The rise of Glamorgan's record-breaking teenager Norton

Norton has impressed his senior bowling partner Timm van der Gugten, who had a perfect view of the youngster stepping into the spotlight as the 35-year-old was off the field after taking a blow to the elbow when Somerset went into bat again.

"Yeah, phenomenal. We've known Tom's a talent for a couple of years now and he's just really come on," Van der Gugten said.

"I think he's had a really big pre-season, worked hard on his body shape, worked on his run-up, worked on his action. You can see that it's all kind of paying off. He's taken a lot of wickets in the [second XI], kind of knocked down the door.

"We were all over the moon for him. He was obviously excited just to play a game and excited just to take a wicket. But to go out there and bowl like he did [Sunday] evening especially was something really special and I'm sure he will never forget it.

"I'm sure none of us in the changing room will really forget it.

"It's quite hard to believe that he's only 18. I think he's got a lot of room to grow and a lot more potential to get better and better."

Glamorgan coach Richard Dawson also sees a bright future ahead for Norton after his Championship debut.

"I thought it was very impressive," Dawson said.

"He didn't get flustered the day before the game when I told him he was playing, and taking the new ball he was excited and he just looked ready coming off the back of good performances for the seconds.

"He's showed consistency and pace as well, he bowled a heavy ball during this game and for an 18-year-old it was really impressive how he showed maturity during a match that had a lot going on."

Dawson believes Norton, who spent part of last winter playing club cricket in Australia, has both the skills and the temperament to succeed.

"He's got a really strong, repeatable action, he hits the pitch hard and he was bowling wicket-taking balls consistently, challenging the batsman, always in the game so that was really impressive," said the former England spinner.

"He's bowling big spells as well, coming back with good pace.

"He's done a lot of hard work in the winter, he went to Australia for a few months and has put in some hard work since he came back so it's nice to see it's had an effect.

"He's got a good build, he's a strong boy, still a work in progress but he's got some potential."