Glamorgan鈥檚 Kiran Carlson has been named the Rothesay County Championship Player of the Round after his maiden first-class double-ton helped Glamorgan to victory over Hampshire at the Utilita Bowl, a first Division One win in 21 years for the Welsh county.
Carlson made 209 from 232 balls as Glamorgan posted a mammoth 536 for seven declared before bowling out Hampshire twice to win by an innings and 69 runs and move up to fifth in the Division One table.
鈥淚t feels like a bit of a monkey off my back,鈥� Carlson told about reaching 200 for the first time. 鈥淚鈥檝e got a couple of scores in the 190s and several scores over 150 but never quite reached it. It鈥檚 always been a goal and it鈥檚 nice to tick it off. Hopefully it鈥檚 not the last one!鈥�
Carlson鈥檚 knock moves him up to joint second on the overall Rothesay County Championship leader board, level with Matt Milnes, Matthew Potts, James Sales and Jamie Smith on five votes so far this season. James Rew is out in front alone on seven votes and is the only player this season to receive points from three separate games.
鈥淚t probably hasn鈥檛 fully sunk in yet,鈥� Carlson said about captaining the promoted county to such a long-awaited win. 鈥淚t was a massive moment for the club and gives us confidence going forward that we can compete.
鈥淲e鈥檝e played some good cricket before this last week but had not been able to dominate for large periods. We鈥檇 have a good session and then let other teams come back into it. It was nice to be on the front foot from ball one and dictate the game the whole way through and to do that against a good Hampshire team is really pleasing.
鈥淕etting that first win is a nice marker in the sand and we鈥檙e only a couple of wins away from being right up around the top of the table. That鈥檚 got to be the goal now. We鈥檝e got to keep on trying to win games of cricket. It鈥檚 clich茅, but we鈥檙e going to take each week as it comes and it鈥檚 nice to have a home game now after the win and we鈥檙e all very excited for Friday against Somerset.鈥�
Carlson received the maximum of three votes for his double-century. Durham鈥檚 Ben Raine also received three votes and moved into joint seventh place on the leaderboard after match figures of eight for 81 in his side鈥檚 draw with Middlesex, including a first-innings return of five for 58 from 32 overs.
Matt Milnes鈥� nine-wicket match haul and second-innings figures of six for 12 from 15 overs earned him maximum votes in Kent鈥檚 victory over Derbyshire, while Joe Root took the honours from Yorkshire鈥檚 win over Somerset after scoring 64 and taking four for 49.
Jack Carson鈥檚 maiden first-class ton and four first-innings wickets earned him three votes despite Sussex鈥檚 loss to Surrey and Nottinghamshire quick Olly Stone also received three votes after his eight wickets in the match, including a five-wicket haul, helped the champions to a 10-wicket win over Leicestershire.
Finally, Ben Sanderson鈥檚 second-innings seven for 31 and 11 wickets in the match as Northamptonshire beat Worcestershire by 10 wickets earned him the full three votes.听
Round Five votes
Division One
Leicestershire v Nottinghamshire: 3 鈥� Olly Stone (Nottinghamshire); 2 鈥� Ben Slater (Nottinghamshire): 1 鈥� Liam Patterson-White (Nottinghamshire).
Somerset v Yorkshire: 3 鈥� Joe Root (Yorkshire); 2 鈥� Joshua Thomas (Somerset); 1 鈥� James Wharton (Yorkshire).
Hampshire v Glamorgan: 3 鈥� Kiran Carlson (Glamorgan); 2 鈥� Zain-ul-Hasan (Glamorgan); 1 鈥� Timm van der Gugten (Glamorgan).
Surrey v Sussex: 3 鈥� Jack Carson (Sussex); 2 鈥� Dom Sibley (Surrey); 1 鈥� Ollie Robinson (Sussex).
Division Two
Kent v Derbyshire: 3 鈥� Matt Milnes (Kent); 2 鈥� Chris Benjamin (Kent); 1 鈥� Rory Haydon (Derbyshire).
Northamptonshire v Worcestershire: 3 鈥� Ben Sanderson (Northamptonshire); 2 鈥� James Sales (Northamptonshire); 1 鈥� Gareth Roderick (Worcestershire).
Middlesex v Durham: 3 鈥� Ben Raine (Durham); 2 鈥� Ryan Higgins (Middlesex); 1 鈥� David Bedingham (Durham).
Leaderboard
7 鈥� James Rew (Somerset); 5 鈥� Kiran Carlson (Glamorgan); Matt Milnes (Kent), Matthew Potts (Durham), James Sales (Northamptonshire), Jamie Smith (Surrey); 4 鈥� Tom Abell (Somerset), Leus du Plooy (Middlesex), Emilio Gay (Durham), Ben Raine (Durham).