My all-time Glamorgan XI to play Mars ... and, obviously, beat them. Proud Welshmen have taken a back seat in this fantasy XI drawn from the overseas players to have graced the county, and such is the run-scoring potential of the side that no fourth-innings target would be beyond them. Two left-handers open the innings, a delicious middle order features four of the most powerful and attractive strokemakers, and there is a splendid balance of raw pace and spin bowling, all under the captaincy of one of the greatest batsmen to have played the game. Unbeatable!

1. Roy Fredericks: Stylish, hard-hitting left-handed opener who scored a century on his Glamorgan debut and amassed more than 16,000 first-class runs at nearly 46. A World Cup-winner with West Indies, for whom he scored 4,334 runs at 42.49

2. Matthew Elliott: Another left-hander who proved his worth in three spells with the club and who would have won far more than his 21 Australia caps but for the riches available to the world’s best international side, and his own succession of knee injuries. When fit, a must

3. Javed Miandad: Averaged nearly 58 in 83 matches for Glamorgan, for whom he scored 17 centuries, and scored almost 9,000 runs for Pakistan, for whom his Test average of 52 .57 reflects a batsman of the highest class

4. Viv Richards (capt): A legend of the game who would demand inclusion in any World XI. Past his glorious best when he joined the county in 1990, he nonetheless influential both on and off the pitch

5. Majid Khan: Scored more than 9,000 runs for Glamorgan in nine seasons and was often seen at his best on difficult pitches, for example his innings of 156 - out of 256 - in the victory over Worcestershire at Sophia Gardens that secured the 1969 county championship. Useful off-break bowler

6. Ravi Shastri: As eloquent on the pitch as he was to become in the commentary box. Capable of extraordinary feats with the bat — only he and Garry Sobers have hit six sixes in a first-class over, as no Glamorgan follower will need reminding — in this run-laded team his left-arm spin would be his strongest suit

7. Brendon McCullum (wkt): Aggressive batsman who scored 160 opening the innings against Leicestershire on his debut in the county championship, but in this team the New Zealander can be allowed to focus on his wicketkeeping duties

8. Rodney Ontong: 10, 825 runs at 31 and 531 first-class wickets for the county, the South Africa-born all-rounder would be asked to bowl off breaks rather than the brisk medium pace with which he started his 15-year career with Glamorgan

9. Ottis Gibson: The West Indies all-rounder struggled for fitness during his three years with Glamorgan but still managed more than 1,100 runs at nearly 30 - sharing a club-record seventh-wicket stand of 211 with Tony Cottey against Leicestershire - and took 80 first-class wickets

10. Collis King: Perhaps not the most fearsome of the West Indies bowlers but still an effective performer with the new ball and also capable of quick runs when needed — not that he would need to bat too often in this star-studded line-up.

11. Waqar Younis: The master of reverse swing, he formed a formidable new-ball attack with Wasim Akram for Pakistan. Took 68 wickets to provide the cutting edge in the 1997 championship triumph

My favourite XI

From fantasy to legendary, and a more home-grown Glamorgan XI that includes some of those players to have become synonymous with cricket in the Principality. It includes, as it must, the three captains to have led Glamorgan to the county championship title — Wilf Wooller (1948), Tony Lewis (1969) and Matthew Maynard (1997).

1. Gilbert Parkhouse: The Swansea-born batsman, whose raft of records includes centuries against every first-class county, was considered extremely unlucky to have won no more than seven England caps in the 1950s

2. Alan Jones: A total of more than 34,000 first-class runs for the county is a tribute to his powers of concentration. No Glamorgan player has exceeded his total of 52 centuries

3. Hugh Morris: Having scored almost 20,000 first-class runs at an average of 40 and finished his career as a member of the 1997 title-winning team, Glamorgan’s youngest ever captain demands inclusion but drops down to No 3 in this team

4. Tony Lewis (capt): Captained side to the county championship in 1969 and became the first Glamorgan player to captain England three years later. Only lost his place to a knee injury that eventually forced his retirement. Subsequently club chairman and president

5. Matthew Maynard: Captain of the side that won Glamorgan’s third county championship. Few bowling attacks could contain this fast-scoring, hugely entertaining batsman once he had got in

6. Peter Walker: An attacking batsman who scored 17,000 first-class runs and took 834 wickets with his left-arm swing bowling. A fearlessly brilliant close catcher

7. Allan Watkins: Long-serving all-rounder who won 15 England caps and could boast a Test average (in excess of 40) higher than his first-class average. Totalled 29 centuries and took nearly 400 catches for the county

8. Eifion Jones (wicketkeeper): Widely regarded as Glamorgan’s finest wicketkeeper, who holds the club record with 933 first-class dismissals, a tally he took to well over 1,000 in one-day cricket. A useful batsman, he holds the record score for a Glamorgan wicketkeeper, having made an unbeaten 146 against Sussex in 1968

9. Ossie Wheatley: Medium-fast bowler who played an important role in the 1969 title success in the twilight of his career, having previously captained the county. Went on to chair the club

10. Wilf Wooller: All-rounder and captain of the 1948 side that secured Glamorgan’s first county championship title. Later their secretary and president — a Glamorgan legend

11. Don Shepherd: Spin bowler who holds the club record with 2,174 wickets at 21, including 122 five-wicket innings and 28 ten-wicket match hauls