Mark Steketee

{{short description|Australian cricketer}}

{{Use Australian English|date=December 2014}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2015}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Mark Steketee

| full_name = Mark Thomas Steketee

| image = 2 49 Mark Steketee.jpg

| caption = Steketee bowling for Yorkshire in 2023

| nickname = Sticky

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1994|01|17}}

| birth_place = Monto, Queensland, Australia

| height = 187 cm {{cite web |url=https://www.cricket.com.au/players/CA:1109?tab=biography |title=Mark Steketee |work=cricket.com.au}}

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm fast-medium

| role = Bowler

| country = Australia

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| club1 = Brisbane Heat

| year1 = {{nowrap|2013/14–2022/23}}

| club2 = Queensland

| year2 = {{nowrap|2014/15–present}}

| club3 = Cricket Australia XI

| year3 = 2016/17

| club4 = Essex

| year4 = 2022

| club5 = Yorkshire

| year5 = 2023

| club6 = Melbourne Stars

| year6 = {{nowrap|2023/24–Present}}

| columns = 3

| column1 = FC

| matches1 = 86

| runs1 = 1,348

| bat avg1 = 15.31

| 100s/50s1 = 0/2

| top score1 = 53

| deliveries1 = 15,507

| wickets1 = 301

| bowl avg1 = 26.29

| fivefor1 = 6

| tenfor1 = 1

| best bowling1 = 7/44

| catches/stumpings1 = 28/–

| column2 = LA

| matches2 = 51

| runs2 = 404

| bat avg2 = 18.36

| 100s/50s2 = 0/0

| top score2 = 35*

| deliveries2 = 2,332

| wickets2 = 66

| bowl avg2 = 31.45

| fivefor2 = 0

| tenfor2 = 0

| best bowling2 = 4/25

| catches/stumpings2 = 11/–

| column3 = T20

| matches3 = 72

| runs3 = 180

| bat avg3 = 6.92

| 100s/50s3 = 0/0

| top score3 = 33

| deliveries3 = 1,491

| wickets3 = 89

| bowl avg3 = 25.34

| fivefor3 = 0

| tenfor3 = 0

| best bowling3 = 4/33

| catches/stumpings3 = 21/–

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/player/555853.html Cricinfo

| date = 24 October 2024

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Mark Thomas Steketee (born 17 January 1994) is an Australian cricketer. He plays for Queensland.{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/player/555853.html |title=Mark Steketee |access-date=19 December 2014 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}} He plays his club cricket for Valley District Cricket Club in Brisbane. During the 2017–18 season, Steketee represented the Cricket Australia XI in the 2017–18 JLT One-Day Cup.{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8626/scorecard/1118570/Queensland-vs-Cricket-Australia-XI-2nd-match-jlt-one-day-cup |title=Scorecard: Queensland v Cricket Australia XI, 29 September 2017 |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=29 September 2017}}

Instead of playing for Queensland in the 2017–18 JLT One-Day Cup, Steketee was named in the Cricket Australia XI team. He played four matches for them, taking five wickets at an average of 38.40 and conceding 6.06 runs per over.{{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/averages/batting_bowling_by_team.html?id=12012;team=5437;type=tournament|title=Records / JLT One-Day Cup, 2017/18 - Cricket Australia XI / Batting and bowling averages|access-date=25 October 2017|website=ESPNcricinfo.com|publisher=ESPN Inc.}} In November 2019, in the 2019–20 Sheffield Shield season match against Tasmania, Steketee took his first five-wicket haul in first-class cricket.{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8043/report/1196127/tasmania-vs-queensland-14th-match-marsh-sheffield-shield-2019-20 |title=Mark Steketee skittles Tasmania with career-best performance |work=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=29 November 2019}}

In January 2021, Steketee was named in Australia's Test squad for their series against South Africa.{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/australia-test-and-t20i-squads-matthew-wade-dropped-from-test-squad-tanveer-sangha-earns-t20i-call-up-1249335 |title=Matthew Wade dropped from Test squad, Travis Head set to reclaim middle-order spot |work=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=27 January 2021}} The following month, he was also added to Australia's Test squad for their series against Pakistan.{{cite web |url=https://www.cricket.com.au/news/michael-neser-ruled-out-pakistan-test-tour-mark-steketee-brendan-doggett-squad/2022-02-16 |title=Neser out of Pakistan tour, uncapped quick called in |work=Cricket Australia |access-date=16 February 2022}} In March 2022, Steketee was signed by Essex County Cricket Club to play in their first six matches of the County Championship in England.{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/essex-sign-mark-steketee-for-early-season-championship-stint-1303363 |title=Essex sign Mark Steketee for early-season Championship stint |work=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=3 March 2022}}