Mark Turner (cricketer, born 1984)

Mark Turner

Personal information
Full name	Mark Leif Turner
Born	(1984-10-23) 23 October 1984 (age 36) Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium-fast
Role	Bowler
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2005–2006	Durham
2006–2010	Somerset
2011–2014	Derbyshire
2014	→ Northamptonshire (on loan)
FC debut	9 June 2005 Durham v Essex
Last FC	20 April 2014 Derbyshire v Hampshire
LA debut	22 April 2007 Somerset v Glamorgan
Last LA	14 August 2014 Northamptonshire v Lancashire
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20 Matches 30 42 55 Runs scored 330 71 32 Batting average 15.71 8.87 3.20 100s/50s 0/1 0/0 0/0 Top score 57 15* 11* Balls bowled 4,020 1,487 977 Wickets 60 57 53 Bowling average 45.93 27.54 28.11 5 wickets in innings 1 0 0 10 wickets in match 0 n/a n/a Best bowling 5/32 4/36 4/35 Catches/stumpings 11/– 10/– 14/–
Source: CricketArchive, 25 April 2016

Mark Turner (born 23 October 1984 in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear) is an English cricketer who most recently played for Derbyshire. He is a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium-fast bowler.

Career[]

Turner played for England Under-19s in 2003 and 2004, taking 9–104 against Bangladesh at Taunton in 2004. He made his first-class debut for Durham in 2005 but made just 3 first-class appearances for them in 2005 and 2006 combined. He moved to Somerset where he acted as an understudy to the senior bowlers and made his maiden first-class fifty against Derbyshire in the 2007 season.

In September 2010, it was announced that he would join Derbyshire in 2011.^[1] At the end of the 2014 season, Turner was released by Derbyshire having spent part of the season on loan at Northamptonshire.^[2]

Turner slides to prevent a boundary during a Twenty20 Cup match against Gloucestershire.

He was known for his aggressive fast bowling in the Twenty20 form of the game, and being able to bowl at a similar pace off both a short and full-length run-up. He was also known to stutter his run-up, then suddenly start again – similar to a footballer stuttering in the run-up to a penalty kick. In the four day format of the game, he was a more conservative bowler, sometimes acting as a workhorse – bowling in good areas, at a constant pace, for long periods. He was also an accomplished fielder.

References[]

External links[]

• Mark Turner at CricketArchive (subscription required)
• Mark Turner at ESPNcricinfo