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Mark Cleary

Australia

Full name Mark Francis Cleary

Born July 19, 1980, Moorabbin, Melbourne, Victoria

Current age 29 years 130 days

Major teams Leicestershire, South Australia, Yorkshire

Nickname Ice

Playing role All-rounder

Batting style Left-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium

Height 1.87 m

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct
First-class	48	71	12	1096	109*	18.57	1817	60.31	1	3			15
List A	71	51	18	524	70	15.87	703	74.53	0	1			17
Twenty20	16	8	2	69	24*	11.50	62	111.29	0	0	5	2	3

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
First-class	48		7932	4436	142	7/80		31.23	3.35	55.8	6	4	1
List A	71		3286	2789	86	4/55	4/55	32.43	5.09	38.2	1	0	0
Twenty20	16	16	337	452	21	3/11	3/11	21.52	8.04	16.0	0	0	0

Career statistics

First-class debut	2002/03
Last First-class	South Australia v Tasmania at Adelaide, Oct 13-16, 2009 scorecard
List A debut	2002/03
Last List A	Western Australia v South Australia at Bunbury, Feb 8, 2009 scorecard
Twenty20 debut	Lancashire v Leicestershire at Manchester, Jul 2, 2004 scorecard
Last Twenty20	Tasmania v South Australia at Launceston, Jan 15, 2009 scorecard

Profile

Mark Cleary's sharp pace catapulted him to Australia A selection in only his second first-class season, but since then he has struggled to maintain the high early standards in the Pura Cup. With 30 wickets in 2003-04, he was picked to appear in two games against Zimbabwe and collected three victims in a beneficial experience. However, the Australia A days were followed by some interruptions back at South Australia, where he had moved from Mildura a couple of years earlier. A back injury hampered him in 2004-05, when he added only eight Pura Cup wickets, and during the following off-season he nominated for the state transfer pool without receiving any interest. He backed up with seven dismissals in four games in 2005-06 as his lack of variety and the return of Jason Gillespie held him up. Despite a slow first-class campaign, he starred in the one-day arena and was crucial to South Australia's run to the final with an equal-competition-best collection of 16 wickets. There was also a spectacular maiden first-class century for Cleary, an aggressive allrounder, as he pounded 109 from 104 balls against Tasmania. His follow-up in 2006-07 was disappointing as he added only six wickets from six one-day games, but last summer he bounced back into Pura Cup contention with 13 victims at 22.61 from four games. With Gillespie now retired, Cleary will be aiming to cement a position in 2008-09. In 2003 he attended the Academy and spent the next winter at Leicestershire, where he was part of the Twenty20-winning team in front of a full house at Edgbaston.
Cricinfo staff October 2008