Colin Ingram has been Glamorgan’s most successful overseas batsman of the 21st century, scoring ten hundred in white-ball cricket, as well as three in red-ball games, including a monumental and match-saving innings of 155* during a stand of 226 in 83.1 overs with Chris Cooke against Nottinghamshire at Sophia Gardens in 2017 with the pair batting throughout the final day to save the game.
However, it is for more explosive and boundary-laden innings in white-ball games which Colin has become famed. In 2015, his first season with the Welsh county, the former South African international struck three List A hundreds, reaching three figures against Kent and Essex at Cardiff, as well as against Middlesex at Lord’s.
In 2016 the left-hander struck his maiden T20 hundred against the Essex Eagles at Chelmsford, whilst his accurate leg-spin was also used to good effect with Colin taking a career-best 4/32 in the quarter-final against the Yorkshire Vikings. 2017 also saw Colin score five hundreds in white-ball cricket for Glamorgan, including a record-breaking 46-ball hundred against the Sussex Sharks in the T20 game at Arundel as well as 114 against Essex at Chelmsford.
In addition, Colin posted hundreds in the List A games against Essex at Cardiff, Hampshire at The Ageas Bowl and Kent at Swansea during 2017, and in each case, his boundary-laden innings helped to lay the foundations for Glamorgan victories. In all, he struck a total of 59 sixes in white-ball games during 2017, many in an arc between square-leg and long-on, with his muscular efforts helping the Club reach Finals Day at Edgbaston.
A knee injury prevented Colin from regularly playing any first-class cricket between 2017 and 2023. During 2018 and 2019 he was Glamorgan’s captain in T20 cricket, whilst in 2021 he made his debut in The Hundred for the Oval Invincibles. He made a dramatic return to the first-class game in 2024 as he posted five centuries and raced to a thousand runs for the season in just 13 innings – a Club record – besides posting a career-best 257* against Leicestershire at Sophia Gardens. In all, Colin scored 2,001 runs in all formats during 2024.
2025 saw Colin complete six successive scores in excess of fifty in Championship matches as he passed the 1,000-run landmark again, ending the season with 1,076 runs to his name at an average of 50.17, besides passing the personal landmark of 5,000 runs in first-class cricket for the Welsh county. His unflappable efforts with the bat were one of the factors behind Glamorgan’s return to the First Division of the County Championship for 2026.
2025 also saw Colin commence his career in coaching as he acted as an Assitant to David Harrison during Glamorgan’s campaign in the Metro Bank One-Day Cup.
INGRAM, Colin Alexander
Born – Port Elizabeth, 3rd July 1985
Best performances for Glamorgan:
In first-class cricket – 257* v Leicestershire at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff, 2024; 3/90 v Essex at Chelmsford, 2015.
In List A cricket – 155 v Kent at Sophia Gardens, 2022; 4/39 v Middlesex at Radlett, 2017.
In T20 cricket – 114 v Essex at Chelmsford, 2017; 4/32 v Yorkshire at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff, 2016.
Batting and fielding record (as at 4/10/25)
| M | I | NO | RUNS | AV | 100 | 50 | CT | ST | |
| First-class | 64 | 21 | 10 | 5017 | 48.65 | 16 | 20 | 48 | – |
| List A | 51 | 47 | 7 | 2604 | 65.10 | 10 | 12 | 22 | – |
| T20 | 122 | 119 | 15 | 3424 | 32.92 | 3 | 21 | 47 | – |
Bowling record (as at 4/10/25)
| Balls | M | R | W | AV | 5wI | 10wM | |
| First-class | 1224 | 12 | 772 | 18 | 42.89 | – | – |
| List A | 898 | 0 | 894 | 23 | 38.87 | – | – |
| T20 | 617 | 1 | 804 | 26 | 30.92 | – | – |