Mark Burgess, a New Zealand cricket batsman, was born in 1944 in Auckland, New Zealand.
Mark Gordon Burgess (born July 17, 1944) was the captain of the New Zealand cricket team from 1978 to 1980. With his right arm, he batted right-handed and bowled off-breaks. He was a member of the first New Zealand One Day International team (ODI).
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