Mark Garaway (born 20 July 1973) is an English cricket coach, who formerly played cricket at first-class level and was the analyst for the England cricket team.

Mark Garaway
Personal information
Full name
Mark Garaway
Born (1973-07-20) 20 July 1973 (age 50)
Swindon, Wiltshire, England
NicknameGaras
BattingRight-handed
RoleWicket-keeper
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1996–1999Hampshire
1997Marylebone Cricket Club
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A
Matches 4 2
Runs scored 124 11
Batting average 24.80 5.50
100s/50s –/1 –/–
Top score 55 7
Catches/stumpings 13/2 1/–
Source: Cricinfo, 8 December 2009

Playing career edit

Garaway was born at Swindon in July 1973. He was educated on the Isle of Wight at Sandown High School. He made his debut in first-class cricket for Hampshire against Cambridge University at Fenner's in 1996,[1] in doing so he became the first professional cricketer from the Isle of Wight.[2] He made his second first-class appearance the following year for the Marylebone Cricket Club against the touring Pakistan A cricket team at Shenley.[1] In that same year, he made his debut in List A one-day cricket for Hampshire against Pakistan A at Southampton; he made a second List A appearance for Hampshire in the 1999 CGU National League against Gloucestershire at Southampton.[3] He played a further two first-class matches for Hampshire, against the touring Sri Lankans in 1998 and the touring New Zealanders in 1999.[1] In four first-class matches, Garaway scored 124 runs at an average of 24.80, with one half century score of 55. As a wicket-keeper, he took 13 catches and made two stumpings.[4]

Coaching career edit

Having played second choice wicket-keeper to Adrian Aymes, Garaway retired from playing at the end of the 1999 season to take over the role of cricket development officer at Hampshire in 2000, replacing Tony Middleton.[5] He left Hampshire in October 2001 to take up the role of Somerset's Second XI coach and director of the England and Wales Cricket Board's South West region academy.[6] He was appointed Somerset's first team coach for the 2005 season, before being appointed team analyst and assistant coach of England in February 2006, succeeding Tim Boon.[7] Garaway left his role with England in July 2009, taking up an appointment with Cricket Ireland as their director of cricket operations, tasked with implementing development programmes to facilitate the growth of cricket in Ireland.[8] He remained in his post with Cricket Ireland until July 2011, before leaving the role citing family reasons which necessitated their relocation back to England.[9] Garaway is currently the director of cricket at Millfield School, having been appointed in 2012.

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "First-Class Matches played by Mark Garaway". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
  2. ^ "Hants star's batting is all Wight". Southern Daily Echo. Southampton. 3 March 2012. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
  3. ^ "List A Matches played by Mark Garaway". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
  4. ^ "First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Mark Garaway". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
  5. ^ Isaacs, Victor (15 December 1999). "Garaway and Middleton switch roles". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
  6. ^ Vimpany, Mike (20 September 2001). "Garaway to leave Hampshire after accepting Somerset offer". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
  7. ^ "Garaway named as England team analyst". ESPNcricinfo. 3 February 2006. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
  8. ^ "Ireland bank on Garaway's experience". ESPNcricinfo. 22 July 2009. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
  9. ^ "Garaway leaves High Performance post". ESPNcricinfo. 11 July 2011. Retrieved 29 April 2023.

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