Maynard and Wallace win Player of the Year Awards

Matthew Maynard was this afternoon presented with the Glamorgan C.C.C. Player of the Year Award for 2002, sponsored by S.A.Brain and Co. Ltd. It is the first time in his illustrious career that Matthew has been the club`s Player of the Year, and it follows a fine summer when the 36 year old batsman scored over 1000 first-class runs, and played a number of vital innings, especially in the one-day competitions.

At today`s award luncheon in Cardiff, Maynard was also given a special presentation in recognition of scoring over 20,000 runs in first-class cricket - a landmark he passed during his record-breaking innings at Cheltenham in mid-July.

Mark Wallace is the Glamorgan C.C.C. Young Player of the Year. The 20 year old wicket-keeper took 58 catches and scored over 550 runs in first-class matches in 2002, and for the second consecutive winter, Wallace will be attending the E.C.B. Academy in Australia.

The Glamorgan team of 2002 have also won again the Professional Cricketer`s Association `Spirit of Cricket` Award. At the Player of the Year Award luncheon, Steve James briefly spoke about the honour of the Glamorgan side receiving the `Spirit of Cricket` award for the second successive year. "Everyone can look back with a lot of pride and satisfaction on what has been a fine year for the club. I feel very honoured to have captained the first ever Glamorgan team to have retained a trophy!"