Glamorgan testimonial for Wagg

ALL-ROUNDER Graham Wagg has been awarded a testimonial year by Glamorgan in 2019.

Wagg joined Glamorgan in 2011 after previously playing for Warwickshire and Derbyshire, in addition to representing England Under 19s and England A.

He was awarded his Glamorgan cap in 2013 and has made 223 appearances for the club across all formats. The all-rounder has scored 3,362 runs in first-class matches for the Welsh county, including three hundreds, as well as taking 221 wickets.

In white-ball games for Glamorgan, he has made 1,771 runs and has 148 wickets to his name.

In 2015, he struck a career-best 200 against Surrey at Guildford which saw him become the first No.8 to score a double hundred in the County Championship since 2000. It was also the highest-ever score by a number eight in firstclass cricket for Glamorgan.

At the time, his tally of 11 sixes broke the club record of nine in a championship innings, set by Malcolm Nash against Gloucestershire at Swansea in 1973.

Wagg also holds the best-ever bowling figures by a Glamorgan player in T20 – he took five for 14 against Worcestershire at New Road in 2013.

“I feel extremely honoured to have been granted a testimonial year with Glamorgan,” said Wagg.

“Since the moment I joined, the county has embraced me and made me feel like an honourary Welshman. I consider myself to be extremely fortunate to have had such a long career and I still have the same enthusiasm for the game as I did all those years ago.

“I enjoyed my cricket this year and look forward to carrying on playing in 2019 and hopefully can bring silverware to Wales.”

Details of events for Wagg’s testimonial year will be announced in the New Year.

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