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Marcus North

Marcus North
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Personal information
Full name Marcus James North
Born (1979-07-28) 28 July 1979 (age 37)
Pakenham, Victoria, Australia
Nickname Snorks
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Batting style Left-handed
Bowling style Right-arm off break
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 409) 26 February 2009 v South Africa
Last Test 7 November 2010 v England
ODI debut 1 May 2009 v Pakistan
Last ODI 3 May 2009 v Pakistan
Domestic team information
Years Team
1998–2014 Western Australia
2004 Durham
2005 Lancashire
2006–2014 Derbyshire
2007–2008 Gloucestershire
2009 Hampshire
2011–2013 Perth Scorchers
2012–2013 Glamorgan
2013–2014 Sydney Sixers
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI F/C LA
Matches 21 2 214 181
Runs scored 1,171 6 13,764 5,312
Batting average 35.48 3.00 40.72 34.94
100s/50s 5/4 0/0 37/69 9/34
Top score 128 5 239* 137*
Balls bowled 1,258 18 12,455 2,885
Wickets 14 0 158 74
Bowling average 42.21 n/a 39.08 33.10
5 wickets in innings 1 0 3 0
10 wickets in match 0 n/a 0 n/a
Best bowling 6/55 0/16 6/55 4/26
Catches/stumpings 17/- 1/- 153/- 61/-
Source: CricketArchive, 6 January 2015

Marcus James North (born 28 July 1979) is an Australian cricketer who played 21 Test matches and two One Day Internationals (ODIs) for the Australian national side.

Born in Melbourne, North grew up in Western Australia, attending Kent Street Senior High School, and was a successful junior cricketer, entering the Australian Cricket Academy and playing under-19 cricket for Australia. He made his first-class debut for the Academy in 1999, and his debut for the Western Australian cricket team the same year. Having established himself in the WA team, North debuted for Australia A during the 2002–03 season, and later began playing in the County Championship during the 2004 English cricket season, for Durham. In English cricket, he would go on to play for Lancashire (2005), Derbyshire (2006 and 2014), Gloucestershire (2007–2008), Hampshire (2009), and Glamorgan (2012–2013), becoming the first player of any nationality to represent six different counties.

North was made captain of Western Australia for the 2007–08 season, and was consistently selected for Australia A, which he also captained. A left-handed batsman and part-time right-arm off-break bowler, North made his Test debut for Australia in February 2009, scoring a century on debut against South Africa. He played a further 20 Tests and two ODIs for Australia before being dropped from the side during the 2010–11 Ashes series. Upon the entry of the Perth Scorchers into the newly created Big Bash League, North was appointed the team's captain. However, in October 2012, North resigned as captain of both WA and the Scorchers to concentrate on his playing career. He retired from Australian domestic cricket at the end of the 2013–14 season. After his retirement North moved to the north east of England to play cricket at South Northumberland Cricket Club.


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