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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
St
Tests
8
13
3
210
53*
21.00
699
30.04
0
2
21
0
4
0
ODIs
64
45
4
716
45
17.46
1092
65.56
0
0
51
13
9
0
First-class
257
390
60
10730
153*
32.51
13
65
147
0
List A
397
325
73
6146
112
24.38
1
26
109
0
Twenty20
33
28
5
434
91
18.86
256
169.53
0
1
28
32
4
0
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
