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Full name Mark Alexander Wallace
Born November 19, 1981, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire
Current age 26 years 331 days
Major teams Glamorgan,Wales Minor Counties
Nickname Gromitt
Batting style Left-hand bat
Fielding position Wicketkeeper
Height
5 ft 9 in
Education Crickhowell High School
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
First-class
134
219
16
5577
128
27.47
6
28
344
27
List A
128
101
23
1516
85
19.43
0
2
128
29
Twenty20
41
32
12
491
35*
24.55
338
145.26
0
0
52
11
14
7
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
First-class
134
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
List A
128
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Twenty20
41
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Career statistics
First-class debut
1999
Last First-class
Warwickshire v Glamorgan at Birmingham, Sep 24-27, 2008 scorecard
List A debut
1999
Last List A
Glamorgan v Worcestershire at Cardiff, Sep 21, 2008 scorecard
Twenty20 debut
Glamorgan v Northamptonshire at Cardiff, Jun 16, 2003 scorecard
Last Twenty20
Durham v Glamorgan at Chester-le-Street, Jul 22, 2008 scorecard
Profile
Mark Wallace became Glamorgan's youngest-ever wicket-keeper in Championship
cricket when he made his first-class debut against Somerset at Taunton in
1999, at the tender age of 17 years and 287 days.
The left-handed batsman and wicket-keeper had made his debut for the
county's 2nd XI in 1997, and for the past few years has been the first
choice behind the stumps in the England Under-19 side. He won representative
honours against Pakistan in 1998, New Zealand in 1998-99, and Australia in
1999, besides appearing in the 1999-2000 Youth World Cup in Sri Lanka and
Malaysia.
The winter of 2000-01 saw Wallace in action once again with the England
U-19 team, this time in India, and in 2001 he became Glamorgan's regular
first XI wicket-keeper. He spent the winter of 2001-02 with the ECB Academy
in Australia, and led the side in several matches.
In 2002 Wallace made a composed maiden first-class century against
Derbyshire in Glamorgan`s opening Championship match. He finished the summer
with 61 dismissals, and was a member of the Glamorgan side that won the
Norwich Union League title. His outstanding promise was recognised with
selection for the ECB Academy in Australia in 2002-03, and he was
Glamorgan's Young Player of the Year for 2002.
His alert glovework and deft catching behind the stumps helped Glamorgan to the National League title in 2004, and a place in Division One of the County Championship as the Welsh county won promotion. Wallace continued to score runs consistently in 2005 and 2006 even though Glamorgan struggled as a team. Andrew Hignell September 2006
