Cardiff Arms Park,also known as The Arms Park,is situated in the centre of Cardiff,Wales. It is primarily a rugby union stadium,but it also has a bowling green. The Arms Park was host to the British Empire and Commonwealth Games in 1958,and hosted four games in the 1991 Rugby World Cup,including the third-place play-off. The Arms Park also hosted the inaugural Heineken Cup Final of 1995–96 and the following year in 1996–97.
Anthony Robert Lewis CBE is a Welsh former cricketer,who captained England,became a journalist,went on to become the face of BBC Television cricket coverage between 1986 and 1998,and became president of the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC).
Glamorgan County Cricket Club is one of eighteen first-class county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the historic county of Glamorgan. Founded in 1888,Glamorgan held minor status at first and was a prominent member of the early Minor Counties Championship before the First World War. In 1921,the club joined the County Championship and the team was elevated to first-class status,subsequently playing in every top-level domestic cricket competition in England and Wales.
Steven Llewellyn Watkin is a former Welsh cricketer who played for Glamorgan County Cricket Club and the England cricket team. A reliable seam bowler who never suffered serious injury despite several lesser niggles,he played three Test matches in 1991 and 1993,and four One Day Internationals in 1993 and 1994. He was one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 1994,the only one of that year's five who was not Australian.
Mark Alexander Wallace is a former Welsh cricketer;a left-handed batsman and wicket-keeper.
Cricketers from Wales are currently represented by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and compete for the England cricket team. There have been some historical instances of a separate Welsh team in the 1920–30s,in the 1979 ICC Trophy,and in the British Isles Championship between 1993 and 2001,however Wales is not a separate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC).
Maurice Joseph Lawson Turnbull was a Welsh cricketer who played in nine Test matches for the England cricket team between 1930 and 1936.
David Lloyd Hemp is a Bermudian cricket coach and former cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler,who has played domestic cricket for Glamorgan,Free State,and Warwickshire. David has a younger brother,Tim,who has previously played for Glamorgan's second eleven,and who appeared for Wales Minor Counties in the NatWest Trophy. David Hemp has also played List A and Twenty20 cricket. He is currently Head coach of Pakistan Women Cricket Team. He attended Millfield School.
William Gilbert Anthony Parkhouse was a Welsh cricketer who played in seven Tests for England in 1950,1950–51 and 1959.
Thomas William Cartwright was an English cricketer. Playing largely for Somerset and Warwickshire,he took over 1,600 wickets as a medium-pace bowler,though he began his career as a top-order batsman,and was capable enough with the bat to score seven hundreds including a double-century. He played in five Tests for England in 1964 and 1965. His withdrawal from the 1968–69 tour to South Africa led to his replacement in the touring team by Basil D'Oliveira,whose inclusion precipitated the sporting isolation of South Africa until apartheid was abolished.
Donald John Shepherd was a Welsh cricketer,who played for Glamorgan. One of the great county bowlers,he took more first-class wickets –2,218 –than any other player who never played Test cricket.
St Helen's Rugby and Cricket Ground,commonly known simply as St Helens Ground,is a sports venue in Swansea,Wales,owned and operated by the City and County of Swansea Council. Used mainly for rugby union and cricket,it has been the home ground of Swansea RFC and Swansea Cricket Club since it opened in 1873.
Cricket is one of the most popular sports in England,and has been played since the 16th century. Marylebone Cricket Club,based at Lord's,developed the modern rules of play and conduct. The sport is administered by the England and Wales Cricket Board and represented at an international level by the England men's team and England women's team. At a domestic level,teams are organised by county,competing in tournaments such as the County Championship,Royal London One-Day Cup,T20 Blast and the Women's Twenty20 Cup. Recent developments include the introduction of a regional structure for women's cricket and the establishment of The Hundred for both men's and women's cricket. Recreational matches are organised on a regional basis,with the top level being the ECB Premier Leagues.
Cricket is a popular sport in Wales;it started in the late 18th century,and has been played in Wales ever since. All cricket within Wales is regulated by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB),making it effectively part of the English cricket system. Glamorgan County Cricket Club is Wales' only first-class county team,and Welsh players are eligible to represent England as Wales does not currently have its own Test cricket team or cricket body. Cricket is played within the Welsh schools system,and is considered one of the country's main summer sports.
Keith Jarrett is a Welsh former dual-code international rugby union and rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s and 1970s. He played representative rugby union for the British Lions and for Wales,where he set point scoring records,and Monmouthshire,and at club level for Abertillery RFC,Newport RFC and London Welsh RFC,as a centre,i.e. number 12 or 13. He also played representative rugby league for Wales,and at club level for Barrow.
John Robert Tait was a Scottish cricketer who played in English and Welsh leagues. A right-hand bat and occasional right-arm off break bowler,Tait played forty four first class cricket matches for Glamorgan between 1921 and 1926,having played minor county cricket for the club since 1911. He played in Glamorgan's inaugural County Championship match in 1921 and was dismissed for 96,four runs from being the county's first centurion. In his entire career,he scored 1,477 runs at 18.23 including seven half-centuries.
Watkin Edward Jones was a Welsh cricketer. Jones was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. He was born at Gwaun-cae-Gurwen,Glamorgan.
Stephen Royston Barwick is a former Welsh cricketer. Barwick was a right-handed batsman who began his career a right-arm medium-fast bowler,before adding variation in the form of changes of pace and off cutters,with his restyled bowling being termed by fellow professionals like Andrew Caddick as the "slowest seam bowling around". Playing for Glamorgan for 18 seasons,he took 768 wickets in all formats of the game.
Mark Frost is a former English cricketer. Frost was a right-handed batting who bowled right-arm medium-fast. His main role in a team was a bowler. He was born at Barking,Essex.
Welsh Fire are a franchise 100-ball cricket side based in the city of Cardiff. The team represents the historic counties of Glamorgan,Gloucestershire and Somerset in the newly founded competition called The Hundred,which took place for the first time during the 2021 English and Welsh cricket season. Both the men's and women's teams play their home games at Sophia Gardens in Cardiff.
