Mark Footitt is a left-armer with the ability to bowl seriously quickly, if erratically. Sourav Ganguly was his first wicket in first-class cricket as he took 4 for 45 against Glamorgan on debut for Nottinghamshire in 2005. Injury had forced him to pull out of an England Under-19 tour in 2004-05

He was named in the England Academy squad in 2005-06 and was chosen to play for the MCC against his own county in the traditional curtain-raiser to the season in 2006. He took his maiden five-wicket haul, 5 for 45, against the West Indies in August that year.

With Ryan Sidebottom and Stuart Broad both involved with England, Footitt had more chances to establish his place in the Nottinghamshire side but he failed to reach the heights of the two aforementioned bowlers, partly owing to further injuries, and he was consequently released from his contract at Trent Bridge toward the end of 2009.

He moved to Derbyshire in 2010 but enjoyed only moderate success until late in the 2011 season, when an injury to Mark Turner provided an opening, and he finished the season with 15 wickets in four first-class matches. He kept his place for the first three matches in 2012 but thereafter his appearances were sporadic.
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