Mark Thorburn

Mark Thorburn (born 1 August 1978) is an English cricket coach and former first-class cricketer.

Mark Thorburn

Personal information
Full name	Mark Thorburn
Born	(1978-08-11) 11 August 1978 (age 47) Bath, Somerset, England
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium-fast
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2001–2002	Durham UCCE
2003	Hampshire
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 6 Runs scored 35 Batting average 8.75 100s/50s –/– Top score 12 Balls bowled 708 Wickets 12 Bowling average 43.58 5 wickets in innings – 10 wickets in match – Best bowling 2/53 Catches/stumpings 1/–
Source: Cricinfo, 7 December 2009

Thorburn was born in August 1978 at Bath, Somerset. He was educated at Beechen Cliff School, before matriculating to Durham University. There, he played first-class cricket for Durham UCCE,^[1] making his debut against Lancashire at Durham. He played first-class cricket for Durham UCCE until 2002, making five appearances.^[2] He trialled for Hampshire in 2003, making a single first-class appearance for the county against Oxford UCCE at Oxford.^[2] In six first-class appearances, Thorburn took 12 wickets with his right-arm medium-fast bowling at an average of 43.58 and took best figures of 2 for 53.^[3]

After his first-class career, Thorburn moved into a coaching role at Gloucestershire. He was initially a performance analyst, before being appointed bowling coach in 2014.^[4] In 2022, he became one of the highest qualified coaches in county cricket when he completed his master's degree in sport, strength and conditioning from the University of Gloucestershire.^[5] In October 2022, he replaced Tim Hancock as Gloucestershire's head of talent pathway on an interim basis,^[6] prior to the appointment of Paul Muchall in the role in March 2023.^[7]