Mark Richard Adair (born 27 March 1996) is an Irish international cricketer from Northern Ireland, currently playing for Northern Knights in domestic cricket.
He is a right-arm medium pace bowler, who also bats right-handed. He made his international debut in May 2019. In January 2020, he was one of nineteen players to be awarded a central contract from Cricket Ireland,[2] the first year in which all contracts were awarded on a full-time basis.[3]
In June 2016, Adair was named in Ireland's One Day International (ODI) squad for their series against Afghanistan, that took place the following month, but he did not play.[8] In May 2019, he was added to Ireland's squad for the one-off ODI against England.[9] He made his ODI debut for Ireland against England on 3 May 2019.[10]
In September 2019, Adair was named in Ireland's squad for the 2019 ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier tournament in the United Arab Emirates.[18] He was the leading wicket-taker for Ireland in the tournament, with twelve dismissals in eight matches.[19]
On 10 July 2020, Adair was named in Ireland's 21-man squad to travel to England to start training behind closed doors for the ODI series against the England cricket team.[20][21] Adair was added to Ireland's squad for the third and final ODI of the series.[22]
In February 2021, Adair was named in the Ireland Wolves' squad for their tour to Bangladesh.[23][24] In July 2021, he was named in the Ireland's ODI squad against South Africa.[25] In September 2021, Adair was named in Ireland's provisional squad for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.[26] Adair was named in Ireland's Test squad for their tour of Bangladesh in March 2023. He was also named in the T20I and ODI squads for the tour.[27]