Mark Alleyne

MBE
Personal information
Full name
Mark Wayne Alleyne
Born (1968-05-23) 23 May 1968 (age 55)
Tottenham, London, England
Height5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 152)10 January 1999 v Australia
Last ODI5 October 2000 v Bangladesh
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1986–2005Gloucestershire
Career statistics
Competition ODI FC LA T20
Matches 10 328 436 18
Runs scored 151 14,943 8,308 159
Batting average 21.57 30.81 27.23 31.80
100s/50s 0/1 22/72 5/33 0/0
Top score 53 256 134* 35
Balls bowled 366 26,731 16,013 333
Wickets 10 415 415 10
Bowling average 28.00 32.90 29.55 42.30
5 wickets in innings 0 9 3 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 3/27 6/49 5/27 2/33
Catches/stumpings 3/– 272/3 176/1 7/0
Source: Cricinfo, 12 February 2017

Mark Wayne Alleyne MBE (born 23 May 1968) is an English cricket coach and former first-class cricketer who made ten One Day International appearances for England between 1998/99 and 2000/01. He is the head coach at Gloucestershire County Cricket Club.

Classed as an all-rounder, he mostly batted in the middle of the order and bowled at a medium pace, but he has also kept wicket for both England and his county, Gloucestershire.

He is the first Black British and third Black overall to coach an English first-class cricket team after Derief Taylor and John Shepherd.[1]

Domestic career

Alleyne impressed early for Gloucestershire, scoring a century for them at 18 and a double-hundred at 22, being in both cases the youngest to achieve the feat for the county.

He replaced Jack Russell as captain in 1997, and in 2000 led Gloucestershire to two one-day cups and the National League title, just missing out on promotion in the County Championship, his achievements winning him a Wisden Cricketer of the Year spot. In the ensuing few years he became renowned as a leading tactician in the one-day form of county cricket, leading Gloucestershire to 4 one day knockout cups in 6 years.[2]

In 2001, however, his performances fell away somewhat, especially with the bat, and Alleyne relinquished the captaincy to Chris Taylor in 2004. Indeed, he played just four county matches that year and did not make his first appearance in 2005 until 10 June.

International career

On the 1998/99 tour of Australia he made his England debut at Brisbane.

In February 2020, he was named in England's squad for the Over-50s Cricket World Cup in South Africa.[3][4] However, the tournament was cancelled during the third round of matches due to the coronavirus pandemic.[5]

Coaching career

After coach John Bracewell left Gloucestershire Cricket Club to join the New Zealand Test Team, Mark took over as Head Coach at Gloucestershire between 2004 and 2007 narrowly missing out on the Twenty20 title in 2007. He stood down as coach by mutual consent in February 2008 with nine months of his contract remaining. Alleyne then took up coaching at the National Performance Centre at Loughborough, where he coached the England Under-15s. In February 2009 he was named as the new MCC head coach, succeeding Clive Radley, who retired after a 48-year association with Lord's.

He subsequently became cricket professional at Marlborough College, a public school in Wiltshire.[6] In 2022 he coached the England Men's T20I team on a tour of the Caribbean and in 2023 he served as white-ball coach for Glamorgan and Welsh Fire.[7][8]

In February 2024 Gloucestershire announced his return as head coach.[9]

Personal life

Born in England, Alleyne is of Bajan descent.[10] At the age of 4, he moved with his parents to Barbados where he learned to play cricket, and returned to England 11 years later to further his education.[11] His son Max Alleyne is a professional footballer for Premier League side Manchester City.[12]

Alleyne was awarded the MBE for services to cricket in the Queen's New Year Honours list for 2004.[13] As of 2009, he was Chairman of the Professional Cricket Coaches Association.[14]

References

  1. ^ Wigmore, Tim (13 June 2020). "'The numbers are disgusting' - Mark Alleyne on being the only black British head coach in first-class cricket this century". The Telegraph – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
  2. ^ "Mark Alleyne: A County Cricket Genius Who Had Everything". Wisden. 29 November 2020.
  3. ^ "2020 over-50s world cup squads". Over-50s Cricket World Cup. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  4. ^ "Over-50s Cricket World Cup, 2019/20 - England Over-50s: Batting and bowling averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  5. ^ "Over-50s World Cup in South Africa cancelled due to COVID-19 outbreak". Cricket World. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  6. ^ ""Right values and positive culture" key to Marlborough College cricket triumph". The Cricketer. 4 January 2024. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
  7. ^ "Mark Alleyne named as Gloucestershire's new head coach". ESPN Cricinfo. 1 February 2024. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
  8. ^ Wilson, Dean (23 March 2023). "Exclusive: Mark Alleyne secures head coach role with Glamorgan 15 years after Gloucestershire exit". The Mirror. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
  9. ^ "Mark Alleyne MBE appointed Gloucestershire Head Coach". Gloucestershire County Cricket Club. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
  10. ^ "Two England A lads have Barbados roots". i.imgci.com.
  11. ^ "Back in the Day: Mark Alleyne, Gloucestershire all-rounder and 'King of Cheltenham'". www.thelocalanswer.co.uk.
  12. ^ Wigmore, Tim (25 May 2023). "'Without BLM, I would not have got another job in professional cricket'". The Daily Telegraph.
  13. ^ Chaudhary, Vivek (31 December 2003). "Gongs for Henman, disabled boxer Watson and swimming stars". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
  14. ^ "Alleyne named new MCC head coach". ESPN Cricinfo. 17 February 2009. Retrieved 2 February 2024.


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