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Full name Mark Francis Cleary
Born July 19, 1980, Moorabbin, Melbourne, Victoria
Current age 28 years 41 days
Major teams Leicestershire,South Australia,Yorkshire
Nickname Ice
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
St
First-class
38
58
11
977
109*
20.78
1590
61.44
1
3
13
0
List A
63
47
17
477
70
15.90
651
73.27
0
1
17
0
Twenty20
11
6
2
66
24*
16.50
59
111.86
0
0
5
2
3
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
First-class
38
5788
3405
109
7/80
31.23
3.52
53.1
5
3
0
List A
63
2877
2453
74
4/55
4/55
33.14
5.11
38.8
1
0
0
Twenty20
11
11
235
307
17
3/11
3/11
18.05
7.83
13.8
0
0
0
Career statistics
First-class debut
2002/03
Last First-class
New South Wales v South Australia at Sydney, Mar 7-9, 2008 scorecard
List A debut
2002/03
Last List A
South Australia v Tasmania at Adelaide, Feb 13, 2008 scorecard
Twenty20 debut
Lancashire v Leicestershire at Manchester, Jul 2, 2004 scorecard
Last Twenty20
South Australia v Victoria at Adelaide, Jan 10, 2008 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 last summer, however, was disappointing as he added only six wickets from six one-day games. 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. Peter English July 2007
