mark wallace Profile - ICC Profile, Age, Career Info & Stats.
mark wallace is a cricketer(sportsman) from England. His ICC profile, age, career info & stats are given below.
Full Name
Mark Alexander Wallace
Born
November 19, 1981, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire
Age
41 years old
Nicknames
Gromit
Batting Style
Left hand Bat
Fielding Position
Wicketkeeper
Playing Role
Wicketkeeper Batter
Height
5ft 9in
Education
Crickhowell High School
Teams he has played for:
- Glamorgan
- Wales Minor Counties
Heres what CricBuzz says about him.
He was 17 when he made his debut against Somerset and was also part of England Under -19 side that toured New Zealand and India. With his immaculate keeping skills and consistent run-making ability, Wallace became an immovable force in the Glamorgan set-up and no wonder he had played over 500 games across formats for the club. 2001 County season was the one which helped Wallace establish a permanent place in the side; he ended the season with 61 dismissals and was also part of the Glamorgan side that won the Norwich Union League.
In 2002, he bagged Glamorgan's 'Young Player of the Year' award and that enabled him to have a crack for the ECB Academy in Australia 2002-03. He developed a habit of scoring consistently, especially in First-Class cricket and his keeping skills were considered second to none. In 2012, he reached 500 dismissals and earned himself a place in the list of all-time greatest wicket-keeper's for Glamorgan. As he reached the latter stages of his career, Wallace took up a role in Professional Cricketers' Association. Later in 2017, at 35, he announced his retirement from all forms of the game.
\"I've had a brilliant journey with Glamorgan from drawing daffodils on my schoolbooks as a kid to playing and captaining the club as an adult. I've got a good feeling about the future for Glamorgan. There is an abundance of young talent ready to make their mark and I believe that success is around the corner,\" Wallace said in his retirement statement.
Heres what ESPNcricinfo says about him.
Mark Wallace was the youngest wicketkeeper to play for Glamorgan when he made his debut in 1999 and has forged a long and successful career with the county, becoming a popular figure. He possesses alert glovework, deft catching and has been a steady run scorer. He was appointed captain in 2012, charged with rebuilding a side in transition. A year later he became chairman of the Professional Cricketers' Association, succeeding Vikram Solanki.
Wallace made history on September 2, 1999 at Taunton, when he made his first-class debut against Somerset at the tender age of 17 years and 287 days. His 2nd XI debut had come two years previously as he also became first-choice behind the stumps for England Under-19s, touring New Zealand and India and playing at the Youth World Cup in Sri Lanka and Malaysia in 1999-2000. The following winter he led England Academy in several matches in Australia.
He was an ever-present in Glamorgan's Championship side for 14 years (230 Championship matches in all) until a torn calf ruled him out of the final Championship match of the season against Northamptonshire in 2015. That represented a run of 230 consecutive championship matches stretching back to June 2001 when he was a late call-up to replace the unwell Adrian Shaw behind the stumps against Kent at Maidstone. "A bit of an old man's injury," he said ruefully.
2001 was the season he became first choice for Glamorgan and a year later he 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. He was named Glamorgan's Young Player of the Year in 2002 and his outstanding promise was recognised with selection again for the ECB Academy in Australia in 2002-03.
He helped Glamorgan to a second National League title in 2004 and a place in Division One of the County Championship where he continued to score runs despite his side's struggles. His returns in first-class cricket have been remarkably consistent but in 2011 he went a few hundred better than his usual tally and topped 1000 first-class runs in a season for the first time. 2011 was also the year he neared 500 dismissals in first-class cricket for the county, putting him fifth on Glamorgan's all-time list for wicketkeepers, and though he was unlikely to reach Eifion Jones' club record he had ambitions to be firmly established in the top three before he retired.
ESPNcricinfo staff