Mark Priest

Mark Wellings Priest (born 12 August 1961) is a former New Zealand international cricketer who played in three Test matches and 18 One Day Internationals (ODIs) between 1990 and 1998. He was the leading wicket-taker for Canterbury, with 290 dismissals, until Todd Astle went past his total in February 2019.^[1][2]

Mark Priest

Personal information
Full name	Mark Wellings Priest
Born	(1961-08-12) 12 August 1961 (age 63)
Batting	Left-handed
Bowling	Slow left-arm orthodox
Role	Bowler
International information
National side	New Zealand (1990–1998)
Test debut (cap 170)	7 June 1990 v England
Last Test	10 June 1998 v Sri Lanka
ODI debut (cap 68)	26 April 1990 v Australia
Last ODI	23 June 1998 v India
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1984/85–1998/99	Canterbury
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA Matches 3 18 109 115 Runs scored 56 103 3,945 832 Batting average 14.00 10.30 30.58 14.10 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 4/28 0/1 Top score 26 24 119 98* Balls bowled 377 752 25,632 5,473 Wickets 3 8 329 120 Bowling average 52.66 73.75 31.84 29.14 5 wickets in innings 0 0 12 1 10 wickets in match 0 0 3 0 Best bowling 2/42 2/27 9/95 5/26 Catches/stumpings 0/– 2/– 66/– 38/-
Source: Cricinfo, 1 May 2017

Priest was born at Greymouth, West Coast.

Personal life and family

His nephew, Henry Shipley, has also played cricket for Canterbury and New Zealand.^[3]