Mark Thorburn

{{short description|English cricketer and cricket coach}}

{{Use British English|date=August 2011}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name =

| image =

| country = England

| fullname = Mark Thorburn

| nickname =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1978|8|11|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Bath, Somerset, England

| heightft =

| heightinch =

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm medium-fast

| club1 = Durham UCCE

| year1 = 2001–2002

| club2 = Hampshire

| year2 = 2003

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 6

| runs1 = 35

| bat avg1 = 8.75

| 100s/50s1 = –/–

| top score1 = 12

| deliveries1 = 708

| wickets1 = 12

| bowl avg1 = 43.58

| fivefor1 = –

| tenfor1 = –

| best bowling1 = 2/53

| catches/stumpings1 = 1/–

| date = 7 December

| year = 2009

| source = http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/22116.html Cricinfo

}}

Mark Thorburn (born 1 August 1978) is an English cricket coach and former first-class cricketer.

Thorburn was born in August 1978 at Bath, Somerset. He was educated at Beechen Cliff School, before matriculating to Durham University. There, he played first-class cricket for Durham UCCE,{{cite web|url=https://www.gloscricket.co.uk/player/mark-thorburn/|title=Mark Thorburn|website=www.gloscricket.co.uk|accessdate=19 April 2023}} making his debut against Lancashire at Durham. He played first-class cricket for Durham UCCE until 2002, making five appearances.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6843/f_Bowling_by_Team.html|title=First-Class Bowling For Each Team by William Scott|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=19 April 2023|url-access=subscription}} He trialled for Hampshire in 2003, making a single first-class appearance for the county against Oxford UCCE at Oxford. In six first-class appearances, Thorburn took 12 wickets with his right-arm medium-fast bowling at an average of 43.58 and took best figures of 2 for 53.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/44/44107/f_Bowling_by_Team.html|title=First-Class Bowling For Each Team by Mark Thorburn|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=19 April 2023|url-access=subscription}}

After his first-class career, Thorburn moved into a coaching role at Gloucestershire. He was initially a performance analyst, before being appointed bowling coach in 2014.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/24276408|title=County ins & outs 2014|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=19 April 2023}} In 2022, he became one of the highest qualified coaches in county cricket when he completed his master's degree in sport, strength and conditioning from the University of Gloucestershire.{{cite web|url=https://www.gloscricket.co.uk/news/glos-coach-mark-thorburn-among-highest-qualified-after-earning-masters-degree-in-strength-and-conditioning/|title=Glos coach Mark Thorburn among highest qualified after earning Master's degree in Strength and Conditioning|website=www.gloscricket.co.uk|date=10 February 2022|accessdate=19 April 2023}} In October 2022, he replaced Tim Hancock as Gloucestershire's head of talent pathway on an interim basis,{{cite magazine |title=Mark Thorburn replaces Tim Hancock as Gloucestershire's head of talent pathway|url=https://www.thecricketer.com/Topics/countycricket/mark_thorburn_replaces_tim_hancock_gloucestershire_head_talent_pathway.html|first=Nick| last=Friend|date=10 October 2022|access-date=19 April 2020 |magazine=The Cricketer}} prior to the appointment of Paul Muchall in the role in March 2023.{{cite web|url=https://www.gloscricket.co.uk/news/gloucestershire-cricket-promote-paul-muchall-to-talent-pathway-head-coach/|title=Gloucestershire Cricket Promote Paul Muchall to Talent Pathway Head Coach|website=www.gloscricket.co.uk|date=1 March 2023|accessdate=19 April 2023}}