Mark Daniel Stoneman (born 26 June 1987) is an English

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er who plays for

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and has previously played for

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. He made his international debut for England in August 2017. He bats left handed and normally plays as an opening batsman.

Early life and domestic career

Stoneman attended Marley Hill County Primary School, followed by Whickham School. He joined

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in 2005 and played two seasons in the second eleven, before making his first team debut in 2007. Stoneman scored 50 in his second match, against

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and what was then his highest score, 101, in a victory over

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in September 2007. On 26 July 2016, Stoneman signed for

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ahead of the 2017 season. In July 2018, Stoneman reached the milestone of 10,000 first-class runs. In August 2021, Stoneman joined

Middlesex Middlesex (; abbreviation: Middx) is a Historic counties of England, former county in South East England, now mainly within Greater London. Its boundaries largely followed three rivers: the River Thames, Thames in the south, the River Lea, Le ...

, initially on loan for the remainder of that year's county championship season, and then signing a three-year contract. He left Middlesex at the end of the 2024 season and joined

on a one-year red-ball contract in February 2025.

International career

Stoneman played for

in the

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in Sri Lanka. In August 2017, he was named in England's

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squad for their series against the West Indies, to replace Keaton Jennings as opening partner to

Alastair Cook Sir Alastair Nathan Cook (born 25 December 1984) is an English former cricketer and former captain (cricket), captain of the England Test Cricket, Test and One-Day International, ODI teams. He is considered one of the greatest opening batsmen ...

. He made his Test debut in the first match of the series on 17 August 2017. He is the first cricketer to make his debut in a Day-Night Test match. He kept his place in the team for the 2017-18 Ashes Series and made his Ashes debut in the opening Test match in Brisbane on 23 November 2017, partnering Cook and made 53 in the first innings before being dismissed by

Pat Cummins Patrick James Cummins (born 8 May 1993) is an Australian international cricketer who captains the Australia men's national cricket team in Test and One Day International cricket. Cummins is widely regarded as one of the finest fast bowlers t ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Stoneman, Mark 1987 births Living people English cricketers England Test cricketers Durham cricketers Middlesex cricketers Surrey cricketers Yorkshire cricketers Cricketers from Newcastle upon Tyne St George cricketers Hampshire cricketers