Mark Richard Adair (born 27 March 1996) is an Irish international cricketer from

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, currently playing for Northern Knights in domestic cricket. He has played county cricket in

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for

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. In Northern Ireland, he has played club cricket for CIYMS, although he will be playing at

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for the 2024 season. He is a right-arm medium pace bowler, who also bats right-handed. He made his international debut in May 2019. In January 2020, he was one of nineteen players to be awarded a central contract from

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, the first year in which all contracts were awarded on a full-time basis.

Domestic career

Adair's first wicket in

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was

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. He made his

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debut on 27 May 2016 for Warwickshire against Worcestershire Rapids in the

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and his

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debut in the

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on 10 May 2017. In May 2022, in the

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, Adair scored his first century in List A cricket, with 108 runs against

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International career

In June 2016, Adair was named in Ireland's

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(ODI) squad for their series against Afghanistan, that took place the following month, but he did not play. In May 2019, he was added to Ireland's squad for the one-off ODI against England. He made his ODI debut for Ireland against

on 3 May 2019. In June 2019, Adair was named in the Ireland Wolves squad for their home series against the

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. Later the same month, he was named in Ireland's squad for their series against Zimbabwe. In July 2019, Adair was named in Ireland's

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squad for their one-off match against England at

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. He made his

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(T20I) debut for Ireland against

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on 12 July 2019. He made his Test debut for Ireland, against

, on 24 July 2019. The following month, he was awarded a central contract by

. In September 2019, Adair was named in Ireland's squad for the

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tournament in the United Arab Emirates. He was the leading wicket-taker for Ireland in the tournament, with twelve dismissals in eight matches. On 10 July 2020, Adair was named in Ireland's 21-man squad to travel to England to start training

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for the ODI series against the England cricket team. Adair was added to Ireland's squad for the third and final ODI of the series. In February 2021, Adair was named in the Ireland Wolves' squad for their tour to Bangladesh. In July 2021, he was named in the Ireland's ODI squad against South Africa. In September 2021, Adair was named in Ireland's provisional squad for the

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. Adair was named in Ireland's

squad for their tour of Bangladesh in March 2023. He was also named in the T20I and ODI squads for the tour. On 7 December 2023, Adair became the first male cricketer from Ireland to take 100 wickets in T20Is. He was named in the ICC T20i "Team of the year" for 2023. In May 2024, he was named in Ireland’s squad for the

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tournament.

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