Dawood`s signing follows the news last week that Colin Metson was ending his playing connections with the Welsh county at the end of this year. The 34 year old wicket-keeper joined Glamorgan from Middlesex in 1987, and immediately secured both a regular place, and his county cap - something that Ismail Dawood will be striving to emulate, although it is likely that Adrian Shaw will start the season as the county`s number one wicket-keeper.

During his eleven summers with Glamorgan, Metson established a high standard of wicket-keeping, and many felt Colin was unlucky not to have his talent recognised by the England selectors. During his career with Glamorgan, Metson took 509 catches and made 49 stumpings. He also holds the Glamorgan record for the most number of dismisssals in both an innings and a match - claiming 7 in an innings against Derbyshire in 1991, and 9 in the matches with Worcestershire in 1993 and Surrey in 1995. Another record in his name is the most number of runs without conceeding a bye, achieved in 1996 as Yorkshire amassed 536-8 declared.