Mark Hardinges

Mark Hardinges

Personal information
Full name	Mark Andrew Hardinges
Born	(1978-02-05) 5 February 1978 Gloucester, England
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium
Role	All-rounder
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1999–2008	Gloucestershire
2009	Essex
2010	Unicorns
FC debut	17 August 1999 Gloucestershire v Northamptonshire
Last FC	22 July 2008 Gloucestershire v Essex
LA debut	19 July 1999 Gloucestershire v Sri Lanka A
Last LA	30 August 2008 Gloucestershire v Worcestershire
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20 Matches 50 85 45 Runs scored 1,778 1,318 543 Batting average 26.53 21.96 21.72 100s/50s 4/6 1/7 0/2 Top score 172 111* 94* Balls bowled 6,396 2,996 671 Wickets 95 77 35 Bowling average 40.53 35.63 27.17 5 wickets in innings 1 0 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 0 Best bowling 5/51 4/19 4/30 Catches/stumpings 26/– 32/– 10/–
Source: CricketArchive, 20 June 2010

Mark Andrew Hardinges (born 5 February 1978) is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler. Having made his debut in 1999, Hardinges made important contributions for Gloucestershire and went to Western Australia in an effort to improve his cricket. He played in the 2001 Benson & Hedges Cup final taking one wicket. He was a regular player for his home county until 2008 when he joined Essex for whom he played Twenty20 cricket in 2009. In 2010, Hardinges was selected as one of 21 players to form the first Unicorns squad to take part in the Clydesdale Bank 40 domestic one day competition against the regular first-class counties. The Unicorns were made up of 15 former county cricket professionals and 6 young cricketers looking to make it in the professional game.

External links

• Mark Hardinges at ESPNcricinfo