{"id":35464,"date":"2019-03-15T13:09:13","date_gmt":"2019-03-15T13:09:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=35464"},"modified":"2019-03-15T13:09:13","modified_gmt":"2019-03-15T13:09:13","slug":"cardiff-student-cricketer-plans-to-drive-glamorgan-forward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2019\/03\/15\/cardiff-student-cricketer-plans-to-drive-glamorgan-forward\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardiff student cricketer plans to drive Glamorgan forward"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">W<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ITH\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">just under three weeks until the start of\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Glamorgan<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0CCC\u2019s season, Kiran Carlson, 20, middle order batsmen for the county side is\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">in the midst of<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0his preparation.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cIt\u2019s been a long Winter. The boys have been training hard, I\u2019m excited for the start of the season, when we play Cardiff MCCU. We\u2019re off to Spain soon for a training camp, but I&#8217;m looking forward to crossing that\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">white line<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">For most players on the county circuit, a warm up game against a university side would not be noteworthy, especially if last season you scored a ton alongside an Ashes winner. But for Kiran Carlson, this university side are largely made up of his own friends at university.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-35468\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/53908299_806742133031904_8721768411287257088_n.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"657\" height=\"391\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/53908299_806742133031904_8721768411287257088_n.png 657w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/53908299_806742133031904_8721768411287257088_n-300x179.png 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/53908299_806742133031904_8721768411287257088_n-500x298.png 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/53908299_806742133031904_8721768411287257088_n-293x174.png 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 657px) 100vw, 657px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-35468\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/53908299_806742133031904_8721768411287257088_n.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"657\" height=\"391\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/53908299_806742133031904_8721768411287257088_n.png 657w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/53908299_806742133031904_8721768411287257088_n-300x179.png 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/53908299_806742133031904_8721768411287257088_n-500x298.png 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/53908299_806742133031904_8721768411287257088_n-293x174.png 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 657px) 100vw, 657px\" \/><\/noscript><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">He tells me it is strange playing against your mates, especially when you\u2019ve been messing around on Wednesday socials earlier in the year. \u201cIt makes sledging more fun but once we start it\u2019s a battle like any other.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">Originally from Llandaff North, Carlson studies Business at Cardiff University, as well as playing cricket professionally. But the level headed youngster doesn\u2019t let that phase him.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cMy school was always very understanding when it came to cricket. I usually put studies first, especially during my A-levels. If I had to miss classes due to training, I could go after school and catch up. I wanted to do well in school because for me cricket would always be there.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">Carlson\u2019s education included\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Whitchurch<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0High School, where Grand Slam winner, Sam Warburton,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Tour<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0de France winner, Geraint Thomas and Champions League winner Gareth Bale all attended.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cIt was a very sports orientated school, but it didn\u2019t have a big cricket department, although the gym was brilliant.\u201d Therefore for Carlson like most Welsh cricket players, club cricket is where the game starts rather than school, and this was only around the corner from his school at Cardiff Cricket Club in\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Whitchurch<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cI started playing when I was about six or seven. Like most my age, I had a Woodworm Flame like Freddie Flintoff had. But my idol was\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Sachin<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0Tendulkar, I know it\u2019s a bit cliched.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">From there Carlson continued to play club cricket till the age of 15 where was scouted to be part of the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Glamorgan<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0academy. \u201cBy the time I was scouted I had played a lot of Welsh cricket, it\u2019s a small bubble, you travel around. But it\u2019s good, and there\u2019s no shortage of kids who want to play cricket in Wales.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">For Welsh cricketers,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Glamorgan<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0is the only chance to go professional inside Wales, being the only major county in the nation. But since the 2005 Ashes with the winning duo of Geraint and Simon Jones, Wales has not had a national representative.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_35480\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-35480\" style=\"width: 598px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-35480\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/swan.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"598\" height=\"408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/swan.png 598w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/swan-300x205.png 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/swan-500x341.png 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/swan-293x200.png 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 598px) 100vw, 598px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-35480\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-35480\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/swan.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"598\" height=\"408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/swan.png 598w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/swan-300x205.png 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/swan-500x341.png 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/swan-293x200.png 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 598px) 100vw, 598px\" \/><\/noscript> Carlsons 151 at Swansea last summer. Credit: Huw Evans<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201c<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">There\u2019s a lot of young kids in Welsh cricket, with a great junior section and lots of opportunities to play.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">I mean yes there\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">hasn\u2019t been a Welsh guy for a\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">while<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0but I don\u2019t think that\u2019s any fault of the Welsh cricket board. There are quite a few young people playing but not just at the level to challenge for England just yet.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">I asked if that was his next step? \u201cI mean of course I would want to play for England, it\u2019s what everyone who plays cricket dreams of when growing up. But for\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">now<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0my focus is\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Glamorgan<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, and if I do well then yeah a Lions call up would be great,\u201d he tells me.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">Last season Carlson affirmed his place in the squad after a near double century, a 289-run partnership with Aussie opener Usman Khawaja, as well as a fast-improving white ball game.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">Assured in his technique, and the way he goes about his cricket, Carlson is looking to make sure that he not only is a part of this team whilst he\u2019s at university \u2013 he wants to be one of the main stars.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201c<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In cricket you do have to be selfish, there is a price on your\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">wicket<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0and you have to back yourself. It\u2019s the type of game if you\u2019re not confident you\u2019ll set yourself up to fail.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cI would like to think I\u2019m one of the main parts of the team and I want to play every form of cricket and I want to be a part of getting this team up the table\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">Glamorgan\u2019s<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0season was poor last time around. Bottom in both the county championship and one day cup and an average mid-table performance in the T20. But the Cardiff cricketer isn\u2019t worried.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cOf course, nerves come into it, but they do if I played on a Saturday for Cardiff. But when you face test match bowlers like Morne\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Morkel<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0or Dale Steyn you want to do well. <\/span><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">&#8220;People notice you around the county circuit if you\u2019re scoring against these guys. And as I said cricket is selfish. I want to do well against these guys, and if we do that as a batting unit we should do well.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">Glamorgan<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0play their games only four miles from his home club where Carlson\u2019s dad is the secretary and his mum\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">does<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0the teas on a Saturday. But at the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Swalec<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, Carlson\u2019s team mates include the world&#8217;s best players including T20 captain Colin Ingram.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_35467\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-35467\" style=\"width: 606px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-35467\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/53395042_539155593240569_8877507803795685376_n-e1553875247882.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"606\" height=\"630\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-35467\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-35467\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/53395042_539155593240569_8877507803795685376_n-e1553875247882.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"606\" height=\"630\" \/><\/noscript> Colin Ingram and Carlson. Credit Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cIn terms of one day stuff he\u2019s one of the best guys to talk to. You can learn so much from the way he trains and prepares. I\u2019m yet to take him to Locos in Cathays for a Cardiff Uni night, but he\u2019s great and is a brilliant captain.<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cIt\u2019s great having these overseas players but there is an unpredictability as they can be called up at any time.\u201d Shaun Marsh, in 2018 was recalled for Australia after a three-year absence, leaving\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Glamorgan<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0with a hole which Khawaja filled briefly.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cWhat it does do is give the younger guys a chance to step up. I was lucky with my call up because of injuries and scoring runs at the right time. When these players aren\u2019t there you can come out on top.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">Glamorgan\u2019s<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0first county game is against\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Northamptonshire<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0on April 11 at home. They will have a lot do to improve on last season with just one win in red ball cricket. But with Kiran Carlson batting at four,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Glamorgan<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0will be hoping the home boy does indeed step up.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">If he does, Welsh cricket could see their next star very soon.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WITH\u00a0just under three weeks until the start of\u00a0Glamorgan\u00a0CCC\u2019s season, Kiran Carlson, 20, middle order batsmen for the county side is\u00a0in the midst of\u00a0his preparation.\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s been a long Winter. The boys have been training hard, I\u2019m excited for the start of the season, when we play Cardiff MCCU. We\u2019re off to Spain soon for a training camp, but I&#8217;m looking forward to crossing that\u00a0white line.\u201d\u00a0 For most players on the county circuit, a warm up game against a university side [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":126,"featured_media":35466,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[788,230,4,89],"tags":[787,6608,1636,231,6609],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-35464","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cricket","category-llandaff-north","category-sport","category-whitchurch","tag-cricket","tag-fresher","tag-glamorgan","tag-llandaff-north","tag-whitchurch-high"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Cardiff student cricketer plans to drive Glamorgan forward - The Cardiffian<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2019\/03\/15\/cardiff-student-cricketer-plans-to-drive-glamorgan-forward\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Cardiff student cricketer plans to drive Glamorgan forward - The Cardiffian\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"WITH\u00a0just under three weeks until the start of\u00a0Glamorgan\u00a0CCC\u2019s season, Kiran Carlson, 20, middle order batsmen for the county side is\u00a0in the midst of\u00a0his preparation.\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s been a long Winter. 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