Mark Lathwell
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Full name | Mark Nicholas Lathwell | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Bletchley, Buckinghamshire, England | 26 December 1971||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | Lathers, Rowdy, Trough | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Top-order batsman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Test debut (cap 562) | 1 July 1993 v Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Test | 22 July 1993 v Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1990–2001 | Somerset | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 6 August 2008 |
Mark Nicholas Lathwell (born 26 December 1971) is a former English cricketer who played in two Test matches in 1993. Lathwell played the entirety of his first-class cricket career for Somerset County Cricket Club.
Early career and England U19 matches
Born in
Attention was drawn to Lathwell when he played against Sussex Second XI in June 1990. Opening the batting, he scored 168 not out and put on a partnership of 235 for the third wicket with Nick Pringle. Lathwell also took the only wicket in Sussex's (declared) first innings, and scored 37 in the second.[2] He then scored 69 runs in the match against Leicestershire Second XI, before making his List A debut against the touring Sri Lankans, bowling seven overs.
At the start of the 1991 season, Lathwell played for the
First season for Somerset First XI
The 1992 season saw Lathwell in the Second XI, but he was beginning to break through into the First XI in one-day cricket. He opened the batting in two matches against the Netherlands (scoring 52 in the second). Lathwell top scored in the first Sunday League match of the season against Kent to set up a comfortable 4 wicket win. Two days later, Somerset played Kent again in the Benson & Hedges Cup, succumbing to a heavy defeat, Lathwell inexplicably batting at number 9.[5] After another half-century for the Second XI, Lathwell was now firmly in the first team for the remainder of the season. It was an excellent debut season for Lathwell, scoring eleven half-centuries and one century (114 against Surrey) in first-class cricket. There was a lean spell in the middle of the season with consecutive scores of 1, 2, 3, 0 and 4, but Lathwell responded well with five innings between 45 and 72 and finished with a highly respectable average of 36.75 in first-class cricket.[6] Lathwell was now established as an opening batsman, and was seldom used as a bowler, only taking wickets in for the season. He scored well in List A cricket too, but failed to convert any scores into centuries (his highest being 85, 93 and 95).[7] Lathwell was rewarded with his Somerset County Cap, and was called into the England A touring squad to Australia. Lathwell was one of the successes of the England A tour, scoring 175 against Tasmania,[8] and adding another hundred against New South Wales at the SCG against an attack that included a young Glenn McGrath.[9]
England career
In the summer of 1993, with
References
- ^ Glamorgan Second XI v Somerset Second XI, 1990-05-15, CricketArchive. Retrieved on 6 August 2008.
- ^ Sussex Second XI v Somerset Second XI, 1990-06-29, CricketArchive. Retrieved on 6 August 2008.
- ^ Summary of Lathwell's performances for Somerset Second XI, 1991, CricketArchive. Retrieved on 6 August 2008.
- ^ Summary of Lathwell's performances for England Young Cricketers, CricketArchive. Retrieved on 6 August 2008.
- ^ Kent v Somerset in 1992, 1992-04-21, CricketArchive. Retrieved on 7 August 2008.
- ^ Lathwell in first-class cricket in 1992, CricketArchive. Retrieved on 7 August 2008.
- ^ Lathwell in List A matches in 1992, Crit JulycketArchive. Retrieved on 7 August 2008.
- ^ "Tasmania v England 'A' at Launceston, 8-10 February 1993". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
- ^ "New South Wales v England 'A' at Sydney, 4-7 March 1993". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
- ^ a b "Full scorecard of England vs Australia, 3rd Test 1989". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
- ^ a b "Mark Lathwell Profile and biography". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
- ^ "Northamptonshire v Somerset at Luton, 24-6 June 1993". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
- ^ "Full scorecard of England vs Australia, 4th Test 1989". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
- ^ "Unfulfilled potential". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
- ^ "RSA-A v Eng-A, Port Elizabeth, 27-31 Jan 1994". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 June 2022.