Marcus North

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Marcus James North (born 28 July 1979, Pakenham, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) is an Australian cricket player who has played for the Australian Cricket Academy, Western Australia, Australia A, Durham, Derbyshire, Gloucestershire and Lancashire. He is a left-handed batsmen and right arm off-break bowler who generally bats in the High Middle order. He was named vice-captain of the Western Warriors and has captained the team in several matches so far in the 2006-2007 season.

In October 2006, North and Chris Rogers put on a record domestic third wicket partnership of 459, Western Australia v Victoria, at the WACA ground in Perth, Western Australia. His highest score in first-class cricket is 239*. His first-class average is 44.03 and he has played 100 first-class matches scoring 7046 runs along the way. He has hit 19 first-class hundreds and 37 first-class fifties.

In February 2007, North finished second to fellow WA batsman Chris Rogers in the voting for Australia's best state player.

North was signed as a replacement for New Zealander Hamish Marshall at Gloucestershire at the start of the 2007 county season. Despite only playing five matches he managed three centuries one of which won him the Walter Lawrence Trophy, the award for scoring for fastest century during the English season.^[1]

With former Test player Justin Langer stepping down as captain of the Western Warriors, North has been awarded the top job for the 2007/2008 season.