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Mark Adair
Personal information
Full name
Mark Richard Adair
Born (1996-03-27) 27 March 1996 (age 28)
Holywood, Northern Ireland
Height6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
RoleAll-rounder
International information
National side
Only Test (cap 17)24 July 2019 v England
ODI debut (cap 55)3 May 2019 v England
Last ODI4 August 2020 v England
T20I debut (cap 45)12 July 2019 v Zimbabwe
Last T20I19 January 2020 v West Indies
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2014–presentNorthern Knights
2015–2017Warwickshire
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I FC
Matches 1 13 18 11
Runs scored 11 162 158 331
Batting average 5.50 18.00 14.36 25.46
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/1
Top score 8 32 38 91
Balls bowled 166 597 389 1,187
Wickets 6 17 27 19
Bowling average 16.33 37.82 16.11 34.31
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 3/32 4/19 4/40 3/32
Catches/stumpings 1/– 4/– 3/– 10/–
Source: Cricinfo, 10 August 2020

Mark Richard Adair (born 27 March 1996) is a cricketer from Northern Ireland, who plays international cricket for Ireland. He has also played English county cricket for Warwickshire County Cricket Club. He is a right-arm fast bowler, who also bats right-handed. He made his international debut for the Ireland cricket team in May 2019. In January 2020, he was one of nineteen players to be awarded a central contract from Cricket Ireland,[1] the first year in which all contracts were awarded on a full-time basis.[2]

Domestic and T20 career

Adair's first wicket in first-class cricket was Marcus Trescothick.[3] He made his Twenty20 debut on 27 May 2016 for Warwickshire against Worcestershire Rapids in the 2016 NatWest t20 Blast[4] and his List A debut in the 2017 Royal London One-Day Cup on 10 May 2017.[5]

In July 2019, he was selected to play for the Belfast Titans in the inaugural edition of the Euro T20 Slam cricket tournament.[6][7] However, the following month the tournament was cancelled.[8]

International career

In June 2016, he was named in Ireland's One Day International (ODI) squad for their series against Afghanistan, that took the following month, but he did not play.[9] In May 2019, he was added to Ireland's squad for the one-off ODI against England.[10] He made his ODI debut for Ireland against England on 3 May 2019.[11]

In June 2019, he was named in the Ireland Wolves squad for their home series against the Scotland A cricket team.[12] Later the same month, he was named in Ireland's squad for their series against Zimbabwe.[13]

In July 2019, he was named in Ireland's Test squad for their one-off match against England at Lord's.[14] He made his Twenty20 International (T20I) debut for Ireland against Zimbabwe on 12 July 2019.[15] He made his Test debut for Ireland, against England, on 24 July 2019.[16] The following month, he was awarded a central contract by Cricket Ireland.[17][18]

In September 2019, he was named in Ireland's squad for the 2019 ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier tournament in the United Arab Emirates.[19] He was the leading wicket-taker for Ireland in the tournament, with twelve dismissals in eight matches.[20]

On 10 July 2020, Adair was named in Ireland's 21-man squad to travel to England to start training behind closed doors for the ODI series against the England cricket team.[21][22] Adair was added to Ireland's squad for the third and final ODI of the series.[23]

References

  1. ^ "Gareth Delany, Shane Getkate amongst 19 men's central player contracts offered ahead of a busy 2020". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  2. ^ "Delany, Getkate highlight Ireland men's central contracts list for 2020". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  3. ^ County Championship Division One, Somerset v Warwickshire at Taunton
  4. ^ "NatWest t20 Blast, North Group: Warwickshire v Worcestershire at Birmingham, May 27, 2016". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
  5. ^ "Royal London One-Day Cup, North Group: Derbyshire v Warwickshire at Derby, May 10, 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
  6. ^ "Eoin Morgan to represent Dublin franchise in inaugural Euro T20 Slam". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  7. ^ "Euro T20 Slam Player Draft completed". Cricket Europe. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  8. ^ "Inaugural Euro T20 Slam cancelled at two weeks' notice". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  9. ^ "Adair and Terry called into Ireland squad for Afghanistan series". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
  10. ^ "Late call-up is Mark Adair's chance to shine for Ireland: captain Porterfield". The Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
  11. ^ "Only ODI, England tour of Ireland at Dublin, May 3 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
  12. ^ "Ireland Wolves squads named for Scotland 'A' series". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
  13. ^ "Ireland Men's and Ireland Wolves squads announced for Zimbabwe series". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
  14. ^ "England v Ireland: Mark Adair, Lorcan Tucker, Simi Singh and Craig Young in 14-man squad". BBC Sport. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
  15. ^ "2nd T20I (D/N), Zimbabwe tour of Netherlands and Ireland at Bready, Jul 12 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  16. ^ "Only Test, Ireland tour of England at Lord's, Jul 24-27 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
  17. ^ "Adair awarded contract by Ireland". Cricket Europe. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
  18. ^ "Adair earns central contract with Cricket Ireland". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
  19. ^ "Squad announced for Oman Series and ICC Men's T20 World Cup Qualifier". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
  20. ^ "ICC Men's T20 World Cup Qualifier, 2019/20 - Ireland: Batting and bowling averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
  21. ^ "Curtis Campher, Jonathan Garth the new faces as Ireland name 21-man squad for England ODIs". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  22. ^ "Ireland names expanded training squad ahead of ODI series against England". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  23. ^ "Ireland selects 14-player squad for third ODI against England". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 4 August 2020.

External links

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