Mark Geoffrey Lane (born 26 January 1968) is a retired English
cricket
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er, who was the
head coach
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of the
England women's cricket team
The England women's cricket team represents England and Wales in international women's cricket. Since 1998, they have been governed by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), having been previously governed by the Women's Cricket Associatio ...
between 2008 and 2013.
Lane made six appearances in
List A cricket
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for
Berkshire County Cricket Club
Berkshire County Cricket Club is one of twenty National county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the historic county of Berkshire.
The team is currently a member of the National Counties Champio ...
between 1996 and 2001, scoring 74 runs and claiming 13 dismissals as
wicket-keeper
In cricket, the wicket-keeper is the Cricket player, player on the fielding (cricket), fielding side who stands behind the wicket, ready to stop Delivery (cricket), deliveries that pass the batsman, and take a Caught, catch, Stumped, stump the ...
. He also played for
Hampshire
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and
Surrey
Surrey () is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Greater London to the northeast, Kent to the east, East Sussex, East and West Sussex to the south, and Hampshire and Berkshire to the wes ...
's second elevens, before becoming a coach with Surrey.
He became coach of the England women's team on 16 April 2008, following the sudden resignation of