Mark Davies (cricketer, born 1980)

Mark Davies
Personal information
Full name Anthony Mark Davies
Born (1980-10-04) 4 October 1980
Stockton-on-Tees, England
Nickname Davo, Bob[1]
Height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Batting style Right-hand batsman
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Role Bowler
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2012–2014 Kent (squad no. 31)
1998–2011 Durham (squad no. 4)
2007 Nottinghamshire
First-class debut 13 April 2002 Durham v Durham UCCE
List A debut 13 September 1998 Durham v Surrey
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20
Matches 109 90 20
Runs scored 1,118 170 26
Batting average 12.56 7.39 5.20
100s/50s 0/2 0/0 0/0
Top score 62 31* 13
Balls bowled 16,386 3,704 468
Wickets 315 86 17
Bowling average 22.42 30.48 30.82
5 wickets in innings 13 0 0
10 wickets in match 2 n/a n/a
Best bowling 8/24 4/13 2/14
Catches/stumpings 21/– 14/– 4/–
Source: CricketArchive, 1 October 2013

Mark Davies (born Anthony Mark Davies,[2] 4 October 1980) is an English former cricketer who played for Durham County Cricket Club and, briefly, Kent County Cricket Club. He bowled right-arm medium-pace and batted in the tail.

In December 2009, he was called up from the England Lions into the full England squad, to cover for injuries to other bowlers during the tour of South Africa. Davies suffered many injuries during his career to-date. In September 2014, he was forced to retire from all forms of cricket after failing to recover from a shoulder injury picked up in a pre-season fixture.

County career

Born in Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, England, Davies made his List A debut in 1998, and his first-class debut in 2002. He has represented England under-19s.

His career has been blighted by injury, "especially in 2004 and 2005 when he was taking wickets for fun (50 at 18.76 and 47 at 15.55 respectively)."[3]

He rarely played in 2006, as recurring back problems left him in a "body brace" for three months,[3] but made a come-back in 2007, including a one-month spell on loan to Nottinghamshire, playing one first-class game. In the 2008 season, he played regularly for Durham in the early season and returning to the side after two months on the sidelines in August 2008 after Steve Harmison was called up for England, Davies took career-best figures of 8–24 versus Hampshire, at Basingstoke as Hampshire were dismissed for just 96.[4] He took 3–51 in the second innings, 11–75 in all, but could not prevent his side from losing.[4]

He joined Kent in 2012.[5] In his first season with the county, he won the player of the year.[6] 2013 was a different proposition altogether for Davies as he found himself left out for much of Kent's season. Despite that he claimed 25 County Championship wickets, the fourth best in the squad despite missing 6 games.[7]

Davies retired from cricket in 2014, as the result of a shoulder injury.[8]

Career Best Performances

as of 1 October 2013

Batting Bowling
Score Fixture Venue Season Score Fixture Venue Season
FC 62 Durham v Somerset Stockton-on-Tees 2005 8–24 Durham v Hampshire Basingstoke 2008
LA 31* Durham Dynamos v Warwickshire Bears Chester-le-Street 2002 4–13 Durham Dynamos v Sussex Sharks Chester-le-Street 2001
T20 13 Kent Spitfires v Sussex Sharks Hove 2012 2–14 Durham Dynamos v Yorkshire Phoenix Chester-le-Street 2004

Family

His brother, Andrew is a professional footballer, currently with Ross County FC. Mark is married to Caroline, and lives in Teesside with their children.

References

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