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Full name Mark Alan Ealham
Born August 27, 1969, Willesborough, Ashford, Kent
Current age 38 years 264 days
Major teams England, Kent, Nottinghamshire
Nickname Ealy, Border, Skater
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium-fast
Height 5 ft 10 in
Education Stour Valley Secondary School
Relations Father - AGE Ealham

Batting and fielding averages
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct
Tests	8	13	3	210	53*	21.00	699	30.04	0	2	21	0	4
ODIs	64	45	4	716	45	17.46	1092	65.56	0	0	51	13	9
First-class	257	390	60	10730	153*	32.51			13	65			147
List A	397	325	73	6146	112	24.38			1	26			109
Twenty20	33	28	5	434	91	18.86	256	169.53	0	1	28	32	4

Bowling averages
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	8	10	1060	488	17	4/21	6/111	28.70	2.76	62.3	1	0	0
ODIs	64	62	3227	2197	67	5/15	5/15	32.79	4.08	48.1	1	2	0
First-class	257		34576	16363	592	8/36		27.64	2.83	58.4		22	1
List A	397		17719	12070	456	6/53	6/53	26.46	4.08	38.8	15	4	0
Twenty20	33	33	731	835	29	3/26	3/26	28.79	6.85	25.2	0	0	0

Career statistics
Test debut	England v India at Nottingham, Jul 4-9, 1996 scorecard
Last Test	England v South Africa at Lord's, Jun 18-21, 1998 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut	England v India at The Oval, May 23-24, 1996 scorecard
Last ODI	England v Pakistan at Lord's, Jun 12, 2001 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class debut	1989
Last First-class	Nottinghamshire v Lancashire at Nottingham, May 14-16, 2008 scorecard
List A debut	1989
Last List A	Nottinghamshire v Leicestershire at Nottingham, May 11, 2008 scorecard
Twenty20 debut	Kent v Hampshire at Beckenham, Jun 16, 2003 scorecard
Last Twenty20	Nottinghamshire v Kent at Nottingham, Jul 17-18, 2007 scorecard

Profile

When his stocky frame chugs to the wicket, Ealham looks less than threatening. But he hits the crease with a hefty thud of the front foot, bowls miserly wicket-to-wicket wobblers, and sometimes finds late movement away from the right-hander. And a well hidden heavy ball can extract unexpected bounce. His batting is an ingenuous mixture of square nudges, legside thumps and pragmatic cover-drives, but it was effective enough to have made him England's allrounder in one-day games from 1997 until he was dumped (probably too early) in 2001. His Test career was less fulfilled, playing just eight matches, but it memorably included the 1997 Edgbaston Test against Australia. Like his father Alan, who also played for Kent, his fielding is surprisingly agile. In fact as Canterbury clans go the Ealhams are second only to the Cowdreys in the popularity stakes. However, despite his roots being firmly in Canterbury he decided for a move and joined Nottinghamshire at the start of the 2004 season. His switch paid dividends when he was part of the Championship winning side of 2005 and he continues to be a valuable player in four and one-day cricket. In 2006 he finished third in the national bowling averages and continues to add valuable experience to Nottinghamshire's side.
Lawrence Booth September 2007

Apr 15, 2008

Mark Ealham, 2008 player portrait
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Jun 13, 2007

Mark Ealham appeals for the wicket of Gareth Cross
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Jul 4, 2006

Mark Ealham took seven balls to get to 31, hitting four sixes on the way
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