Mark Adair

Mark Richard Adair (born 27 March 1996) is a cricketer from Northern Ireland, who plays international cricket for Ireland. He has also played English county cricket for Warwickshire County Cricket Club. He is a right-arm fast bowler, who also bats right-handed. He made his international debut for the Ireland cricket team in May 2019. In January 2020, he was one of nineteen players to be awarded a central contract from Cricket Ireland,[1] the first year in which all contracts were awarded on a full-time basis.[2]

Mark Adair

Personal information
Full name	Mark Richard Adair
Born	(1996-03-27) 27 March 1996 Holywood, Northern Ireland
Height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm fast-medium
Role	All-rounder
International information
National side	Ireland
Only Test (cap 17)	24 July 2019 v England
ODI debut (cap 55)	3 May 2019 v England
Last ODI	4 August 2020 v England
T20I debut (cap 45)	12 July 2019 v Zimbabwe
Last T20I	19 January 2020 v West Indies
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2014–present	Northern Knights
2015–2017	Warwickshire
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I FC Matches 1 13 18 11 Runs scored 11 162 158 331 Batting average 5.50 18.00 14.36 25.46 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/1 Top score 8 32 38 91 Balls bowled 166 597 389 1,187 Wickets 6 17 27 19 Bowling average 16.33 37.82 16.11 34.31 5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0 Best bowling 3/32 4/19 4/40 3/32 Catches/stumpings 1/– 4/– 3/– 10/–
Source: Cricinfo, 10 August 2020

Domestic and T20 career

Adair's first wicket in first-class cricket was Marcus Trescothick.[3] He made his Twenty20 debut on 27 May 2016 for Warwickshire against Worcestershire Rapids in the 2016 NatWest t20 Blast[4] and his List A debut in the 2017 Royal London One-Day Cup on 10 May 2017.[5]

In July 2019, he was selected to play for the Belfast Titans in the inaugural edition of the Euro T20 Slam cricket tournament.[6][7] However, the following month the tournament was cancelled.[8]

International career

In June 2016, he was named in Ireland's One Day International (ODI) squad for their series against Afghanistan, that took the following month, but he did not play.[9] In May 2019, he was added to Ireland's squad for the one-off ODI against England.[10] He made his ODI debut for Ireland against England on 3 May 2019.[11]

In June 2019, he was named in the Ireland Wolves squad for their home series against the Scotland A cricket team.[12] Later the same month, he was named in Ireland's squad for their series against Zimbabwe.[13]

In July 2019, he was named in Ireland's Test squad for their one-off match against England at Lord's.[14] He made his Twenty20 International (T20I) debut for Ireland against Zimbabwe on 12 July 2019.[15] He made his Test debut for Ireland, against England, on 24 July 2019.[16] The following month, he was awarded a central contract by Cricket Ireland.[17][18]

In September 2019, he was named in Ireland's squad for the 2019 ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier tournament in the United Arab Emirates.[19] He was the leading wicket-taker for Ireland in the tournament, with twelve dismissals in eight matches.[20]

On 10 July 2020, Adair was named in Ireland's 21-man squad to travel to England to start training behind closed doors for the ODI series against the England cricket team.[21][22] Adair was added to Ireland's squad for the third and final ODI of the series.[23]

References

1. "Gareth Delany, Shane Getkate amongst 19 men's central player contracts offered ahead of a busy 2020". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
2. "Delany, Getkate highlight Ireland men's central contracts list for 2020". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
3. County Championship Division One, Somerset v Warwickshire at Taunton
4. "NatWest t20 Blast, North Group: Warwickshire v Worcestershire at Birmingham, May 27, 2016". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
5. "Royal London One-Day Cup, North Group: Derbyshire v Warwickshire at Derby, May 10, 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
6. "Eoin Morgan to represent Dublin franchise in inaugural Euro T20 Slam". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
7. "Euro T20 Slam Player Draft completed". Cricket Europe. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
8. "Inaugural Euro T20 Slam cancelled at two weeks' notice". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
9. "Adair and Terry called into Ireland squad for Afghanistan series". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
10. "Late call-up is Mark Adair's chance to shine for Ireland: captain Porterfield". The Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
11. "Only ODI, England tour of Ireland at Dublin, May 3 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
12. "Ireland Wolves squads named for Scotland 'A' series". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
13. "Ireland Men's and Ireland Wolves squads announced for Zimbabwe series". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
14. "England v Ireland: Mark Adair, Lorcan Tucker, Simi Singh and Craig Young in 14-man squad". BBC Sport. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
15. "2nd T20I (D/N), Zimbabwe tour of Netherlands and Ireland at Bready, Jul 12 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
16. "Only Test, Ireland tour of England at Lord's, Jul 24-27 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
17. "Adair awarded contract by Ireland". Cricket Europe. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
18. "Adair earns central contract with Cricket Ireland". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
19. "Squad announced for Oman Series and ICC Men's T20 World Cup Qualifier". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
20. "ICC Men's T20 World Cup Qualifier, 2019/20 - Ireland: Batting and bowling averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
21. "Curtis Campher, Jonathan Garth the new faces as Ireland name 21-man squad for England ODIs". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
22. "Ireland names expanded training squad ahead of ODI series against England". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
23. "Ireland selects 14-player squad for third ODI against England". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 4 August 2020.

External links

• Mark Adair at ESPNcricinfo