Mark Lavender

Mark Philip Lavender is an Australian cricketer, who played for Western Australia between 1990 and 1998.

Early career

Lavender was born to Anglo-Indian parents in Madras, India, and moved to Australia at an early age. He attended the Western Australian Institute of Sport and represented the Western Australia Under-19s, Western Australia Colts and Western Australia Second XI teams. He also played grade cricket for Mount Lawley.

He made his first-class debut for Western Australia against Victoria [cricket team|Victoria] on 15 February 1991, at the St. Kilda Cricket Ground, scoring 118 runs on debut before being dismissed by Paul Reiffel. He made his List A debut for Western Australia against Tasmania on 11 October 1991, at the WACA Ground.
In total, Lavender played 53 first-class matches, scoring 3102 runs at an average (cricket)|average] of 34.08 with a highest score of 173* achieved against New [South Wales cricket team|New South Wales]. He also played 30 List A matches, all for Western Australia, making 931 runs at an average of 35.80, with a highest score of 100.
Lavender also played one match for the MCC against Pakistan [A cricket team|Pakistan A] at Denis Compton Oval during the 1997 season. He made 0 and 6* and took three catches.