Mark Chapman: ODI, T20I and 2026 Franchise Stats

Who is Mark Chapman?

Mark Chapman is a left-handed middle-order batter who has played international cricket for Hong Kong and New Zealand. That two-country record is central to his story, but it needs precise wording. He did not simply appear for one national side and then vanish into franchise cricket. He played 21 internationals for Hong Kong, according to New Zealand Cricket's 2022 central-contract announcement, before establishing himself in the Auckland system and earning selection for the BLACKCAPS. The same announcement described him as powerful and inventive, noted his ability to offer left-arm orthodox spin and highlighted his fielding. Those qualities explain why teams often use him as a flexible batter rather than assigning him one rigid position.

His current statistical record shows a substantial white-ball career. The New Zealand Cricket archive combines his Hong Kong and New Zealand records while also separating them by country. On 22 August 2026 it listed 37 ODIs and 113 T20Is overall. Chapman has also appeared in domestic and franchise competitions in New Zealand, the Caribbean, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, England and the United States. Every figure here retains its country, season and competition scope, preventing a franchise appearance from being added to an international total or one national record from being attributed to the other.

Mark Chapman age, birthplace and cricket background

Chapman was born in Hong Kong on 27 June 1994, making him 32 years old on 23 August 2026. His full name is Mark Sinclair Chapman. An ICC feature published when he was 15 described a young Hong Kong cricketer with a New Zealand connection preparing for the 2010 Under-19 World Cup. It said he had been identified in Hong Kong's youth system after playing representative cricket from a young age. That early report matters because it documents his Hong Kong pathway before later international success made his background a familiar part of cricket coverage.

South China Morning Post reported in April 2026 that his mother, Anne, is from Hong Kong and his father, Peter, is from New Zealand. The ICC's earlier feature described his father as a New Zealand lawyer who worked as a Hong Kong Crown Prosecutor, while New Zealand Cricket later confirmed that Chapman attended King's College in Auckland. The relevant point is the cricket pathway: he had genuine connections to both places and developed through Hong Kong youth cricket before entering Auckland's domestic system.

Early cricket in Hong Kong and the Under-19 pathway

The ICC introduced Chapman to a wider audience before the 2010 Under-19 World Cup, when he was only 15. Hong Kong was making its tournament debut, and Chapman was part of that first appearance. The feature said he had represented Hong Kong in youth cricket from the age of nine and later attended school in Auckland. That combination gave him access to two cricket environments: Hong Kong's Associate pathway and New Zealand's competitive school structure. It also explains why his later move into Auckland senior cricket was a progression built over years, not an abrupt career change.

Chapman's senior Hong Kong record began in T20 international cricket at the 2014 World T20. The New Zealand Cricket archive lists his T20I debut as Hong Kong against Nepal in Chittagong on 16 March 2014. He played further matches in that tournament and returned for qualifiers, bilateral games and the 2016 event. His Hong Kong T20I record stands at 19 matches, 392 runs and a highest score of 63 not out. That is an important correction to a claim repeated on some profile pages: Chapman's T20I century came for New Zealand, not Hong Kong. His century for Hong Kong was in ODI cricket.

The 124 not out on ODI debut

Chapman made an exceptional start to ODI cricket. On 16 November 2015, playing for Hong Kong against the United Arab Emirates in Dubai, he scored 124 not out from 116 balls. The ICC still lists that innings among the highest scores made on men's ODI debut. Only a small group of debutants have reached a century, and the unbeaten nature of Chapman's innings made it a durable record rather than a brief early-career curiosity. His two Hong Kong ODIs produced 151 runs with one dismissal, which is why the archive shows an average of 151.00 for that portion of his record.

The debut hundred is sometimes confused with his T20I history because later summaries compress his two-country career into a few lines. The distinction is simple. Chapman scored an ODI century for Hong Kong and later scored international centuries for New Zealand, including a T20I hundred. The formats and teams should not be merged. Keeping them separate makes his record stronger, not weaker: he owns a rare ODI debut hundred, a maiden New Zealand T20I hundred under chase pressure and multiple ODI centuries across his combined career.

Auckland breakthrough and New Zealand selection

Chapman built his case for New Zealand selection through Auckland. On New Year's Day 2018, he struck 101 from 58 balls against Canterbury in the Super Smash. New Zealand Cricket called it his maiden T20 century and noted that Auckland reached 168 for five, with the next-highest score only 27. A few weeks later, the selectors added him to the BLACKCAPS squad. Their announcement cited a Super Smash average of 34.11 and a strike rate of 171.50, while selector Gavin Larsen praised his consistency, power and ability to score around the ground.

He made his New Zealand T20I debut against England at Wellington on 13 February 2018. Chapman scored 20 and hit two sixes as New Zealand posted 196 for five and won by 12 runs. His New Zealand ODI debut followed against England at Bay Oval on 28 February. The transition was unusual but fully documented: he had represented Hong Kong, was eligible for New Zealand and then earned selection through domestic performance. The archive preserves the two national records separately, which lets readers see both stages rather than treating one as an administrative footnote.

Mark Chapman's New Zealand Cricket central-contract status

In December 2022, New Zealand Cricket awarded Chapman his first central contract. He filled the vacancy created by Martin Guptill's departure. At that point, the board said Chapman had played 27 games for the BLACKCAPS and had been involved in two T20 World Cup campaigns. Coach Gary Stead described him as a versatile and innovative batter who could be an important part of future squads. A central contract does not reveal a player's exact income, but it does show that the national board had moved him from the edge of selection into its contracted group.

Chapman remained in New Zealand Cricket's 2026/27 central-contract group. The board said that he and Michael Bracewell had asked not to be ranked for Test cricket and would continue as white-ball specialists. That official label narrows the current role without implying retirement from every format or guaranteeing selection in each ODI and T20I. It is later and stronger evidence of present national-team status than an old squad page or franchise roster.

The 104 not out against Pakistan in 2023

Chapman's most important T20I innings came in Rawalpindi on 24 April 2023. New Zealand needed 194 to win the fifth T20I and lost early wickets, including captain Tom Latham from the first ball. Chapman held the chase together and finished unbeaten on 104 from 57 balls, with 11 fours and four sixes. He and Jimmy Neesham added an unbroken 121 for the fifth wicket. New Zealand reached 194 for four in 19.2 overs, won by six wickets and levelled the five-match series 2-2 after one match had been abandoned.

The innings showed more than boundary power. Chapman arrived in a chase that had slipped to 26 for three and later rebuilt with Daryl Mitchell before attacking alongside Neesham. He survived a dropped chance, then converted it into his maiden T20I hundred. New Zealand Cricket's 2022-23 annual report later highlighted his record for the most runs in a five-match T20 international series. The performance also helped him earn a place in the ODI squad in Pakistan. In the fifth ODI at Karachi he added 43 from 33 balls as New Zealand won by 47 runs.

Career-best ODI 132 against Pakistan

On 29 March 2025 at Napier, Chapman produced his highest ODI score. New Zealand had fallen to 50 for three against Pakistan when he joined Daryl Mitchell. Their 199-run stand rebuilt the innings, and Chapman finished with 132 from 111 balls. The ICC recorded 13 fours and six sixes in the innings. New Zealand reached 344 for nine and won by 73 runs. It was Chapman's third ODI century overall and his second for New Zealand, following the hundred he had scored for Hong Kong on debut and another century in New Zealand colours.

That innings clarified his ODI value. Chapman is often discussed first as a T20 batter, but 132 from a difficult position required a different tempo. He absorbed the early pressure, built a long partnership and accelerated enough to support a total beyond 340. A hamstring injury suffered while fielding then ruled him out of the next two matches. The injury limited his opportunity to extend the series, but it did not reduce the significance of the century. It remains his ODI high score in the current archive snapshot.

Franchise teams and Washington Freedom role

The New Zealand Cricket archive lists Chapman across a wide franchise map: St Lucia Stars, Dambulla Sixers, Quetta Gladiators, Washington Freedom, Manchester Originals and Islamabad United, alongside Auckland and his two international teams. Each entry describes a competition-specific assignment. It does not change his international identity, and a squad announcement alone does not prove that he appeared in a match.

Washington Freedom signed Chapman for the first half of Major League Cricket 2026 while Rachin Ravindra was completing New Zealand duty. The club stated that Ravindra would replace him for the latter half. Chapman opened the season with 57 from 24 balls against Seattle Orcas and shared an 85-run stand with Andries Gous. Washington's completed season directory records seven appearances and 184 runs for Chapman, with 57 as his highest score. Those are 2026 MLC figures; the New Zealand Cricket archive's broader Washington total also includes three matches from 2025.

Perth Scorchers XI initially named Chapman for the July 2026 Global Super League in Guyana. Before the tournament, the club announced that Chapman and Aaron Hardie had withdrawn for personal reasons. The squad announcement therefore does not create a Perth appearance or any GSL runs for Chapman.

Islamabad United and HBL PSL 11

Islamabad United bought Chapman for 70 million Pakistani rupees at the first HBL PSL player auction in February 2026. That figure is a documented auction price for one competition, not a measure of career earnings. The more useful cricket record is his completed season: the New Zealand Cricket archive lists 11 matches, seven innings, two not-outs and 245 runs at an average of 49.00 for the 2025/26 PSL season, with a highest score of 69 not out.

The 69 not out was decisive. Against Multan Sultans on 26 April, Islamabad chased 193 with four wickets in hand and eight balls unused. Chapman made his runs from 33 deliveries, and the win secured United's place in the Qualifier. The innings gives the season average proper context: he was not merely retained in a squad; he completed a seven-innings batting sample and produced his best score in the final league match when qualification was at stake.

Mark Chapman at the 2026 T20 World Cup

Chapman remained part of New Zealand's middle order during the 2026 Men's T20 World Cup. In the opening win over Afghanistan in Chennai, he made 28 from 17 balls after Tim Seifert and Glenn Phillips had repaired an early collapse. Daryl Mitchell and Mitchell Santner then finished the 183-run chase with 13 balls remaining. Chapman's contribution was short but useful because it connected the main partnership to the successful finish.

New Zealand later reached the final, where India won by 96 runs in Ahmedabad on 8 March. The NZC archive lists that final as Chapman's latest T20I at the review cutoff. Tournament selection and a final appearance do not replace his career record: the confirmed T20I total remains 113 matches and 2,074 runs across Hong Kong and New Zealand. The World Cup context instead shows that he was still trusted in New Zealand's tournament middle order eight years after his BLACKCAPS debut.

How should Mark Chapman's statistics be read?

The table uses the New Zealand Cricket archive snapshot checked on 22 August 2026. ODI and T20I overall totals combine his official Hong Kong and New Zealand appearances, while the country splits remain stated in the surrounding analysis. Chapman has bowled only 84 balls in T20Is for four wickets, so occasional spin option is more accurate than frontline all-rounder. His 37 ODIs contain three hundreds and five fifties; his 113 T20Is contain one hundred and ten fifties.

Competition cutoffs also matter. Washington's 2026 entry is seven matches and 184 runs, while the NZC archive's 10-match Washington career line combines 2025 and 2026. The PSL season line is 11 matches but only seven batting innings, so the average of 49.00 reflects five dismissals rather than eleven. Sharjah Warriorz named Chapman in their ILT20 Season 4 squad, yet the current NZC teams record does not list a Sharjah appearance. The safe conclusion is confirmed squad membership without assigning him unverified matches or runs.

Mark Chapman records and confirmed achievements

Chapman's confirmed achievements form a clear sequence. He represented Hong Kong at the 2010 Under-19 World Cup at 15, scored 124 not out on men's ODI debut in 2015, made a 58-ball domestic T20 hundred for Auckland in 2018, debuted for New Zealand later that year, received his first New Zealand Cricket central contract in 2022, hit 104 not out in a successful T20I chase in 2023 and made a career-best ODI 132 in 2025. The 2024/25 New Zealand Cricket annual report also recorded his 276 in the Plunket Shield as the third-highest individual score for Auckland.

Numbers need context. His combined international record includes matches for two countries, so the overall totals should not be mistaken for New Zealand-only figures. The archive lists 151 ODI runs for Hong Kong and 906 for New Zealand, producing 1,057 overall. In T20Is it lists 392 for Hong Kong and 1,682 for New Zealand, producing 2,074 overall. This split also disproves the claim that he scored a T20I century for both countries: Hong Kong's portion has a high score of 63 not out, while New Zealand's portion contains the 104 not out.

His 2026 franchise record also needs a selection boundary: seven completed MLC appearances for Washington Freedom are supported by the club's season display, while the later Perth Scorchers XI GSL squad place ended in a pre-tournament withdrawal and adds no match.