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Local hero James Harris signs off on a high at Glamorgan

At the end of the 2012 season, having decided to leave Glamorgan, 22-year-old James Harris sat in the empty stands at Sofia Gardens and shed a tear with his dad, contemplating life away from Cardiff.

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By Jeff Thomas

At the end of the 2012 season, having decided to leave Glamorgan, 22-year-old James Harris sat in the empty stands at Sofia Gardens and shed a tear with his dad, contemplating life away from Cardiff.
By then, the Swansea-born seamer had already written himself into the county’s record books: he debuted for the second team at 14, took 10 wickets in a County Championship match at 17, and in 2010 became the youngest Glamorgan player to reach 100 first-class wickets at just 19.
“It was gut-wrenching to leave,” the now 35-year-old – who announced his retirement on the eve of the...

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