Mark Frost (cricketer) facts for kids
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Mark Frost
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| Born | 21 October 1962 Barking, Essex, England |
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| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium-fast | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1994 | Wales Minor Counties | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1990–1993 | Glamorgan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1988–1989 | Surrey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1984–1987 | Staffordshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 25 April 2012
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Mark Frost BEM (born 21 October 1962) is a former English cricket player. He was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium-fast. His main job in the team was to be a bowler. Mark Frost was born in Barking, Essex.
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Mark Frost's Cricket Journey
Starting Out in Cricket
Mark Frost went to Durham University from 1981 to 1984. While he was there, he played for the Durham University Cricket Club. He started his professional cricket career in 1984. His first game in county cricket was for Staffordshire against Cambridgeshire.
He played for Staffordshire again in 1987, making five appearances that season. After trying out for several top-level county teams, Frost joined Surrey for the 1988 season.
Playing for Surrey
Mark Frost made his first-class debut for Surrey in 1988 against Cambridge University. He played three more first-class matches that year. In 1989, he played nine more games for Surrey.
In total, he played thirteen first-class matches for Surrey. He took 25 wickets, which means he got 25 opposing batsmen out. His best performance was taking 5 wickets for 40 runs against Leicestershire in 1989. Even though he did well in practice games for Surrey, he didn't get many chances to play for the main team. So, he left Surrey at the end of the 1989 season.
Time with Glamorgan
In 1990, Mark Frost joined Glamorgan, a team from Wales. He played his first game for them against Oxford University. He quickly became a regular player for Glamorgan.
In his first season with Glamorgan, he played 21 first-class matches. He took 59 wickets and had two games where he took 5 wickets. His best game included taking 5 wickets for 40 runs and 5 wickets for 42 runs against Gloucestershire. This helped Glamorgan win by 145 runs. He was the second-best wicket-taker for Glamorgan that year.
He also started playing in List A cricket (one-day matches) in 1990. He played 22 List A games and took 28 wickets. His best figures were 4 wickets for 25 runs.
Glamorgan's Success and Later Years
Before the 1991 season, Frost went on a tour to Zimbabwe with Glamorgan. He played one first-class and one List A match against the Zimbabwe national team.
The 1991 season was his most successful in first-class cricket. He played twenty matches and took 65 wickets. He had one game where he took 7 wickets for 99 runs against Gloucestershire. He was again the second-best wicket-taker for Glamorgan that season. In List A cricket, he played seventeen matches and took 21 wickets.
In 1992, he didn't play as much first-class cricket, only eight matches where he took 13 wickets. However, he played more List A games, making twelve appearances and taking 13 wickets.
By the 1993 season, he played very few matches for Glamorgan. He only played two first-class games and one List A game. Because he wasn't getting many chances to play, he left Glamorgan at the end of the 1993 season.
During his four years with Glamorgan, he played 51 first-class matches and took 144 wickets. In List A cricket, he played 55 matches and took 66 wickets. Mark Frost was not known for his batting. In his entire first-class career, he only scored 106 runs.
Life After Professional Cricket
Playing for Wales Minor Counties
After leaving Glamorgan, Mark Frost briefly played for Wales Minor Counties in 1994. He played five matches in the Minor Counties Championship. He also played one List A match, which was his last, against Middlesex. In that game, he didn't take any wickets and was out for zero runs.
Career Beyond the Field
After retiring from cricket, Mark Frost worked for the Sports Council for Wales. He then became the director of cricket for the Cricket Board of Wales, a job he held from 1999 to 2004. In January 2005, he returned to work for the Sports Council for Wales.
Mark Frost is also an author! He writes children's books under the pen name Jack Emson. He uses a different name because there is another author named Mark Frost. In 2012, he released his first children's novel called The Four. Since then, he has written two more books in that series. In 2018, he wrote a shorter book called 'Dewi and the Cricket Dragon'. This story was inspired by a visit to Glamorgan Cricket's Stadium in Cardiff. Mark Frost is married to Jan and they have four children.
