Mark Whitaker (cricketer)

Mark Whitaker
Personal information
Full name
Mark Robin Whitaker
Born (1946-09-20) 20 September 1946 (age 78)
Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
RoleBowler
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1969Norfolk
1965–1967Cambridge University
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A
Matches 12 1
Runs scored 16 2
Batting average 1.23 –
100s/50s 0/0 0/0
Top score 4* 2*
Balls bowled 1,522 42
Wickets 20 0
Bowling average 34.95 –
5 wickets in innings 1 0
10 wickets in match 0 –
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. He made 11 further first-class appearances for the university, the last of which came against Warwickshire in 1967.[1] A bowler, he took 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 Norfolk's innings unbeaten on 2.[5]

Playing for Cambridge University against New Zealand in 1965, he took three wickets in the first innings and two in the second – Bevan Congdon, Graham Dowling (twice) and John Reid (twice) – before becoming the first bowler in English cricket to be banned from bowling for running on the pitch.[6]

References

  1. ^ "First-Class Matches played by Mark Whitaker". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 June 2011.
  2. ^ "First-class Bowling For Each Team by Mark Whitaker". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 June 2011.
  3. ^ "Cambridge University v Middlesex, 1965". Retrieved 29 June 2011.
  4. ^ "List A Matches played by Mark Whitaker". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 June 2011.
  5. ^ "Norfolk v Yorkshire, 1969 Gillette Cup". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 June 2011.
  6. ^ Wisden 1966, pp. 280-81.