Mark Adair

Mark Adair
Personal information
Full name
Mark Richard Adair
Born (1996-03-27) 27 March 1996
Holywood, County Down, Northern Ireland
NicknameSparky
Height6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
RoleAll-rounder
RelationsRoss Adair (brother)
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 17)24 July 2019 v England
Last Test6 February 2025 v Zimbabwe
ODI debut (cap 55)3 May 2019 v England
Last ODI18 February 2025 v Zimbabwe
ODI shirt no.32
T20I debut (cap 45)12 July 2019 v Zimbabwe
Last T20I29 September 2024 v South Africa
T20I shirt no.32
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2014–presentNorthern Knights
2015–2017Warwickshire
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I FC
Matches 7 54 88 19
Runs scored 313 469 724 803
Batting average 28.45 18.03 14.48 30.88
100s/50s 0/2 0/0 0/1 0/5
Top score 88 32 72 91
Balls bowled 1,192 2,487 1,898 2,451
Wickets 25 71 127 43
Bowling average 28.60 33.95 19.18 31.95
5 wickets in innings 1 0 0 1
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 5/39 4/19 4/13 5/39
Catches/stumpings 4/– 24/– 38/– 14/–
Source: ESPNCricinfo, 26 May 2025

Mark Richard Adair (born 27 March 1996) is an Irish international cricketer from Northern Ireland, currently playing for Northern Knights in domestic cricket.

He has played county cricket in England for Warwickshire County Cricket Club. In Northern Ireland, he has played club cricket for CIYMS, although he will be playing at Lisburn Cricket Club for the 2024 season.

He is a right-arm medium pace bowler, who also bats right-handed. He made his international debut in May 2019. In January 2020, he was one of nineteen players to be awarded a central contract from Cricket Ireland, the first year in which all contracts were awarded on a full-time basis.