Mark Johnson (cricketer, born 1963)

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Mark Johnson
Personal information
Full name
Mark Rickland Johnson
Born (1963-10-28) 28 October 1963 (age 61)
Jamaica
BattingLeft-handed
Role Wicket-keeper
International information
National side
ODI debut(cap  5)10 September 2004 v  New Zealand
Last ODI13 September 2004 v  Australia
ODI shirt no.12
Career statistics
Competition ODI FC LA
Matches2216
Runs scored20106212
Batting average 10.0026.5013.25
100s/50s0/00/00/1
Top score204667
Catches/stumpings 1/06/014/5
Source: CricketArchive, 14 October 2008

Mark Rickland Johnson (born 28 October 1963) is a Jamaican-born American former cricketer. [1] A left-handed batsman and wicket-keeper, [2] he played for the United States national cricket team between 2000 and 2005 [3] and played two One Day Internationals (ODIs) in the 2004 ICC Champions Trophy. [4]

Biography

Born in Jamaica in 1963, [2] Mark Johnson first played for the US in 2000 [3] when he played against a combined Minor Counties team on a tour of England. [5] He made his List A debut later in the year against Jamaica and played four matches in total in that year's Red Stripe Bowl. [6] The following year he played in the 2001 ICC Trophy in Ontario. [7]

He next played for the US in 2004, when he played in the ICC 6 Nations Challenge in the United Arab Emirates. [6] He also made his first-class debut in the same year, playing in the ICC Intercontinental Cup against Canada and Bermuda. [8] In between the two Intercontinental Cup matches he played in the Americas Championship in Bermuda. [5] Later in the year he played his only two ODIs, against New Zealand and Australia in the ICC Champions Trophy. [4]

He last played for the US in the 2005 ICC Trophy [3] in Ireland. After playing warm-up matches against the Northern Cricket Union President's XI and Namibia [5] he played five matches in the tournament proper against the UAE, Denmark, Uganda, Bermuda and Papua New Guinea. [7] Those five matches also represent the end of his List A career. [6]

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