Michael Hogan admitted to being both “surprised and happy”, when he was summoned by the coach and chief executive and told of his appointment as captain for remainder of this year\'s Specsavers County Championship.
"At first, I thought I had done something wrong, but delighted when I heard the news” said Hogan.
Now in his fifth year with the club, Michael Hogan had taken 227 wickets at an average of 23 before this season, and the Australian seamer has been Glamorgan’s outstanding bowler in all formats.
”I have always wanted to captain a side as my career progressed- I am not going to say that I am going to solve the world’s problems, but with input from the coach and other players, I hope I can get the club moving forwards."
Hogan only has few days before his first game as captain in Swansea as Glamorgan face Durham next after a remarkable final day against Nottinghamshire which ended on Monday when Colin Ingram and Chris Cooke batted all day to deny the visitors victory.
"It was a phenominal display” said Hogan,” and that battling performance has given us the momentum we need to move forward”.
After round 5 Glamorgan sit out the Specsavers County Championship action as the club's attention turns to delivering the ICC Champions Trophy in Cardiff, time which Hogan intends to put to good use.
"We have a 10 day break, so that I will have an opportunity to put things in place, and have a chance to discuss with Robert(Croft), the coach, some new ideas.”
Jacques Rudolph will continue to lead the team in white ball cricket, with the NatWest T20 Blast a key focus for the Club as they aim to build on last year's home quarter-final. Rudolph revealed the chance to relinquish the captaincy in four-day cricket would allow him to have a new focus.
"It has been mentally tough," said Rudolph "opening the batting and leading the team in all formats and I will now be able to concentrate more on my batting, but it is more manageable to skipper the T20 team."
After last year - where Glamorgan reached the last eight of the competition - Rudolph is confident of more success.