I was seven-years-old,” said the former Whitchurch School pupil.

“It’s my home club and I love playing for them, so I try to make myself available as much as I can.

“I like being around all the boys at the club because we’ve been mates for a long time and I get on with them, so I enjoy playing club cricket on a Saturday.

“The ethos of club cricket and getting to know the game with old heads around you all the time is brilliant.”

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