Glamorgan have signed New Zealander Ray Toole for the final six matches of their Championship season.
The 28-year-old is a left-arm seam bowler who was the leading wicket-taker in New Zealand's domestic competition, the Plunket Shield, in 2025-26.
He claimed 35 wickets in eight matches for Central Districts, 24 of them coming in the final four games.
Toole looks set to make his debut against Leicestershire at Grace Road on Thursday, 20 August as Glamorgan bid to strengthen their current fourth position in Division One.
The Welsh county have also signed another left arm bowler, Pakistan's Mir Hamza, for the Championship run-in, although he will not arrive until next week.
Glamorgan director of cricket Mark Wallace said: "Ray Toole is a player with a similar skillset to Mir, who has been playing in our second XI off the back of an excellent domestic season in New Zealand.
"To be able to call on him during this block as we try and manage workloads with six games in six weeks is going to be really beneficial for us."
Glamorgan have so far used five overseas players in the 2026 season, with Hamza and Toole joining South Africa batter Colin Ingram in the squad.
Only two overseas players can feature in a Championship game.
New South Wales paceman Ryan Hadley was the overseas bowler for the first eight Championship games, but few Australians are allowed to play in the United Kingdom in August and September because of domestic commitments.
Afghanistan quick bowler Fazalhaq Farooqi, New Zealand all-rounder Jimmy Neesham and Australian seamer Nathan McAndrew were all used in the T20 Blast.
Toole, born in South Africa to British parents, has previous county experience with Essex and Durham, and has a career record of 150 first-class wickets in 48 games at an average of 27.
He took six wickets in the match for Glamorgan second XI against Worcestershire, gaining practice the week before his likely first-team debut.
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