To complete, as an uncapped player, a relatively rare batting feat previously achieved by the likes of overseas stars Marnus Labuschagne, Javed Miandad and Viv Richards, as well as homegrown legends Alan Jones, Hugh Morris, Steve James and Matthew Maynard is a fine accomplishment, but this is what Kiran Carlson did this afternoon on the third day of the Welsh county’s LV=County Championship match against Sussex at Sophia Gardens. (writes Andrew Hignell)
Having made an unbeaten 127 in Glamorgan’s first innings of the game against the South Coast club, Kiran made another unbeaten century this afternoon to record his second hundred of the match before ending the day on 129*. As the list below shows, he also became the first Glamorgan batsman to achieve the feat in a Championship match against Sussex:
105 and 111 Eddie Bates v Essex at Leyton, 1927
121 and 148 Gilbert Parkhouse v Somerset at Cardiff Arms Park, 1950
187* and 105* Alan Jones v Somerset at Glastonbury, 1963
132 and 156* Alan Jones v Yorkshire at Middlesbrough, 1976
147 and 100 Alan Jones v Hampshire at Swansea, 1978
137* and 106 Javed Miandad v Somerset at Swansea, 1981
115 and 105 Hugh Morris v Warwickshire at Edgbaston, 1987
100* and 107 Geoff Holmes v Somerset at Taunton, 1988
127 and 101* Ravi Shastri v Middlesex at Abergavenny, 1989
111 and 118* Viv Richards v Essex at Southend, 1990
110 and 102* Hugh Morris v Nottinghamshire at Worksop, 1990
129 and 126 Matthew Maynard v Gloucestershire at Cheltenham College, 1991
129 and 104 Alan Butcher v Lancashire at Liverpool, 1991
102 and 133 Hugh Morris v Nottinghamshire at Swansea, 1993
166* and 104* Hugh Morris v Nottinghamshire at Sophia Gardens, 1995
103 and 113 Steve James v Northamptonshire at Abergavenny, 1997
108 and 113 Adrian Dale v Gloucestershire at Sophia Gardens, 1999
140 and 118* Matthew Maynard v Gloucestershire at Cheltenham College, 2002
125 and 142 Mike Powell v Worcestershire at Sophia Gardens, 2003
134* and 100* Jonny Hughes v Middlesex at Southgate, 2005
106 and 100 Marnus Labuschagne v Worcestershire at Sophia Gardens, 2019