{{Short description|English cricketer}} {{EngvarB|date=August 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = | country = England | fullname = Robert Marcus Wight | nickname = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1969|9|12|df=yes}} | birth_place = Kensington, London, England | heightft = | heightinch = | heightm = | batting = Right-handed | bowling = Right-arm off break | role = | family = | club1 = Gloucestershire | year1 = 1993–1994 | clubnumber1 = | club2 = Cambridge University | year2 = 1992 | clubnumber2 = | columns = 2 | column1 = First-class | matches1 = 19 | runs1 = 593 | bat avg1 = 22.80 | 100s/50s1 = –/3 | top score1 = 62* | deliveries1 = 2,807 | wickets1 = 33 | bowl avg1 = 44.12 | fivefor1 = – | tenfor1 = – | best bowling1 = 3/65 | catches/stumpings1 = 11/– | column2 = List A | matches2 = 12 | runs2 = 51 | bat avg2 = 7.28 | 100s/50s2 = –/– | top score2 = 18 | deliveries2 = 426 | wickets2 = 9 | bowl avg2 = 31.00 | fivefor2 = – | tenfor2 = – | best bowling2 = 2/28 | catches/stumpings2 = 5/– | date = 22 September | year = 2011 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/22585.html Cricinfo }}
'''Robert Marcus Wight''' (born 12 September 1969) is a former English cricketer. Wight was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born in Kensington, London and later undertook further education at Exeter University, before attending Cambridge University.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/11/11424/all_teams.html|title=Teams Marcus Wight played for|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=22 September 2011}}</ref>
While studying at Cambridge, Wight made his first-class debut for Cambridge University Cricket Club against Leicestershire in 1992. He made eight further first-class appearances for the university in that season, the last of which came against Oxford University at Lord's.<ref name="FCM">{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/11/11424/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Marcus Wight|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=22 September 2011}}</ref> In his nine first-class appearances for the university, he scored 366 runs at an average of 28.15, with a high score of 62 not out.<ref name="FCBAT">{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/11/11424/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Marcus Wight|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=22 September 2011}}</ref> This score, which was one of two fifties he made for the university, came against Oxford University.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/56/56077.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Marcus Wight|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=22 September 2011}}</ref> With the ball, he took 18 wickets at a bowling average of 37.61, with best figures of 3/65.<ref name="FCBOWL">{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/11/11424/f_Bowling_by_Team.html|title=First-class Bowling For Each Team by Marcus Wight|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=22 September 2011}}</ref> He also made a single first-class appearance for a combined Oxford and Cambridge Universities team against the touring Pakistanis in that season.<ref name="FCM"/>
Following his studies, he joined Gloucestershire for the 1993 season, making his debut for the county against Northamptonshire in the 1993 County Championship. He made eight further first-class appearances for the county, the last of which came against the touring New Zealanders.<ref name="FCM"/> In his nine first-class appearances for Gloucestershire, he scored a total of 205 runs at an average of 17.08, with a high score of 54.<ref name="FCBAT"/> This score, which was his only first-class half century for Gloucestershire, came against Leicestershire in 1993.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/57/57457.html|title=Leicestershire v Gloucestershire, 1993 County Championship|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=22 September 2011}}</ref> In his debut season with Gloucestershire, he also made his List A debut against Kent in the AXA Equity & Law League. Wight made eleven further List A appearances, the last of which came against Hampshire in the 1994 AXA Equity & Law League.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/11/11424/List_A_Matches.html|title=List A Matches played by Marcus Wight|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=22 September 2011}}</ref> In his twelve List A appearances, he scored 51 runs at an average of 7.28, with a high score of 18.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/11/11424/a_Batting_by_Team.html|title=List A Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Marcus Wight|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=22 September 2011}}</ref> With the ball, he took 9 wickets at an average of 31.00, with best figures of 2/28.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/11/11424/a_Bowling_by_Team.html|title=List A Bowling For Each Team by Marcus Wight|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=22 September 2011}}</ref> He left Gloucestershire at the end of the 1994 season.
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==External links== *[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/22585.html Marcus Wight] at ESPNcricinfo *[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/11/11424/11424.html Marcus Wight] at CricketArchive
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