Mark Bainbridge

{{short description|English cricketer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}}

{{Use British English|date=February 2016}}

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| country = England

| fullname = Mark The Shark Bainbridge

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1973|5|11|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Isleworth, London, England

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| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Slow left-arm orthodox

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| club1 = Surrey Cricket Board

| year1 = 1999–2001

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| column1 = LA

| matches1 = 5

| runs1 = 151

| bat avg1 = 30.20

| 100s/50s1 = –/–

| top score1 = 38

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| catches/stumpings1 = 2/–

| date = 30 October

| year = 2010

| source = http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/8950.html Cricinfo

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Mark Robert Bainbridge (born 11 May 1973) is a former English cricketer. Bainbridge was a right-handed batsman who bowled slow left-arm orthodox. He was born in Isleworth, London.

Bainbridge represented the Surrey Cricket Board in List A cricket. His debut List A match came against Norfolk in the 1999 NatWest Trophy. From 1999 to 2001, he represented the Board in 4 List A matches, the last of which came against Surrey in the 2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/4/4202/List_A_Matches.html List A Matches played by Mark Bainbridge] In his 5 List A matches, he scored 151 runs at a batting average of 30.20, with a high score of 38. In the field he took 2 catches.

Bainbridge has played his entire senior club career at Walton on Thames, as far as records go back he has taken 481 wickets with a best of 7/33 and scored just shy of 4000 runs with a best of 113 as at 2013. These figures are beloved to be much greater as his early years were not recorded.

[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/4/4202/a_Batting_by_Team.html List A Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Mark Bainbridge]