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Details of all of Glamorgan's four-day and one-day matches coming up in 2009

The fifth and final installment of this week's special feature celebrates a couple of other anniversaries – 10 and 100 years ago – which will be celebrated during 2009.

Happy New Year to all Glamorgan supporters, with the next part of this week's special feature celebrating the 40th anniversary of Glamorgan's second Championship title, achieved back in 1969.

The next part of this week's special feature celebrates some more of the anniversaries – 20 years ago, and 150 years ago – which will occur during 2009.

The second part of this week's special feature celebrates some more of the anniversaries – 120 years ago, and 70 years ago – which will occur during 2009.

With this week seeing the end of the Old Year and the start of the New Year, the Glamorgan website will outline in the course of the next few days some of the anniversaries that will occur during 2009.

Dan Cherry, the former Glamorgan batsman and now the Club's Operations Manager, is compiling an exclusive online diary over the course of the winter months as he prepares for the London Marathon, and continues his fund-raising activities for Kidney Wales.

The Glamorgan and Wales Academy rounded off their tour of Abu Dhabi with another comprehensive victory, defeating Guernsey U19s thanks to a superb 192 by Daniel Roberts (opposite), who also shared a double-century partnership with Oli James.

Glamorgan Cricket has today confirmed that Garnett Kruger will join the Welsh side for the 2009 season. The South African pace bowler joins his International team mate Herschelle Gibbs at Glamorgan for next summer.

The Glamorgan and Wales Academy have recorded another victory in the Arch Trophy tournament on their tour of Abu Dhabi. The Welsh youngsters comprehensively defeated their counterparts from the United Arab Emirates, with Rhodri Evans scoring a century.

Children at Cardiff's Children's Kidney Unit were 'bowled' over by a surprise festive visit from some of Glamorgan Cricket Club's players this week.

Glamorgan Cricket are delighted to announce the appointment of Keith Exton as their new Head Groundsman. Keith joins the Club from Oakham School where he has worked as Head Groundsman for 16 years.

The Glamorgan and Wales Academy have opened their tour of Abu Dhabi with an emphatic five wicket victory over the Sussex Academy in a 50 overs floodlit contest, followed by a narrow defeat against the Yorkshire Academy.

Andrew Salter, the highly promising young cricketer from Pembrokeshire, has won the highly prestigious A.A. Thomson Fielding Award from the Cricket Society.

David Hemp, the former Glamorgan captain, has been appointed as cricket coach at Solihull School, one of the leading co-educational schools in Birmingham.

The new fast-drying turf will shortly be laid at Glamorgan's headquarters during the next phase of outfield works at the club's headquarters at the SWALEC Stadium in Cardiff.

The Glamorgan and Wales Cricket Academy will depart next week for their inaugural winter tour, as they head to Abu Dhabi to take part in the Arch Academy tournament.

Glamorgan Cricket is looking for both a full-time and part-time receptionist to provide a highly professional and friendly Front of House service at its headquarters at the SWALEC Stadium.

MGM Sports, who run the Glamorgan shop at the club's headquarters at Cardiff, are delighted to announce the launch of their 2009 npower Ashes range of clothing & merchandise.

Another important piece in the jigsaw of planning for the 2009 season was completed today by Glamorgan's Cricket Manager, Matthew Maynard with confirmation of the Welsh county's pre-season tour to Cape Town, South Africa from March 14th to March 28th.

After a successful Twenty20 Cup for Glamorgan last season, batting sensation, Herschelle Gibbs is set to return to the Club. A popular choice amongst the team and supporters, Herschelle brings with him a wealth of experience and expertise.

Following the huge success of the Memory Lane Cakes Indoor Cricket Tournament held at the SWALEC Stadium in the past few months, each winning team was invited to a presentation evening where they received awards from Glamorgan's Alex Wharf.

In the final installment of this exclusive series, Mark Wallace talks to Matthew Maynard about the events of 1997 which saw Glamorgan win the County Championship for the third time in their illustrious history.

The past week has seen the start of the next phase of works at the SWALEC Stadium, with contractors starting the Phase Two works on the National Cricket Centre.

Glamorgan Cricket is setting the standard and leading the way in exposing ticket touts who are already trying to sell tickets for the first npower Ashes Test Match on internet auction sites.