Mark Adair

Ireland · PACE · 2019 to 2026 · on scorecards: MR Adair

BATTING

Matches: 57
Innings: 42
Runs: 488
Average: 16.82
Strike rate: 102.09
High score: 32
100s / 50s: 0 / 0

BOWLING & FIELDING

Wickets: 77
Average: 33.07
Economy: 5.73
Strike rate: 34.6
Best figures: 4/19
4w / 5w: 6 / 0
Catches / Stumpings: 29 / 0
Run-outs effected: 2

CAREER IN BRIEF

Mark Adair played 54 ODIs for Ireland in CricArcade's archive, from 2019 to 2025. The first came against England at The Village, with a score of 32, and the last against Zimbabwe at Harare Sports Club in 2025.

The most productive decade was the 2020s: 352 runs at 17.6 in 45 ODIs. The highest score in the archive is 32 from 30 balls against England at The Village in 2019, in a defeat. The best bowling is 4 for 19 against Afghanistan at Civil Service Cricket Club in 2019.

At home the average was 20.4 across 17 ODIs; away it was 21.9 across 22 ODIs. The most runs came against West Indies: 102 runs at 25.5 in 8 ODIs. Harare Sports Club was the most frequent ground, with 9 ODIs and 61 runs at 61.0. Ireland won 17 of the ODIs Mark Adair played and lost 30.

The career totals above are the official figures; everything below is computed from the 54 ODI scorecards in CricArcade's archive, each linked.

BEST INNINGS

Runs	Balls	Against	Ground	Year	Result
32	30	England	The Village	2019	Lost
29	34	West Indies	Kensington Oval	2020	Lost
27*	15	New Zealand	The Village	2022	Lost
26*	23	Zimbabwe	Harare Sports Club	2025	Lost
25*	13	West Indies	The Village	2019	Lost

BEST BOWLING

Figures	Overs	Against	Ground	Year	Result
4/19	6.4	Afghanistan	Civil Service Cricket Club	2019	Won
4/40	8.5	Bangladesh	County Ground	2023	Lost
4/46	9.5	Sri Lanka	Queens Sports Club	2023	Lost
4/50	10	South Africa	Sheikh Zayed Stadium	2024	Lost
4/54	10	Zimbabwe	Harare Sports Club	2025	Won

RECORD BY OPPONENT

Against	ODIs	Runs	Avg	100/50	Wkts	Bowl avg
Zimbabwe	15	93	31.00	0/0	19	28.79
West Indies	8	102	25.50	0/0	5	69.60
Bangladesh	7	64	16.00	0/0	10	35.40
South Africa	6	73	18.25	0/0	8	37.50
Afghanistan	5	21	4.20	0/0	10	27.20
England	4	44	22.00	0/0	2	102.00
New Zealand	2	27	27.00	0/0	4	18.00
United Arab Emirates	2	0	–	0/0	0	–
Nepal	1	18	18.00	0/0	2	23.50
Oman	1	15	15.00	0/0	2	23.50
Scotland	1	8	–	0/0	3	19.00
Sri Lanka	1	4	4.00	0/0	4	11.50
United States	1	0	–	0/0	2	18.50

HOME, AWAY AND NEUTRAL

Where	ODIs	Runs	Avg	100/50	Wkts	Bowl avg
Home	17	184	20.44	0/0	22	35.05
Away	22	153	21.86	0/0	20	43.65
Neutral	15	132	13.20	0/0	29	26.45

BY DECADE

Decade	ODIs	Runs	Avg	100/50	Wkts	Bowl avg
2010s	9	117	19.50	0/0	15	33.93
2020s	45	352	17.60	0/0	56	33.96

GROUNDS

Ground	ODIs	Runs	Avg	100/50	Wkts	Bowl avg
Harare Sports Club	9	61	61.00	0/0	12	24.67
The Village	7	116	38.67	0/0	6	49.00
Civil Service Cricket Club	7	26	6.50	0/0	10	26.80
Sheikh Zayed Stadium	5	43	10.75	0/0	6	47.17
County Ground	3	40	40.00	0/0	7	19.43
Sabina Park	3	22	–	0/0	3	39.33

FIRST AND LAST

Debut: v England, 2019 at The Village
Latest in the archive: v Zimbabwe, 2025 at Harare Sports Club

PLAYER DETAILS

Born: 27 March 1996
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm fast-medium
Balls faced (career): 478
Ducks: 3
Four-wicket hauls: 6
Most common batting position: 8th
Strike rate, overs 11 to 40: 84.3
Strike rate, overs 41 to 50: 137.3
Balls per dismissal against pace: 21.9

Position, phase strike rates and the pace and spin split come from ball-by-ball records (Cricsheet), which cover ODIs from 2002 onwards: 409 balls faced in that period.

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