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Mark Priest, New Zealand cricketer
Mark Wellings Priest is a former New Zealand international cricketer who played in three Test matches and 18 One Day Internationals (ODIs) between 1990 and 1998. He was the leading wicket-taker for Canterbury, with 290 dismissals, until Todd Astle went past his total in February 2019. Priest was born at Greymouth, West Coast.
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Mark Priest was born in 1961. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.
These figures put everyday life in Mark Priest's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.
| Measure | 1961 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| Gas | $0.31 | $3.45/gal |
| Average home | $12,500 | $435,000 |
| Average income | $7,600 | $67,500 |
| Minimum wage | $1.15 | $7.25/hr (federal) |
| Movie ticket | $0.69 | $11.95 |
| Postage stamp | $0.04 | $0.73 |
| Population | 183.7M | 341 million |
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