Simon Base joined Glamorgan in 1986 having been recommended to the Welsh county by Geoff Holmes, who had played alongside him in club cricket in Cape Town.

The right-arm swing bowler had first played for Western Province ‘B’ in 1981, and made his Championship debut in April 1986 against Gloucestershire at Bristol. The following year, Simon took 5/67 against Surrey at The Oval, but never held a regular place in the Welsh county`s line-up.

In 1988 Simon joined Derbyshire, although the East Midlands county were fined £2,000 for making what emerged to be an illegal approach, with Simon suspended from first-class cricket for ten weeks for a supposed breach of contract.

However, Simon soon won a regular place in the Derbyshire line-up and after some useful performances for his new side, he toured Holland with the England `A` team in 1989. The same summer he took 7/60 against Yorkshire at Chesterfield and Simon was awarded his county cap.

He continued to play for Derbyshire until 1996, before taking up a coaching appointment with the club. However injuries saw Simon briefly re-appear in first-class cricket in 1999.

BASE, Simon John

Born – Maidstone, 2^nd January 1960

Career-best performances for Glamorgan:

In first-class cricket – 38 v Gloucestershire at Swansea, 1987; 5/67 v Surrey at The Oval, 1987.

In List A cricket – 19 v Kent at Swansea, 1987; 3/31 v Somerset at Taunton, 1986.

	M	I	NO	RUNS	AV	100	50	CT	ST
First-class	20	25	8	180	10.59	–	–	4	–
List A	14	10	1	63	7.00	–	–	2	–

	Balls	M	R	W	Av	5wI	10wM
First-class	2556	78	1434	49	29.26	2	–
List A	552	1	479	12	39.91	–	–