Mark Turner (cricketer, born 1984)
{{short description|English cricketer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=February 2016}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Mark Turner
| image = Mark turner training.jpg
| country = England
| fullname = Mark Leif Turner
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1984|10|23|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England
| heightft = 5
| heightinch = 11
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = Right-arm medium-fast
| role = Bowler
| club1 = Durham
| year1 = {{nowrap|2005–2006}}
| club2 = Somerset
| year2 = 2006–2010
| club3 = Derbyshire
| year3 = 2011–2014
| club4 = → Northamptonshire (on loan)
| year4 = 2014
| type1 = FC
| debutdate1 = 9 June
| debutyear1 = 2005
| debutfor1 = Durham
| debutagainst1 = Essex
| lastdate1 = 20 April
| lastyear1 = 2014
| lastfor1 = Derbyshire
| lastagainst1 = Hampshire
| type2 = LA
| debutdate2 = 22 April
| debutyear2 = 2007
| debutfor2 = Somerset
| debutagainst2 = Glamorgan
| lastdate2 = 14 August
| lastyear2 = 2014
| lastfor2 = Northamptonshire
| lastagainst2 = Lancashire
| columns = 3
| column1 = FC
| matches1 = 30
| runs1 = 330
| bat avg1 = 15.71
| 100s/50s1 = 0/1
| top score1 = 57
| deliveries1 = 4,020
| wickets1 = 60
| bowl avg1 = 45.93
| fivefor1 = 1
| tenfor1 = 0
| best bowling1 = 5/32
| catches/stumpings1 = 11/–
| column2 = LA
| matches2 = 42
| runs2 = 71
| bat avg2 = 8.87
| 100s/50s2 = 0/0
| top score2 = 15*
| deliveries2 = 1,487
| wickets2 = 57
| bowl avg2 = 27.54
| fivefor2 = 0
| tenfor2 = 0
| best bowling2 = 4/36
| catches/stumpings2 = 10/–
| column3 = T20
| matches3 = 55
| runs3 = 32
| bat avg3 = 3.20
| 100s/50s3 = 0/0
| top score3 = 11*
| deliveries3 = 977
| wickets3 = 53
| bowl avg3 = 28.11
| fivefor3 = 0
| tenfor3 = 0
| best bowling3 = 4/35
| catches/stumpings3 = 14/–
| date = 25 April
| year = 2016
| source = http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/60/60727/60727.html CricketArchive
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Mark Turner (born 23 October 1984) is an English cricketer who most recently played for Derbyshire. He is a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium-fast bowler.
Career
Turner played for England Under-19s in 2003 and 2004, taking 9–104 against Bangladesh at Taunton in 2004. He made his first-class debut for Durham in 2005 but made just 3 first-class appearances for them in 2005 and 2006 combined. He moved to Somerset where he acted as an understudy to the senior bowlers and made his maiden first-class fifty against Derbyshire in the 2007 season.
In September 2010, it was announced that he would join Derbyshire in 2011.{{cite web |url=http://www.somersetcountycc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/News/Newsdetail/0,,11333~2154063,00.html |title=MARK TURNER HEADING FOR DERBYSHIRE |publisher=Somerset County Cricket Club |date=2010-09-14 |accessdate=2010-09-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928105635/http://www.somersetcountycc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/News/Newsdetail/0,,11333~2154063,00.html |archive-date=28 September 2011 |url-status=dead }} At the end of the 2014 season, Turner was released by Derbyshire having spent part of the season on loan at Northamptonshire.{{cite web |url=http://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/Mark-Turner-moves-following-release-Derbyshire/story-22220451-detail/story.html |title=Mark Turner moves on following release by Derbyshire County Cricket Club |publisher=Derby Telegraph |date=8 August 2014 |accessdate=25 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810071345/http://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/Mark-Turner-moves-following-release-Derbyshire/story-22220451-detail/story.html |archive-date=10 August 2014 |url-status=dead }}
File:MarkTurnerslide.JPG match against Gloucestershire.]]
He was known for his aggressive fast bowling in the Twenty20 form of the game, and being able to bowl at a similar pace off both a short and full-length run-up. He was also known to stutter his run-up, then suddenly start again – similar to a footballer stuttering in the run-up to a penalty kick. In the four day format of the game, he was a more conservative bowler, sometimes acting as a workhorse – bowling in good areas, at a constant pace, for long periods. He was also an accomplished fielder.
References
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