Mark Wallace's 14-year run in Glamorgan team ends due to calf injury
Tuesday 22 September 2015 12:27, UK
Glamorgan captain Mark Wallace has missed his first County Championship match in 14 years.
Wallace tore his calf muscle against Northamptonshire last week and was subsequently forced to sit out the final match of the season against Gloucestershire, which started on Tuesday.
Glamorgan physiotherapist Mark Rausa confirmed: "Mark Wallace will miss the final game of the season and will be out of action for at least six weeks as he has a substantial gastrocnemius tear."
Wallace was playing his 230th successive Championship match for Glamorgan when he suffered the injury.
The extraordinary run began on June 13, 2001, when he was called up to replace an unwell Adrian Shaw against Kent. Since then, Wallace has played in every single Championship match.
"I've torn a calf, a bit of an old man's injury - it was not a great day for me after I got a heavy blow in the box as well," Wallace told Wales Online.
"I'd just managed to recover from that and managed to blow a calf. These things happen.
"I'm probably due an injury to be fair. I would have taken 230 games in a row when I got called up to go to Maidstone in 2001, so I can't really grumble."
