Today let’s look into Mark Champan profile, biography and stats. Mark Sinclair Chapman is a Hong Kong-born New Zealand international cricketer who has played limited over internationals for Hong Kong and New Zealand. Born in Hong Kong to a Chinese mother and a New Zealand father. Mark Champan is a class world-class player. Mark Champan was the only difference due to which New Zealand leveled the 2023 T20 series against Pakistan’s world-class bowling unit. Mark Champan showcased an unbelievable performance. Simply a dream performance and hopefully, the real rise of Mark Champan started in world cricket.
Mark Champan Date of Birth and Age
Mark Chapman was born on June 27, 1994. Currently 28 years of age.
Mark Champan Birth Place
Mark Champan birth place is Hong Kong
Mark Champan Height
Mark Champan height is 5 feet 9 inches (1.63 m).
Mark Champan Weight
Mark Champan’s weight is 80 KG.
Mark Champion Batting Style
Mark Champan is a left-handed batsman
Mark Champan Bowling Style
Mark Champan is a slow left-arm orthodox spinner
Mark Champan Major Teams
Hong Kong, Auckland, New Zealand XI, New Zealand, Saint Lucia Kings, New Zealand A
Mark Champan Education
Graduation
Mark Champan Family
Mark Champan was born in Hong Kong to a Chinese mother and a New Zealand father. His father Peter was a crown prosecutor for the Government of Hong Kong and his mother Anne worked in the financial sector.
Mark Champan Stats for Hong Kong Cricket Team
Chapman first represented Hong Kong in the Under-19 World Cup, at the tender age of 15. Chapman’s talent was never in doubt amidst a motley bunch of semi-professional and amateurish Hong Kong cricketing set-up. Having made his World Cricket League debut for Hong Kong in 2011, Chapman’s efforts with the bat helped the team gain promotion from Division three to two. Holding a dual passport, Chapman was eligible to play in New Zealand and he made his first-class debut for Auckland in the 2015-16 domestic season as a local player, despite having played two One Day Internationals and 19 Twenty20 internationals for Hong Kong.
Chapman is only one of ten players and the only associate team batsman to score a century on ODI debut. He reached the landmark when he made an unbeaten 124 on his debut against United Arab Emirates (UAE) in Dubai.
Mark Champan played 2 ODI internationals for Hong Kong and scored 151 runs. His highest score was 124 not out and his strike rate overall was 100. Mark Champan scored 392 runs in 19 matches for Hong Kong with an average of 23 and a strike rate of 111.
Mark Champan Career and Stats in New Zealand Domestic
Chapman made his first-class debut on 17 December 2015 in the 2015–16 Plunket Shield.
As he holds dual citizenship with both New Zealand and Hong Kong, he is not considered as an overseas player. In 2017-18 Super Smash T20, Mark Champan played 9 matches and scored 307 at an average of 34.11 and strike rate of 179. Mark Champan highest score was 101.
Mark Champan scored 480 in 5 matches of the 2017-18 Ford Trophy where he was the leading run-scorer. Mark Champan played for Auckland.
On 1 January 2018, Chapman scored his first century in a Twenty20 match, batting for Auckland against Canterbury in the 2017–18 Super Smash.
In March 2020, in round five of the 2019–20 Plunket Shield season, Chapman and Joe Carter scored centuries in both innings of the match. It was the first time that two batsmen had scored a century in each innings in the same match in the Plunket Shield.
In 2022-23 Plunket Shield trophy. Mark Champan scored 247 runs in 3 matches at an average of 61.75. Mark Champan highest score was 145.
Mark Champon CPL 2018 Stats
Mark Champan played 4 matches and scored 12 runs. CPL 2018 was just poor for him.
Mark Champan Debut for New Zealand
Auckland team is where Chapman turned the heads of New Zealand selectors, by scoring an abundance of runs for the Auckland Aces in the 2017-18 season he proved himself worthy of a spot in the BLACKCAPS line-up, debuting in both T20I and ODI in February 2018 with series against England and Australia in white ball cricket.
Mark Champan scored his maiden fifty against India in the year 2021 by scoring 63 runs of 50 balls.
Chapman’s tour with the BLACKCAPS in Scotland in 2022 was one for the memory books. He scored his highest T20I score, a remarkable 83*, contributing to New Zealand’s 102-run win and the team’s highest T20I total (254), and two days later, Chapman scored his first ODI century for New Zealand.
Mark Champan ODI Stats
Mark Champan so far played 7 ODIs and scored 262 runs at an average of 52.4 with strike rate of 104.38. Mark Champan highest score in ODI is 124.
Mark Champan T20 Stats
In 52 matches he scored 1126 runs at an average of 29.63 with strike rate of 131.54. Mark champan highest score is 104 in T20s.
Mark Champan’s performance against Pakistan series 2023 in T20s
Rise of Mark Champan for New Zealand
The rise of Mark Champan in international cricket started with New Zealand tour of Pakistan in 2023 in the T20s. Mark Champan was the difference in whole series and due to him, New Zealand B team leveled the series against the Pakistan A-class team. Mark Champan’s performance was simply unbelievable in the whole series. in 5th and final T20 no one could believe that New Zealand won the match from very worse position. Mark Champan not only single-handedly won the match for his team but also scored 104 not out in that match and also leveled the series against Pakistan’s world-class bowling unit.
Mark Champan played all 5 T20 against Pakistan series and scored 290 with a strike rate of 165. Mark Champan highest score is 104 not out. Mark Champan was the leading run scorer for New Zealand against the Pakistan series. Mark Champan score 2 fifties and 1 century.
Mark Champan’s blistering knock of 104* helped New Zealand win the 5th T20 against Pakistan and level the series.
Mark Champan Player of the Series against Pakistan T20 in 2023
Mark Champan was named player of the series and said he was happy to see his hard work pay off.
Mark Champan was included in ODI Squad Against Pakistan Series 2023
After initially missing out on the ODI squad, Chapman played his way into selection after impressive performances in the Black Caps’ drawn Twenty20 series against Pakistan, culminating in his maiden century and also leveling the series.
Mark Champan Included in ODI Squad against Pakistan series 2023
Mark Champan was only included in T20s for New Zealand Squad against Pakistan series 2023. But Mark Champan included in the ODI squad due to a compelling performance in T20s against rival Pakistan.
Black Caps head coach Gary Stead said Chapman’s performances throughout the T20 series were extremely compelling.
“The way Mark’s played against one of the best T20 bowling attacks in the world has been nothing short of outstanding.
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