| Personal information | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mark Robin Whitaker | |||
| Born | 20 September 1946 Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, England |
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| Batting style | Right-handed | |||
| Bowling style | Right-arm fast-medium | |||
| Domestic team information | ||||
| Years | Team | |||
| 1969 | Norfolk | |||
| 1965–1967 | Cambridge University | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Competition | First-class | List A | ||
| Matches | 12 | 1 | ||
| Runs scored | 16 | 2 | ||
| Batting average | 1.23 | – | ||
| 100s/50s | –/– | –/– | ||
| Top score | 4* | 2* | ||
| Balls bowled | 1,522 | 42 | ||
| Wickets | 20 | – | ||
| Bowling average | 34.95 | – | ||
| 5 wickets in innings | 1 | – | ||
| 10 wickets in match | – | – | ||
| Best bowling | 5/62 | – | ||
| Catches/stumpings | 2/– | 3/– | ||
| Source: Cricinfo, 29 June 2011 | ||||
Mark Robin Whitaker (born 20 September 1946) is a former English cricketer. Whitaker was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. He was born in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey.
Whitaker made his first-class debut for Cambridge University against Surrey in 1965. Whitaker made 11 further first-class appearances for the university, the last of which came against Warwickshire in 1967.[1] A bowler, he 20 wickets in his 12 first-class matches, which came at an average of 34.95.[2] He took a single five wicket haul, taking 5/62 against Middlesex in 1965.[3]
In 1969, he made his only appearance for Norfolk in a List A match against Yorkshire in the Gillette Cup.[4] In this match, he bowled 7 wicket-less overs for the cost of 20 runs, while with the bat he ended Norfolks' innings unbeaten on 2.[5]