Mark David Sanders (born 10 July 1979) is a South African former

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er active from 1998/99 until 2005/06. Sanders played for KwaZulu-Natal B,

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and Boland.

Career

Mark Sanders made his first-class debut in February 1999, playing for KwaZulu-Natal B against Northerns B in a UCB Bowl match, scoring 35 in KwaZulu-Natal's only innings. In the same season, he also played another UCB Bowl match against Western Province B, scoring 88 runs. He made his

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debut for the main

team against Griqualand West. In the

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, Sanders also played for

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in the Sussex Premier League. Sanders played in two non-

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warm up matches prior to the

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in South Africa, for the Dolphins against

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and

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. In the match against Bangladesh, Sanders scored 64, the second highest score for the team after Hashim Amla's 76, and in the match against India, Sanders was part of a 49-run opening partnership with Doug Watson, and also caught

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at mid-off. In early 2003, Sanders was signed by Boland; he had been scheduled to play for Lymington in the

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, but Boland prevented him from playing. He made his List A debut for Boland against Gauteng, scoring 15 runs. In the 2003/04 Supersport Series, Sanders' significant scores were 65 * against

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and 87 against Eastern Province. For the 2004/05 season, Sanders returned to KwaZulu-Natal, and in the 2004/05 Supersport Series, he made a score of 96 against Western Province. In the 2005/06 Supersport Series, Sanders scored 103 in an opening partnership of 151 with Rivash Gobind against the

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team. It was Sanders' first and only first-class century.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sanders, Mark 1979 births Living people Boland cricketers Cricketers from Durban KwaZulu-Natal cricketers