Player Profile: Gareth Ball
Age: 27
Position in Team: Club Secretary / Top Order Batsman / Wicketkeeper
Club Member Since: 2005
Nickname: G, Big G, Beast and many others not suitable to a younger audience!
Bowling: Hopeless!!
Batting: Right Handed Top Order / Opener
Previous Clubs: Llantwit Fardre
Best Batting: 38 for Llantwit Fardre
Best Batting Glamorgan Centurions: 29 versus. Glenwood 2006
Best Bowling: Due to Health and Safety I am not allowed to bowl!!
Best Bowling Glamorgan Centurions: See above
Most Memorable Moment Playing: Going on tour with the old Mid Glamorgan age grade team
Most Memorable Moment (Other): Coaching the University of Glamorgan Ladies rugby team to BUSA Double Winners (League and Shield) in the 2006 / 07 season and following on with a BUSA Trophy win in 2007/08
Favourite Drink: Cold pint of lager
Favourite Food: Nice and juicy steak!
Cricketing Hero: Michael Vaughan
Glamorgan Centurion player you most admire and why: Has to be our quick fire umpire that is my brother, just ask Ian about his LBW calls and the previously mentioned Mr. Mansell for his team spirit!
Music you’d most like to walk out to bat to: Meatloaf - Bat out of Hell
Cricket Ambition: To score that ellusive fifty
Statistics of completed seasons (for current season go to averages)
Year | Apps | Inns | NO's | Runs | Ave | Best | Ovrs | Mdns | Runs | Wckt | Ave | S/R | Best |
2006 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 121 | 12.10 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | - | - | - |
2007 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 68 | 13.60 | 20no | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
2008 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 53 | 7.57 | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
2009 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 20.00 | 19no | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Total | 29 | 25 | 2 | 262 | 11.39 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | - | - | - |