Marcus North

Marcus North

Personal information
Full name	Marcus James North
Born	(1979-07-28) 28 July 1979 (age 45) Pakenham, Victoria, Australia
Nickname	Snorks
Height	187 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Batting	Left-handed
Bowling	Right-arm off break
Role	Middle-order batsman
International information
National side	Australia (2009-2010)
Test debut (cap 409)	26 February 2009 v South Africa
Last Test	7 December 2010 v England
ODI debut (cap 176)	1 May 2009 v Pakistan
Last ODI	3 May 2009 v Pakistan
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1999/00–2013/14	Western Australia
2004	Durham
2005	Lancashire
2006	Derbyshire
2007–2008	Gloucestershire
2009	Hampshire
2011/12–2013/14	Perth Scorchers
2012–2013	Glamorgan
2013/14	Sydney Sixers
2014	Derbyshire
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA Matches 21 2 214 181 Runs scored 1,171 6 13,764 5,312 Batting average 35.48 3.00 40.72 34.94 100s/50s 5/4 0/0 37/69 9/34 Top score 128 5 239* 137* Balls bowled 1,258 18 12,455 2,885 Wickets 14 0 158 74 Bowling average 42.21 – 39.08 33.10 5 wickets in innings 1 – 3 0 10 wickets in match 0 – 0 0 Best bowling 6/55 – 6/55 4/26 Catches/stumpings 17/– 1/– 153/– 61/–
Source: CricketArchive, 6 January 2015

Marcus James North (born 28 July 1979) is a former Australian first-class cricketer who played 21 Test matches and two One Day Internationals (ODIs) for the Australian national side.

Born in Melbourne, North grew up in Western Australia, attending Kent Street Senior High School as part of their Specialist Cricket Program,^[1] and was a successful junior cricketer, entering the Australian Cricket Academy and playing under-19 cricket for Australia. He made his first-class debut for the Academy in 1999, and his debut for the Western Australian cricket team the same year. Having established himself in the WA team, North debuted for Australia A during the 2002–03 season, and later began playing in the County Championship during the 2004 English cricket season, for Durham. In English cricket, he would go on to play for Lancashire (2005), Derbyshire (2006 and 2014), Gloucestershire (2007–2008), Hampshire (2009), and Glamorgan (2012–2013), becoming the first player of any nationality to represent six different counties.

North was made captain of Western Australia for the 2007–08 season, and was consistently selected for Australia A, which he also captained. A left-handed batsman, part-time right-arm off-break bowler and fields at either 1st or 3rd slip,^[2] North made his Test debut for Australia in February 2009, scoring a century on debut against South Africa. He played a further 20 Tests and two ODIs for Australia before being dropped from the side during the 2010–11 Ashes series. Upon the entry of the Perth Scorchers into the newly created Big Bash League, North was appointed the team's captain. However, in October 2012, North resigned as captain of both WA and the Scorchers to concentrate on his playing career. He retired from Australian domestic cricket at the end of the 2013–14 season. After his retirement North moved to the north east of England to play cricket at South Northumberland Cricket Club.

As of 2018, he is director of cricket at Durham.^[3]