mark ravin ramprakash (born 5 september 1969) is an english former cricketer. a right-handed batsman, he initially made his name playing for middlesex, and was selected for england aged 21. a gifted, and one of the heaviest-scoring english batsman of his generation at county level, he rarely performed to his full potential during 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). he is one of only 25 players in the history of the sport to have scored 100 first-class centuries.