Wallace wins his county cap

Mark Wallace, Glamorgan`s 21 year old wicket-keeper, was awarded his county cap before the start of play last night in Glamorgan`s inaugural Twenty20 match at Sophia Gardens.

The young wicket-keeper was handed his cap by Steve James shortly after the toss for the game with Northants had been made.

"Mark has become an integral part of the Glamorgan side", said James, "and he`s thoroughly deserved this award after keeping to a very high standard."

Wallace becomes the youngest ever wicket-keeper in the club`s history to become capped under a performance-based system. The previous youngest was Colin Metson who won his Glamorgan cap during the 1987 season at the age of 23.

This formal capping procedure, based on performances, has been in place since 1945. Before then a Glamorgan player could consider himself as being capped once he had played in four consecutive first-class matches - under this system wicket-keeper Trevor Every won his county cap during the 1929 season at the age of 19.