Mark Adair

Mark Adair
Personal information
Full name
Mark Richard Adair
Born (1996-03-27) 27 March 1996 (age 28)
Holywood, County Down, Northern Ireland
NicknameSparky
Height6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
RoleAll-rounder
RelationsRoss Adair (brother)
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 17)24 July 2019 v England
Last Test25 July 2024 v Zimbabwe
ODI debut (cap 55)3 May 2019 v England
Last ODI07 October 2024 v South Africa
ODI shirt no.32
T20I debut (cap 45)12 July 2019 v Zimbabwe
Last T20I29 September 2024 v South Africa
T20I shirt no.32
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2014–presentNorthern Knights
2015–2017Warwickshire
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I FC
Matches 6 51 88 18
Runs scored 220 441 724 710
Batting average 24.44 17.64 14.48 29.58
100s/50s 0/1 0/0 0/1 0/4
Top score 88 32 72 91
Balls bowled 970 2,337 1,898 2,229
Wickets 22 65 127 40
Bowling average 27.81 34.89 19.18 31.77
5 wickets in innings 1 0 0 1
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 5/39 4/19 4/13 5/39
Catches/stumpings 4/– 23/– 38/– 14/–
Source: ESPNCricinfo, 08 October 2024

Mark Richard Adair (born 27 March 1996) is an Irish international cricketer from Northern Ireland, currently playing for Northern Knights in domestic cricket.

He has played county cricket in England for Warwickshire County Cricket Club. In Northern Ireland, he has played club cricket for CIYMS, although he will be playing at Lisburn Cricket Club for the 2024 season.[1]

He is a right-arm medium pace bowler, who also bats right-handed. He made his international debut in May 2019. In January 2020, he was one of nineteen players to be awarded a central contract from Cricket Ireland,[2] the first year in which all contracts were awarded on a full-time basis.[3]

  1. ^ "Mark Adair hopes to be the perfect fit at Lisburn after making CIYMS exit". BelfastTelegraph.co.uk. 30 October 2023. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
  2. ^ "Gareth Delany, Shane Getkate amongst 19 men's central player contracts offered ahead of a busy 2020". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Delany, Getkate highlight Ireland men's central contracts list for 2020". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 9 January 2020.