Mark Ramprakash
former English cricketer
Mark Ravindra Ramprakash (born 5 September 1969) is an English former cricketer and cricket coach.
Outside of cricket, Ramprakash won the fourth series of Strictly Come Dancing in 2006. Since 2020, he has been the director of cricket for Harrow School.
Background
Ramprakash was raised in Harrow, the son of a white British mother and Indo-Guyanese father. He attended Gayton High School.
A right-handed batsman, he played for Middlesex at every age level, signing his first professional contract with them at the age of 17. He was selected for England aged 21.
Ramprakash was an English batsman at county level. He maintained a long but intermittent international career.
He became a particularly prolific run scorer when he moved to Surrey in 2001, averaging over 100 runs per innings in two successive seasons (2006 & 2007).
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