Marcel Norman McKenzie (born 13 May 1978) is a New Zealand former

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er. He played first-class and

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matches for

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and

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between the 1998–99 and 2007–08 seasons.Marcel McKenzie

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. Retrieved 15 May 2016. McKenzie was born at

Oamaru Oamaru (; mi, Te Oha-a-Maru) is the largest town in North Otago, in the South Island of New Zealand, it is the main town in the Waitaki District. It is south of Timaru and north of Dunedin on the Pacific coast; State Highway 1 and the railway ...

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in 1978 and educated at

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after his family moved to live in the city when he was 13.McCarron A (2010) ''New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010'', p. 86. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians.
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at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 5 June 2023.)Appleby M (2002
McKenzie relishes his moment in the spotlight

, 16 March 2002. Retrieved 14 November 2023. His father, Norman McKenzie, had played for Otago during the 1972–73 season, and Marcel McKenzie played club cricket for the Christchurch East Shirley club where he was employed for a time as an assistant groundman. He played age-group cricket for Canterbury from the 1995–96 season, was included in the New Zealand Academy developmental squad in 1996–97 and made his first-class debut for Canterbury towards the end of the 1998–99 season.Marcel McKenzie
CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 November 2023. Described as a "middle-order batsman" who had showed "the patience and concentration required to build long innings" and as "a fine prospect", in four seasons playing for Canterbury McKenzie scored 370 first-class runs. He played List A cricket for the province and for the New Zealand Academy again the touring England A side. After only two appearances during the 2001–02 season, he moved to Otago ahead of the 2002–03 where he played until the end of the 2007–08 season, scoring 685 first-class runs, including the only century of his senior career, a score of exactly 100 made against Canterbury in his first season at Otago.

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* 1978 births Living people New Zealand cricketers Canterbury cricketers Otago cricketers Cricketers from Oamaru {{NewZealand-cricket-bio-1970s-stub