Mark Richard Adair (born March 27, 1996) is an Irish cricketer from Northern Ireland. He played county cricket in England for the Warwickshire County Cricket Club. He is a right, fast bowler who also hits right-handers. He made his international debut in May 2019. In January 2020 he was one of nineteen players to receive a central contract from Cricket Ireland, the first year in which all contracts were awarded on a full-time basis.

Domestic career

Adair's first wicket in first-class cricket was Marcus Trescothick. He made his Twenty20 debut on May 27, 2016, for Warwickshire against Worcestershire Rapids in the 2016 NatWest t20 Blast and made his List A debut at the 2017 Royal London One-Day Cup on May 10, 2017.

In July 2019, Adair was selected to play for the Belfast Titans in the first edition of the Euro T20 slam cricket tournament. However, the following month the tournament was canceled.

International career

In June 2016, Adair was called up to the One Day International (ODI) Irish squad for their series against Afghanistan that took place the following month, but he did not play. In May 2019 he was accepted into the Irish squad for the one-time ODI against England. On May 3, 2019, he made his ODI debut for Ireland against England. In June 2019 Adair was called up to the Ireland Wolves squad for their home series against cricket team Scotland A. Later that month he was named to Ireland's squad for their series against Zimbabwe.

In July 2019, Adair was named to Ireland's test squad for her one-off game against England at Lord's. On July 12, 2019, he made his Twenty20 International (T20I) debut for Ireland against Zimbabwe. He made his test debut for Ireland on July 24, 2019, against England. The following month he received a key contract from Cricket Ireland.

In September 2019, Adair was named to the Irish squad for the 2019 ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier tournament in the United Arab Emirates. He was the leading wicket-taker for Ireland in the tournament, with twelve layoffs in eight games. On July 10, 2020, Adair was called up to Ireland's 21-man squad to travel to England to train behind closed doors for the ODI series against the English cricket team. Adair has been added to Ireland's roster for the third and final ODI of the series.

In February 2021, Adair was named to the Ireland Wolves squad for their tour to Bangladesh. In July 2021, he was called up to the Irish ODI squad against South Africa. In September 2021, Adair was named to Ireland's provisional squad for the men's ICC T20 World Cup 2021.