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| Full name | Mark Rickland Johnson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 28 October 1963 Jamaica | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Wicket-keeper | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ODI debut (cap 5) | 10 September 2004 v New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 13 September 2004 v Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI shirt no. | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 14 October 2008 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mark Rickland Johnson (born 28 October 1963) is a Jamaican born American former cricketer.[1] A left-handed batsman and wicket-keeper,[2] he played for the United States national cricket team between 2000 and 2005[3] and played two One Day Internationals (ODIs) in the 2004 ICC Champions Trophy.[4]
Born in Jamaica in 1963,[2] Mark Johnson first played for the US in 2000[3] when he played against a combined Minor Counties team on a tour of England.[5] He made his List A debut later in the year against Jamaica and played four matches in total in that year's Red Stripe Bowl.[6] The following year he played in the 2001 ICC Trophy in Ontario.[7]
He next played for the US in 2004, when he played in the ICC 6 Nations Challenge in the United Arab Emirates.[6] He also made his first-class debut in the same year, playing in the ICC Intercontinental Cup against Canada and Bermuda.[8] In between the two Intercontinental Cup matches he played in the Americas Championship in Bermuda.[5] Later in the year he played his only two ODIs, against New Zealand and Australia in the ICC Champions Trophy.[4]
He last played for the US in the 2005 ICC Trophy[3] in Ireland. After playing warm-up matches against the Northern Cricket Union President's XI and Namibia[5] he played five matches in the tournament proper against the UAE, Denmark, Uganda, Bermuda and Papua New Guinea.[7] Those five matches also represent the end of his List A career.[6]
