Mark Ealham
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Full name | Mark Alan Ealham | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Simon Willis (brother-in-law) | 27 August 1969|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Test debut (cap 580) | 4 July 1996 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Test | 21 June 1998 v South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ODI debut (cap 136) | 23 May 1996 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last ODI | 12 June 2001 v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1989–2003 | Kent | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2004–2009 | Nottinghamshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricInfo, 14 October 2009 |
Mark Alan Ealham (born 27 August 1969) is a former English cricketer, who played Test and One Day International cricket. He played domestic cricket for Kent County Cricket Club and Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club as an all-rounder.
He retired in September 2009, after 20 seasons in domestic cricket,
Domestic career
Ealham was born in Willesborough in Kent and began his career with Kent County Cricket Club. His father, Alan Ealham, had spent his entire career with Kent. He made his first-class and list A cricket debuts for Kent in 1989.
Despite his promising Test debut, Ealham was always regarded as a limited-overs specialist. This belief is mainly due to his free-swinging batting style[
Ealham left Kent before the 2003 season and signed a three-year contract with Nottinghamshire, with whom he won the 2005 County Championship. Ealham took 56 wickets in 15 Championship matches that season, the most by a Nottinghamshire bowler and the fifth-most in Division One – at an average of 20.80, the fourth-lowest in Division One among bowlers with more than 20 wickets.
International career
Ealham was first called into the England team for the start of
His greatest performance as a player, however, came in January 2000 when England played
References
- ^ No regrets on retirement – Ealham bbc.co.uk Thursday, 9 July 2009 09:57 UK
- ^ Ealham Prepares For Life After Notts Archived 17 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine NCCC News 29 September 2009
- ^ Cricinfo – A legend is born