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| Full Name | Mark Alan Ealham |
| Date of Birth | August 27, 1969 |
| Nationality | English |
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
| Role | All-rounder, Right-handed Batsman, Right arm medium-fast Bowler |
| Past Team(s) | |
| Family | Alan Ealham (Father), Simon Willis (Brother-in-law) |
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Mark Ealham: A Brief Biography
Mark Ealham Biography
Mark Alan Ealham is a former English cricketer, who was born on 27 August 1969 in Willesborough, Kent. He is a right arm medium fast bowler and a right-handed batsman who plays as an all-rounder.
He has played some crucial Test and ODIs in his short international cricket career of 5 years. He represented Kent County Cricket Club and Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club in domestic cricket matches.
Background
Mark Ealham’s father, Alan, was an English professional cricketer who played and captained for Kent County Cricket Club. Mark was encouraged by his father to play cricket.
Like his father, Mark has also emerged as an outstanding fielder. He made his first-class and List A cricket debuts for Kent in 1989. Before the 2003 season, he left Kent and signed a three-year contract with Nottinghamshire.
Debut
Ealham was called to join England team during India’s tour of England in 1996. On 23 May 1996, he made his ODI debut at Oval. In his debut, he impressed by scoring 40 runs but the match was interrupted due to rain and ended without result.
On 4 July 1996, he made his international test debut against India at Nottingham. He again impressed by scoring 51 runs and took two wickets in first innings and collected a bowling figure of 4/21 in second innings.
Rise to Glory
In January 2000, in the fifth match of the triangular tournament held in South Africa, where England played with Zimbabwe, Ealham took five wickets for only 15 runs which was the best bowling performance by an Englishman in a one-day international match.
Retirement
Ealham was dropped from international cricket matches in the year 2001. On 12 June 2001, he played his last ODI against Pakistan at Lord’s, in which he was dismissed at the duck.
He continued to play domestic cricket and won the 2005 County Championship with Nottinghamshire.
In September 2009, he retired from domestic cricket after playing 20 seasons and took charge of cricket at King's School, Canterbury, where he coached several Kent academy players.
