Mark Edward Stevens (born 16 March 1959) is a former English

cricketer Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

. Stevens was a right-handed batsman who played primarily as a wicketkeeper. Stevens made his

Minor Counties Championship The NCCA 3 Day Championship (previously the Minor Counties Cricket Championship) is a season-long competition in England and Wales that is contested by the members of the National Counties Cricket Association (NCCA), the so-called national cou ...

debut for Devon in 1981 against the Somerset Second XI. From 1981 to 1982, he represented Devon in 9 Minor Counties Championship matches. In 1983, he joined

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, making his Minor Counties Championship debut for the county in 1983 against Shropshire. From 1983 to 1993, he represented the county in 58 Minor Counties Championship matches, the last of which came in the 1993 Championship when Berkshire played Wales Minor Counties. Stevens also played in the MCCA Knockout Trophy for Berkshire. His debut in that competition came in 1986 when Berkshire played

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. From 1986 to 1993, he represented the county in 11 Trophy matches, the last of which came when Berkshire played

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in the 1993 MCCA Knockout Trophy. Additionally, he also played List-A matches for Berkshire. His List-A debut for the county came against Gloucestershire in the

1986 NatWest Trophy The 1986 NatWest Trophy was the 6th NatWest Trophy. It was an English limited overs county cricket tournament which was held between 25 June and 6 September 1986. The tournament was won by Sussex who defeated Lancashire by 7 wickets in the final ...

. From 1986 to 1991, he represented the county in 5 matches, with his final List-A match coming when Berkshire played Hampshire in the

1991 NatWest Trophy The 1991 NatWest Trophy was a limited-overs English county cricket tournament, held between 26 June and 7 September 1991. The competition was won by Hampshire who beat Surrey by 4 wickets in the final at Lord's. Format The seventeen first-cl ...

at Sonning Lane, Reading. In his 5 matches, he scored 34 runs at a batting average of 17.00, with a high score of 23. Behind the

stumps In cricket, the stumps are the three vertical posts that support the bails and form the wicket. '' Stumping'' or ''being stumped'' is a method of dismissing a batsman. The umpire ''calling stumps'' means the play is over for the day. Part of ...

he took 2 catches and made a single

stumping Stumped is a method of dismissing a batsman in cricket, which involves the wicket-keeper putting down the wicket while the batsman is out of his ground. (The batsman leaves his ground when he has moved down the pitch beyond the popping crease ...

.List-A Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Mark Stevens
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