Glamorgan great Colin Ingram retires after 11 years

Colin Ingram has retired from professional cricket after 11 playing years with Glamorgan, bringing one of the club's most influential modern careers to an end.

The 41-year-old will remain at Sophia Gardens in a coaching role. Glamorgan said his experience, cricket knowledge and leadership would now be used to develop the club's next generation.

Ingram joined Glamorgan in 2015 and became a central figure in both white-ball and first-class cricket. His power could change a short-format match in a few overs, while the latter years of his career produced some of his strongest Championship returns.

A late-career run peak

Ingram led Glamorgan's first-class scoring in 2025 with 1,076 runs at an average of 56.63. That season included seven consecutive scores above 50: 81, 64, 70, 56, 133 not out, 117 and 87.

The 608 runs made across that sequence passed Alan Jones's previous Glamorgan record of 527 in six consecutive innings, according to the club's statistical review.

The innings that captured his white-ball threat

A 2017 T20 innings against Essex remains one of the clearest examples of Ingram's power. He made 114 from 55 balls, hitting eight fours and nine sixes. Glamorgan described the six count as a club record for a T20 innings at the time.

Ingram said Glamorgan had been his home for more than a decade and called representing the club one of the greatest privileges of his life. He said it was the right time to stop playing and that he was excited to help develop the players who would carry Glamorgan forward.

Director of Cricket Mark Wallace called Ingram a Glamorgan legend and said his influence would continue through the new coaching role. The announcement does not give a complete cross-format career total, so the figures here are drawn from Glamorgan's own season and innings reports.