We talk to Glamorgan and Criced Cymru / Cricket Wales' Mark Frost.  Recipient of a BEM in the 2022 New Years Honours List, Mark tells us about growing up in the West Midlands where his first taste of club cricket came at Dudley Cricket Club who were, at that time, captained by the recently retired Worcestershire and West Indies opener Ron Headley.After University and some excellent performances in the Minor County's Championship for Staffordshire he first signed professional terms with Surrery in 1988 and played in a team that included Alec Stewart, Ian Greig and Graham Thorpe.Mark moved to Wales to play for Glamorgan in 1990 and spent 4 seasons with the county.  He remembers playing alongside Alan Butcher, Hugh Morris, Mathew Maynard and the great Sir Vivian Richards as well as a tumultuous over facing the great Curtley Ambrose.After leaving cricket he took up an administrative role with Sport Wales and thus began a career in managing community and professional sport that has lasted almost 30 years.  Mark has had three spells working with the body representing recreational cricket in Wales.  He has been in his current role since 2014 which combines development work in the recreational sector with a role for Glamorgan CCC bringing together the professional and recreational games.He talks enthusiastically about his own professuional career and the development of cricket in Wales emphasising the inclusivity and diversity of cricket at a time when these qualities are being looked at sceptically by some outside the game.  He talks about his optimism for the future of the sport and the joy he gets from regularly volunteering as a coach at his local club, Penarth.Mark has written and published 5 books for children, details of which you can find here:https://httpthefour.weebly.com/You may wish to contact Mark directly if it is not possible to order these books from this site (contact details below)He has been a longstanding member of Christians in Sport and he explains how important his faith is to him in his work and life generally.Anyone wishing to contact Mark can do so here :mark.frost@glamorgancricket.co.ukFollow him on Twitter @MarkFrostsport