Player Profile: Ian Mansell
Age: Nearly 40
Position in Team: Batsman
Club Member Since: 2006
Nickname: Ian - (Matt the umpire calls me out – he also points his finger at me !)
Bowling: They will not let me
Batting: Early doors
Previous Clubs: Hensol, Glanrhyd
Best Batting: 40 (run out of partners)
Best Batting Glamorgan Centurions: 28 not out versus Creigau 2006
Best Bowling: They will not let me
Best Bowling Glamorgan Centurions: As above
Most Memorable Moment Playing: 3 slip catches in an over (also dropped a dolly!)
Most Memorable Moment (Other): Leeds United 1 Arsenal 0 (1973 FA cup final) – been down hill ever since
Favourite Drink: Red Wine
Favourite Food: Prawns and Laver Bread
Cricketing Hero: Boycott and John Edrich (great left hand opener)
Glamorgan Centurion player you most admire and why: Matt Balls finger (never seen one faster)
Music you’d most like to walk out to bat to: We have all the time in the world (Louie Armstrong) No seriously Tommy Gun (Clash)
Cricket Ambition: Score 50 by the time I’m 50
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 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 51 | 12.75 | 28no | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
2007 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 38 | 6.33 | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
2008 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 71 | 10.14 | 22 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
2009 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 56 | 18.67 | 27 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Total | 24 | 22 | 2 | 216 | 10.80 | 28no | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |