Mark Phythian

{{short description|English cricketer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2016}}

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

{{Infobox cricketer

| name =

| country = England

| fullname = Mark John Phythian

| nickname = Monty{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/19297.html|title=Player profile: Mark Phythian|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=20 August 2011}}

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1985|4|26|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England

| heightft = 5

| heightinch = 9

| heightm =

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling =

| role = Wicket-keeper

| family =

| club1 = Durham UCCE

| year1 = 2005–2007

| clubnumber1 =

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 7

| runs1 = 158

| bat avg1 = 22.57

| 100s/50s1 = –/1

| top score1 = 62*

| deliveries1 = –

| wickets1 = –

| bowl avg1 = –

| fivefor1 = –

| tenfor1 = –

| best bowling1 = –

| catches/stumpings1 = 15/1

| date = 20 August

| year = 2011

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/19297.html Cricinfo

}}

Mark John Phythian (born 26 April 1985) is an English cricketer. Phythian is a right-handed batsman who fields as a wicket-keeper. He was born in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire and educated at Oundle School.

While studying for his degree at Durham University, Phythian made his first-class debut for Durham UCCE against Somerset in 2005. He made six further first-class appearances for the university, the last of which came against Lancashire in 2007.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/64/64095/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Mark Phythian|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=20 August 2011}} In his seven first-class matches, he scored 158 runs at an average of 22.57, with a high score of 62 not out. Behind the stumps he took 15 catches and made a single stumping.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/64/64095/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Mark Phythian|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=20 August 2011}} His highest score of 62, which was his only first-class fifty, came against Nottinghamshire in 2006.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/85/85338.html|title=Durham UCCE v Nottinghamshire, 2006|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=20 August 2011}}