Mark Neville Atkinson (born 11 February 1969, in
Sydney
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,
New South Wales
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) is a former
Australia
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cricket
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player, who played for
Tasmania
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. He played for the Tigers from 1990 until 2000, and was a regular feature in both their first class and one-day sides.
Mark Atkinson is a current cricket coach and former first-class player, representing Tasmania, the Prime Ministers XI and Australia 'A' teams in a successful 10-year career throughout the 1990s and early 2000s.
Atkinson was a cornerstone player in an excellent era for Tasmanian and Australian cricket, serving as the Tigers' wicketkeeper-batsman throughout. In a team that featured record-breaking players like Ricky Ponting, Colin Miller, Dene Hills, Jamie Cox and Michael DiVenuto, Atkinson's first-class record rendered him unlucky not to receive full Test honours. Nevertheless, Atkinson carved a fine reputation as an outstanding gloveman and consistent batsman and went on to play in multiple Sheffield Shield finals. He currently holds the record for the most dismissals by a Tasmanian wicketkeeper.
Through both playing and now coaching, Atkinson's involvement in cricket spans from grassroots through to the elite level. Today, he is founder and Managing Director o
Elite Cricket a cricket coaching venture that services players of all skill-levels in Sydney and its surrounds. His insight and coaching methods have seen him sought out for private sessions with current and former Test cricketers and professionals alike.
See also
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List of Tasmanian representative cricketers
This is a list of cricket players who have played representative cricket for Tasmania in Australia.
It includes players that have played at least one match, in senior first-class, List A cricket, or Twenty20 matches. Practice matches are not i ...
External links
Cricinfo profile
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1969 births
Living people
Tasmania cricketers
Australian cricketers
Cricketers from Sydney
Australian cricket coaches
20th-century Australian sportsmen