Mark Andrew Tournier (born 3 May 1971) is an Australian

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er. Tournier is a right-handed

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who bowls right-arm

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. He was born in

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. Tournier made his first-class debut for

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in 2000 against the touring

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. He played 2 further first-class matches for the team against the touring

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in 2001 and the touring

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in 2002. In his 3 first-class matches, he scored 23 runs at a

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of 11.50, with a high score of 13. With the ball he took 9 wickets at a

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of 34.33, with a single

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which gave him best figures of 5/88. Tournier represented the

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in a single

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match against

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in the 1st round of the

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which was played in 2002. In his only List A match he scored 25 runs and with the ball he took 2 wickets at a

of 16.50, with figures of 2/33.List A Bowling For Each Team by Mark Tournier
/ref> He has played club cricket for Knypersley Cricket Club in the

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tournier, Mark 1971 births Living people Cricketers from Melbourne Australian cricketers Nottinghamshire Cricket Board cricketers Australian expatriate sportspeople in England British Universities cricketers Derbyshire Cricket Board cricketers