Mark Daniel Stoneman, born 26 June 1987 in Sunniside, Gateshead

Sunniside, Gateshead

Sunniside is a large village in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, England just south of Whickham, and is at one end of the Tanfield Railway. It has a large park and also a busy Front Street with a collection of shops and amenities, which include a local co-operative store, a premier...

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England

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 cricket

Cricket

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...

er who has played first-class

First-class cricket

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 and List A cricket for Durham

Durham County Cricket Club

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He is a left-handed batsman who normally plays as an opening bat. He played for England in the 2006 U-19 Cricket World Cup

2006 U-19 Cricket World Cup

The 2006 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup was played in Sri Lanka from February 5 to February 19, 2006.The final was played between Pakistan and India in Colombo, which Pakistan won by 38 runs, enabling them to become the first back-to-back champions of the tournament.- Participating Nations :Sixteen...

 in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka

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Career

He attended Marley Hill County Primary School, followed by Whickham

Whickham

Whickham is a town in North East England, four miles south west of Newcastle upon Tyne and four and a half miles west of Gateshead. Whickham is part of the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead. Its postal address is Whickham, Newcastle upon Tyne. Whickham is situated on high ground overlooking the...

 Comprehensive School. He joined Durham in 2005 and played two seasons in the second eleven, before making his first team debut in 2007.

He scored fifty in his second match, against Hampshire and his highest score, 101, in a victory over Sussex in September 2007. He has so far been largely restricted to first-class matches, as it is Durham's practice to pick Phil Mustard, the wicket keeper, as an opening batsman in one-day matches. He played in one Lust A match in 2008.

He is a keen Newcastle United supporter.