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- ↑ "Player profile: Mark Russell" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
- ↑ "First-Class Matches played by Mark Russell" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
- ↑ "First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Mark Russell" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
- ↑ "Oxford University v Kent, 1991" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
