Mark Adair
Mark Adair — career overview
Mark Adair is a cricketer who represents Ireland in international cricket as a bowler (Right Handed Bat, Right-arm fast bowler). In international cricket Mark Adair has appeared in 7 Tests (313 runs at 28.45, with 2 fiftys); 54 ODIs (469 runs at 18.04); 88 T20Is (724 runs at 14.48, with 1 fifty). With the ball, Mark Adair has taken 351 international wickets across formats. Full batting and bowling records, recent form and milestones are shown below. Compare Mark Adair with other players using the player comparison tool, or see where Ireland rank in the latest ICC rankings.
Batting & Fielding
| Format | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Test | 7 | 13 | 2 | 313 | 88 | 28.45 | 443 | 70.66 | - | 2 | 42 | 5 |
| ODI | 54 | 39 | 13 | 469 | 32 | 18.04 | 452 | 103.77 | - | - | 35 | 21 |
| T20I | 88 | 63 | 13 | 724 | 72 | 14.48 | 577 | 125.48 | - | 1 | 51 | 33 |
| T20 (dom.) | 89 | 64 | 14 | 755 | 72 | 15.10 | 591 | 127.75 | - | 1 | 51 | 37 |
Bowling
| Format | Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 5W | 10W |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Test | 7 | 13 | 1192 | 715 | 25 | 5/39 | 8/95 | 28.60 | 3.65 | 47.7 | 1 | - |
| ODI | 54 | 52 | 2487 | 2411 | 71 | 4/19 | 4/19 | 34.89 | 5.82 | 36.0 | - | - |
| T20I | 88 | 88 | 1898 | 2439 | 127 | 4/13 | 4/13 | 19.20 | 7.71 | 14.9 | - | - |
| T20 (dom.) | 89 | 89 | 1922 | 2491 | 128 | 4/13 | 4/13 | 19.46 | 7.78 | 15.0 | - | - |
Format Performance
Batting — Runs & Average
Bowling — Wickets & Economy
Career Milestones
Mark Adair — Career Overview
Mark Adair is a bowler from Ireland. Mark bats right handed bat and bowls right-arm fast. Specialist bowlers are judged on wickets, economy, and the ability to deliver in pressure overs — new ball, middle overs containment, or the death. Pace, control and the variations a bowler can call on under pressure define a long international career. Ireland is one of the playing nations represented across the international and franchise calendar, with players drawn from the domestic system and the academy pathway into the senior side. International batting record — 7 Tests: 313 runs at an average of 28.45, strike rate 70.66 (2 fiftys); 54 ODIs: 469 runs at an average of 18.04, strike rate 103.77; 88 T20Is: 724 runs at an average of 14.48, strike rate 125.48 (1 fifty). International bowling — 25 wickets in Test at 28.60, economy 3.65 and 1 5-fer; 71 wickets in ODI at 34.89, economy 5.82; 127 wickets in T20I at 19.20, economy 7.71. Franchise leagues — the IPL, PSL, BBL, CPL, SA20 and others — make up an increasing share of the modern cricket calendar, with selection in these competitions shaping income, exposure and the pathway back into national squads. Career statistics in cricket are best read across formats: a Test average, an ODI strike rate and a T20I economy each tell a different part of the story, and modern selection often turns on how a player splits their time across red-ball and white-ball cricket within a packed annual schedule. Recent form, opposition strength and conditions at the venue also weigh heavily alongside the headline numbers. Our player database tracks Mark Adair's match-by-match appearances across the international and domestic calendar, with batting and bowling splits by format, opposition, venue and time period. Career milestones — highest score, best bowling figures, fastest fifty or hundred and notable franchise performances — sit alongside the running totals so the full arc of a career is easy to read in one view. On GeoCric you can dig into Mark Adair's career numbers, format-by-format breakdowns, batting and bowling averages, century and five-wicket counts, league appearances and recent form — refreshed against live match data and free to read.