Ben Wright was handed his first representative honours when he was selected for the England Under-19 tour of Bangladesh in 2005-06. As with many of the top order, he struggled to come to terms with the conditions, but did make a promising 47 against Sri Lanka. He had made his second-team debut for Glamorgan towards the end of the 2004 season, a couple of months before his 17th birthday, and became a regular fixture in 2005 but was unable to force his way into the first XI. He has also represented Wales Minor Counties, and struck a match-winning 84 against a strong Cheshire side in the MCCA Knock-out trophy in 2005. He made 72 on his Glamorgan debut in 2006, but it was not until the following season that he became a first XI regular.

He was a slow starter, averaging just 21.80 across 10 innings in his first season of Championship cricket, and the following year he played only in Glamorgan's limited-overs side - again with limited success. 2010 was something of a breakthrough season for him, as he notched up a career-best 172 against Gloucestershire at Sophia Gardens to set up an innings victory and averaged a respectable 34.20 through the summer. His start to 2011 was even better, as he averaged over 50 in his first eight Championship innings and reached a fluent century against Middlesex at Lord's at the end of May that helped his team reach their highest ever total - 522 - at the ground.
Liam Brickhill May 2011