Mark Newell

{{short description|English cricketer and umpire}} {{Use British English|date=February 2016}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2016}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Mark Newell | image = MNlords.jpg | caption = Mark Newell umpiring at Lord's: Middlesex v Australia, 2018 | country = England | fullname = Mark Newell | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1973|12|19|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Crawley]], Sussex, England | heightft = | heightinch = | batting = Right-handed | bowling = Right-arm [[Off spin|off break]] | role = | family = {{ubl|[[Jonathan Newell]] (brother)|[[Keith Newell (cricketer)|Keith Newell]] (brother)}}

| club1 = [[Sussex County Cricket Club|Sussex]] | year1 = {{nowrap|1996–1999}} | clubnumber1 = | type1 = [[First-class cricket|FC]] | debutdate1 = 3 September | debutyear1 = 1996 | debutfor1 = Sussex | debutagainst1 = [[Worcestershire County Cricket Club|Worcestershire]] | type2 = [[List A cricket|LA]] | debutdate2 = 11 August | debutyear2 = 1996 | debutfor2 = Sussex | debutagainst2 = [[Derbyshire County Cricket Club|Derbyshire]] | columns = 2 | column1 = [[First-class cricket|FC]] | matches1 = 24 | runs1 = 819 | bat avg1 = 23.39 | 100s/50s1 = 3/3 | top score1 = 135[[not out|*]] | deliveries1 = 12 | wickets1 = | bowl avg1 = | fivefor1 = | tenfor1 = | best bowling1 = –/– | catches/stumpings1 = –/– | column2 = [[List A cricket|LA]] | matches2 = 42 | hidedeliveries = true | runs2 = 1,124 | bat avg2 = 32.11 | 100s/50s2 = 0/9 | top score2 = 92 | deliveries2 = | wickets2 = | bowl avg2 = | fivefor2 = | tenfor2 = | best bowling2 = – | catches/stumpings2 = –/– | date = 30 July | year = 2024 | source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/4/4567/4567.html CricketArchive }}

'''Mark Newell''' (born 19 December 1973) is an English former [[cricket]]er and current first-class cricket umpire.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/mark-newell-18006 |title=Mark Newell |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=30 July 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.trentbridge.co.uk/news/2018/january/new-icc-and-ecb-officiating-positions-for-former-notts-quartet.html |title=NEW ICC AND ECB OFFICIATING POSITIONS FOR FORMER NOTTS QUARTET |work=trentbridge.co.uk |access-date=30 July 2024}}</ref> He was a right-handed batsman and occasional right-arm bowler who played for [[Sussex County Cricket Club]] and [[Derbyshire County Cricket Club]] between 1995 and 1999. He joined the ECB panel of first-class umpires in 2017.<ref>{{cite web |title=Newell named on Reserve List of First Class Umpires for 2017 |url=https://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/sport/cricket/newell-named-on-reserve-list-of-first-class-umpires-for-2017-861632 |work=Sussex World |access-date=30 July 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Boon, Cosker among five new ECB Cricket Liaison Officers |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/tim-boon-dean-cosker-among-five-new-ecb-cricket-liaison-officers-1083049 |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=30 July 2024}}</ref>

Signing professional terms for his home county Sussex in 1994, Newell joined his elder brother Keith on the Sussex playing staff for the 1995 season, having enjoyed a successful year at Lord's on the young cricketers staff.

Newell made his first-class and List A debuts in 1996. It was in the short format that Newell proved most successful for Sussex, averaging 35 over the course of the next two seasons for the county. The Championship provided some success but no consistency of note. Three Championship centuries were scored including a career-high 135 not out against Derbyshire but a drastic loss of form half way through 1998 led to his being dropped and making no further appearances for the county.

A short-term deal at Derbyshire for the 1999 season was unsuccessful and he was subsequently released at the end of the season and played no further cricket at first-class level.

Newell joined the ECB first class umpiring panel in 2017 as a reserve list umpire, graduating to the full time list with the formation of the Professional Umpires Team in 2022.

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==External links== * [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/4/4567/4567.html Mark Newell] at CricketArchive {{subscription required}} * {{ESPNcricinfo|id=18006}}

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