How Mason Crane became the first Glamorgan batter to be stumped for 99 in a Championship match.
Mason Crane in bowling action. (Image Credit – Glamorgan Cricket Archives)
The County Championship match between Glamorgan and Leicestershire saw Mason Crane become the first-ever batter to be dismissed stumped one run short of a century. He had arrived at the crease on the opening day with Glamorgan on 265-7 and, with the support of Timm van der Gugten, saw Glamorgan to 334-7 at the close. Mason began the second day unbeaten on 48 and duly completed a 91 ball fifty, as together with the Dutch international, they further blunted the visiting attack. Having added 133 runs with Mason, van der Gugten was stumped playing forward to Ben Green. The resolute Andy Gorvin then helped Mason take Glamorgan to 410-8 at lunch with Mason Crane unbeaten on 84.
In the fourth over of the afternoon session, Andy Gorvin chipped Josh Davey to mid-on where Ian Holland completed the catch. Ryan Hadley came in to join Crane, who was now on 88 and soon swept Ajaz Patel, the Kiwi international, for four. Despite his partner’s limited batting pedigree, Mason was able to add further singles, as well as cleverly upper cutting Josh Hull to the vacant ropes at third man for four. Another series of dot balls then followed before Mason attempted to slog-sweep Patel but over-balanced and was stumped for 99.
As the list below shows, he was the first Glamorgan batter to be stumped for 99 in a first-class match, as well as being the first since Nick Selman against Sussex at Hove in 2019 to depart one short of a richly-deserved hundred.
D Davies 99 run out v Derbyshire at Chesterfield, 1926
WE Bates 99 caught v Warwickshire at Cardiff Arms Park, 1928
AH Dyson 99* v Gloucestershire at Rodney Parade, Newport, 1939
WE Jones 99 run out v Worcestershire at Dudley, 1946
WGA Parkhouse 99* v Essex at Rodney Parade, Newport, 1952
WGA Parkhouse 99 caught v Essex at Llanelli, 1953
W Wooller 99 caught v Northamptonshire at Kettering, 1956
PM Walker 99 run out v Warwickshire at Coventry, 1958
WGA Parkhouse 99 bowled v Middlesex at Lord’s, 1959
B Hedges 99 caught v Warwickshire at Edgbaston, 1961
PM Walker 99 run out v Somerset at Weston-super-Mare, 1965
A Jones 99 caught v Yorkshire at Swansea, 1967
A Jones 99 caught v Australians at Swansea, 1968
Majid Khan 99 caught v Somerset at Weston-super-Mare, 1971
PG Crowther 99 bowled v Cambridge University at Fenner’s, 1977
AL Jones 99 caught v Somerset at Swansea, 1983
RJ Shastri 99 bowled v Worcestershire at Worcester, 1987
A Dale 99 bowled v Warwickshire at Edgbaston, 1991
MP Maynard 99 caught v Sri Lankans at Sophia Gardens, 1998
DL Hemp 99 caught v Northamptonshire at Northampton, 2006
DO Brown 99 caught v West Indies A at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff, 2010
MJ Powell 99 bowled v Surrey at The Oval, 2011
DL Lloyd 99 caught v Gloucestershire at Bristol, 2016
NJ Selman 99 lbw v Sussex at Hove, 2019
WT Root 99* v Worcestershire at Worcester, 2022
MS Crane 99 stumped v Leicestershire at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff, 2026