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Full name Mark Wellings Priest
Born August 12, 1961, Greymouth, West Coast
Current age 46 years 279 days
Major teams New Zealand,Canterbury
Also known as Popeye
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Slow left-arm orthodox
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
3
4
0
56
26
14.00
181
30.93
0
0
6
0
0
0
ODIs
18
14
4
103
24
10.30
225
45.77
0
0
1
0
2
0
First-class
109
154
25
3945
119
30.58
4
28
66
0
List A
115
80
21
832
98*
14.10
0
1
38
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
3
5
377
158
3
2/42
2/77
52.66
2.51
125.6
0
0
0
ODIs
18
17
752
590
8
2/27
2/27
73.75
4.70
94.0
0
0
0
First-class
109
25632
10478
329
9/95
31.84
2.45
77.9
12
3
List A
115
5473
3497
120
5/26
5/26
29.14
3.83
45.6
3
1
0
Career statistics
Test debut
England v New Zealand at Nottingham, Jun 7-12, 1990 scorecard
Last Test
Sri Lanka v New Zealand at Colombo (SSC), Jun 10-13, 1998 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
Australia v New Zealand at Sharjah, Apr 26, 1990 scorecard
Last ODI
India v New Zealand at Colombo (RPS), Jun 23, 1998 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span
1984/85 - 1998/99
List A span
1987/88 - 1998/99
Profile
Slow left-armer and middle-order left-hand batsman Mark 'Popeye' Priest made three Test appearances over seven years, as well as playing 18 one-dayers, but was never able to reproduce the form which had made him so useful at domestic level. Much was expected of him when he toured England in 1990, but his haul of 14 wickets was a disappointing return. He continued to perform solidly for Canterbury, but infrequent returns to the national team were brief and unproductive. He finally retired at the end of the 1998-99 season, shortly after taking his 300th first-class wicket.
Martin Williamson
