For next year Glamorgan will be losing a total of 35 seasons of experience between the retiring trio of Chris Cooke (16 years with the club), Colin Ingram (11 summers) and Billy Root (eight).
Teenager Jack Hope-Bell could be the next batter in line for regular Championship exposure after two games in addition to a One-Day Cup run.
Meanwhile, Alex Horton scored heavily in the One-Day Cup and could be a leading name to replace Cooke, with Will Smale, Henry Hurle and Harry Wallace as other wicket-keeping options.
As well as replacing Ingram as the overseas batter, Glamorgan will have to try to tie down overseas bowlers, after using Ryan Hadley, Mir Hamza, Ray Toole, Fazalhaq Farooqi and Nathan McAndrew in that role during the four-day and T20 campaigns.
“Colin Ingram may be the last of an extinct breed, here from March to September. Ultimately we’ve got a spot opened up so we’ll probably look to get an overseas top three, or opening batter to fill that gap we’ve got,” director of cricket Mark Wallace told a members’ forum.
“It is so difficult with the international calendar; it takes a lot of my time.”
Meanwhile the 50-overs competition – where Glamorgan won two games out of eight – is being justified for its development role.
“We’ve taken the approach for the last few years to try to strike a balance between giving squad players and young players experience, and trying to make sure there’s enough experience around them,” said Wallace.
“The last player to be selected into the batting unit was Jack Hope-Bell, so if one of the more senior players played, Jack would have missed that debut hundred and that development, so it’s a balance.
“Tom Norton was blooded in the 50-overs competition last year. We’ve used that with Ben Kellaway and Asa Tribe in the past.”
Contract announcements for the remaining members of the men’s squad, along with several current players and new signings for the women’s team, are expected in the coming weeks.