REACTION: \"We backed ourselves from the start\"

1 Aug 2018 | Cricket
Kiran Carlson starred in Glamorgan\'s victory in London against Surrey on Tuesday night.

The 20-year-old scored his maiden T20 half-century, hitting 58 off 32 balls coming in at four to help Glamorgan rack up early runs.  

Carlson struck up partnerships with Craig Meschede who scored 43 off just 19 balls and Graham Wagg who stood firm in the middle order with an unbeaten 46*. 

The Glamorgan pathway player was confident the Welsh county could successfully chase down the impressive target of 194 and ended up being the team's highest contributor.  

"We came off after bowling knowing that it was a good wicket with a pretty short boundary and a quick outfield so we backed ourselves from the start," said Carlson. 

"You kind of have to bat with instinct when you're in a T20 scenario and it's a bit of see ball hit ball. Luckily it came off today and we managed to chase down a big score. 

"It's always nice to contribute, but Graham Wagg batted brilliantly and so did Craig Meschede and when you look at it, the innings at the top was priceless so it was nice to get the win. 

"We went out there believing we can chase anything with our batting lineup so it was nice to have got over the line and hopefully we can pick up that momentum throughout the rest of the campaign." 

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