- Mark Whitaker (cricketer)
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Personal information Full name Mark Robin Whitaker Born 20 September 1946
Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, EnglandBatting style Right-handed Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium Domestic team information Years Team 1969 Norfolk 1965–1967 Cambridge University Career statistics Competition First-class List A Matches 12 1 Runs scored 16 2 Batting average 1.23 – 100s/50s –/– –/– Top score 4* 2* Balls bowled 1,522 42 Wickets 20 – Bowling average 34.95 – 5 wickets in innings 1 – 10 wickets in match – – Best bowling 5/62 – Catches/stumpings 2/– 3/– Source: Cricinfo, 29 June 2011 Mark Robin Whitaker (born 20 September 1946) is a former English cricketer. Whitaker was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. He was born in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey.
Whitaker made his first-class debut for Cambridge University against Surrey in 1965. Whitaker made 11 further first-class appearances for the university, the last of which came against Warwickshire in 1967.[1] A bowler, he 20 wickets in his 12 first-class matches, which came at an average of 34.95.[2] He took a single five wicket haul, taking 5/62 against Middlesex in 1965.[3]
In 1969, he made his only appearance for Norfolk in a List A match against Yorkshire in the Gillette Cup.[4] In this match, he bowled 7 wicket-less overs for the cost of 20 runs, while with the bat he ended Norfolks' innings unbeaten on 2.[5]
References
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Mark Whitaker". CricketArchive. http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/33/33776/First-Class_Matches.html. Retrieved 29 June 2011.
- ^ "First-class Bowling For Each Team by Mark Whitaker". CricketArchive. http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/33/33776/f_Bowling_by_Team.html. Retrieved 29 June 2011.
- ^ "Cambridge University v Middlesex, 1965". http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/27/27355.html. Retrieved 29 June 2011.
- ^ "List A Matches played by Mark Whitaker". CricketArchive. http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/33/33776/List_A_Matches.html. Retrieved 29 June 2011.
- ^ "Norfolk v Yorkshire, 1969 Gillette Cup". CricketArchive. http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/30/30005.html. Retrieved 29 June 2011.
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Categories:- 1946 births
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- People from Walton-on-Thames
- Alumni of the University of Cambridge
- English cricketers
- Cambridge University cricketers
- Norfolk cricketers
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