- Mark Davies (cricketer, born 1980)
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Mark Davies Personal information Full name Anthony Mark Davies Born 4 October 1980
Stockton-on-Tees, EnglandNickname Davo, Bob[1] Height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Batting style Right-hand batsman Bowling style Right-arm medium Role Bowler Domestic team information Years Team 1998–present Durham (squad no. 4) 2007 Nottinghamshire First-class debut 13 April 2002 Durham v Durham UCCE Last First-class 27 September 2008 Durham v Kent List A debut 13 September 1998 Durham v Surrey Last List A 1 September 2008 Durham v Hampshire Career statistics Competition FC LA T20 U-19 Matches 81 72 9 1 Runs scored 728 166 11 – Batting average 11.03 7.54 11.00 – 100s/50s 0/1 0/0 0/0 –/– Top score 62 31* 6 – Balls bowled 12288 2934 204 47 Wickets 251 68 8 3 Bowling average 22.43 29.94 30.12 10.66 5 wickets in innings 12 0 0 0 10 wickets in match 2 n/a n/a n/a Best bowling 8/24 4/13 2/14 3/32 Catches/stumpings 17/– 10/– 2/– 0/– Source: CricketArchive, 20 May 2010 Mark Davies (born Anthony Mark Davies,[2] 4 October 1980 in Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, England) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Durham County Cricket Club. He is a right-arm medium-paced bowler and a tail-end batsman.
Davies has suffered many injuries during his career to-date. In December 2009, he was called up from the England Lions into the full England squad, to cover for injuries to other bowlers during the tour of South Africa.
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County career
Davies made his List A debut in 1998, and his first-class debut in 2002. He has represented England under-19s.
His career has been blighted by injury, "especially in 2004 and 2005 when he was taking wickets for fun (50 at 18.76 and 47 at 15.55 respectively)."[3]
He rarely played in 2006, as recurring back problems left him in a "body brace" for three months,[3] but made a come-back in 2007, including a one-month spell on loan to Nottinghamshire, playing one first-class game. In the 2008 season, he played regularly for Durham in the early season and returning to the side after two months on the sidelines in August 2008 after Steve Harmison was called up for England, Davies took career-best figures of 8-24 versus Hampshire, at Basingstoke as Hampshire were dismissed for just 96.[4] He took 3-51 in the second innings, 11-75 in all, but could not prevent his side from losing.[4]
Family
His brother, Andrew is a professional footballer, currently with Middlesbrough. He is currently married to his wife Laura and has a son called Oliver.
External links
- Player profile: Mark Davies (cricketer, born 1980) from ESPNcricinfo
- Player Profile: Mark Davies (cricketer, born 1980) from CricketArchive
References
- ^ Durham County Cricket Club Player Profiles, Durham CCC. Retrieved on 2008-08-28.
- ^ Davies changed his name by deed poll to "Mark Davies", CricketArchive player profile, CricketArchive. Retrieved on 2008-08-28.
- ^ a b http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/countycricket2008/content/current/player/12457.html
- ^ a b http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/countycricket2008/engine/current/match/319936.html
Durham County Cricket Club – current squad 2 Smith · 4 Davies · 5 Collingwood · 8 Brathwaite · 9 Onions · 10 SJ Harmison · 12 Miller · 14 BW Harmison · 16 Borthwick · 18 Richardson (wk) · 19 Mustard (c) (wk) · 20 Plunkett · 22 Rushworth · 23 Di Venuto · 24 Muchall · 25 Claydon · 26 Stoneman · 30 Coetzer · 36 Thorp · 37 Blackwell · 38 Stokes · 44 Benkenstein · 70 Breese · - Wood · - Raine · Coach: Cook
Categories:- 1980 births
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- Durham cricketers
- English cricketers
- People from Stockton-on-Tees
- Durham Cricket Board cricketers
- Nottinghamshire cricketers
- English cricket biography, 1980s births stubs
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