Mark Davis

Mark Jeffrey Gronow Davis (born 10 October 1971) is a South African former cricketer active from 1990 to 2005. He was club coach of Sussex until he left by mutual agreement in October 2017. During his playing career, he played domestic cricket for Northern Transvaal (later known as Northerns), MCC, and Sussex, as well as making appearances for South Africa A and South Africa U-24s.

Playing career Davis appeared in 127 first-class matches as a righthanded batsman who bowled off breaks. He scored 2,941 runs with a highest score of 168 and took 232 wickets with a best performance of eight for 37. In 2002, Davis and Robin Martin-Jenkins scored a record eighth-wicket partnership for Sussex of 291; as of 2015, this is still the highest eighth-wicket partnership for Sussex. Davis' innings of 111 in the partnership was his maiden first-class century. and scored his highest first-class score of 168 in a 2003 match against Middlesex. He took control of the Second Team, In 2011, he had a Testimonial Year, to celebrate 10 years of service to Sussex CCC. In 2013, Davis was a contender to become Sri Lankan head coach, although Marvan Atapattu was eventually awarded the job. He has held the role of Director of Cricket at Brighton College since 2020 and was formerly Master in Charge of Cricket at Harrow School.