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Mark Priest

Mark Wellings Priest is a former New Zealand international cricketer who played in three Test matches and 18 One Day Internationals (ODIs) between 1990 and 1998. He was the leading wicket-taker for Canterbury, with 290 dismissals, until Todd Astle went past his total in February 2019.

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Mark Priest
Personal information
Full name
Mark Wellings Priest
Born (1961-08-12) 12 August 1961
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingSlow left-arm orthodox
RoleBowler
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 170)7 June 1990 v England
Last Test10 June 1998 v Sri Lanka
ODI debut (cap 68)26 April 1990 v Australia
Last ODI23 June 1998 v India
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1984/85–1998/99Canterbury
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 3 18 109 115
Runs scored 56 103 3,945 832
Batting average 14.00 10.30 30.58 14.10
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 4/28 0/1
Top score 26 24 119 98*
Balls bowled 377 752 25,632 5,473
Wickets 3 8 329 120
Bowling average 52.66 73.75 31.84 29.14
5 wickets in innings 0 0 12 1
10 wickets in match 0 0 3 0
Best bowling 2/42 2/27 9/95 5/26
Catches/stumpings 0/– 2/– 66/– 38/-
Source: Cricinfo, 1 May 2017

Mark Wellings Priest (born 12 August 1961) is a former New Zealand international cricketer who played in three Test matches and 18 One Day Internationals (ODIs) between 1990 and 1998. He was the leading wicket-taker for Canterbury, with 290 dismissals, until Todd Astle went past his total in February 2019.12

Priest was born at Greymouth, West Coast.

Personal life and family

His nephew, Henry Shipley, has also played cricket for Canterbury and New Zealand.3

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