Dimitri Mascarenhas
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| Dimitri Mascarenhas | ||||
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| Personal information | ||||
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| Full name | Adrian Dimitri Mascarenhas | |||
| Nickname | Dimi | |||
| Born | 30 October 1977 | |||
| Chiswick, London, England | ||||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | |||
| Batting style | Right-hand | |||
| Bowling style | Right-arm medium-fast | |||
| International information | ||||
| ODI debut (cap 203) | 1 July 2007: v West Indies | |||
| Last ODI | 24 August 2007: v India | |||
| ODI shirt no. | 32 | |||
| Domestic team information | ||||
| Years | Team | |||
| 1996–present | Hampshire (squad no. 17) | |||
| 2008 | Rajasthan Royals | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| ODIs | FC | LA | IT20 | |
| Matches | 10 | 156 | 199 | 2 |
| Runs scored | 127 | 5258 | 3316 | 20 |
| Batting average | 31.75 | 25.03 | 23.35 | 20.00 |
| 100s/50s | –/1 | 7/19 | 0/21 | –/– |
| Top score | 52 | 131 | 79 | 18* |
| Balls bowled | 420 | 22367 | 8385 | 42 |
| Wickets | 6 | 364 | 237 | 2 |
| Bowling average | 51.17 | 28.08 | 24.77 | 35.50 |
| 5 wickets in innings | – | 14 | 1 | – |
| 10 wickets in match | n/a | – | n/a | n/a |
| Best bowling | 3/23 | 6/25 | 5/27 | 2/39 |
| Catches/stumpings | 1/– | 60/– | 51/– | 3/– |
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As of 23 August 2007 |
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Adrian Dimitri Mascarenhas (born October 30, 1977) is an English cricketer of Sri Lankan-Tamil heritage. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler. He currently is the only Englishman to play in the Indian Premier League; for the Rajasthan Royals. He holds the record for most runs for England in an over in a One Day International with 30, scored against India off Yuvraj Singh on 5 September 2007, at The Oval, London.
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[edit] Early life
Mascarenhas was born in Chiswick, England, United Kingdom to Malik Mascarenhas and his wife, Pauline (née de Croos). He grew up in Perth, Australia. He attended school at Trinity College, Perth; school alumni include Australian international cricketers Simon Katich, Tim Zoehrer, and Craig Serjeant. In 1996 Mascarenhas returned to England to pursue a professional cricket career.
[edit] Cricket career
[edit] Early Cricket
Mascarenhas had great success in Australian junior cricket, captaining Western Australia at Under-17 and Under-19 level state level competition.
[edit] Domestic Career
[edit] County Cricket
Returning to England and joining Hampshire he continued in excellent form, with 6-88 on debut (the best figures for a Hampshire debutant since Teddy Wynyard made 6-63 in August 1899). He then proceeded to make the first Rose Bowl century against Worcestershire in 2001. In 2004, he was the first player to record a hat trick in Twenty20 cricket, claiming the wickets of Brad Davis, Mushtaq Ahmed and Jason Lewry of Sussex. He was part of the Hampshire team that won the C&G Trophy in 2005 and to finish runners-up in the Frizzell County Championship. In 2006, it was announced that Mascarenhas would receive a benefit year during the 2007 season as a reward for his excellent all round play for the county.
[edit] Indian Premier League
Mascarenhas signed in 2008 for the Rajasthan Royals of the Indian Premier League. Following the ECB's decision to not allow centrally-contracted England players to play in this tournament, Macarenhas is the only English representative in this tournaments inaugarative year.
[edit] International career
Hampshire's Australian county captain Shane Warne publicly highlighted Mascarenhas' tremendous ability and issued a call for him to be rewarded with selection in the England One Day International (ODI) team. On 13 September 2006 he wrote in The Times: "It amazes me that England have never given him a chance in the one-day side. He is the best finisher with the bat in all situations in the country and his bowling is clever and accurate".[1]
He subsequently made his ODI debut on the 1 July 2007 at Lord's versus the West Indies, scoring 2 runs and completing 4 overs for 18 runs.[2] On 5 September 2007, in an ODI against India, he hit five consecutive sixes off the final five balls of England's innings, which were bowled by Yuvraj Singh. India, however, won the match. On 8 September 2007 he took 3/23 off 10 overs as England won the one-day series 4-3, on the same day he was also called up to England's ICC World Twenty20 squad as a replacement for Ryan Sidebottom. [3]
[edit] References
- ^ "Weakest links harder to find as Monty and Co make their mark", The Times, 13 September 2006.
- ^ "Dimitri Mascarenhas", Cricinfo Player Profile, 25 August 2007.
- ^ Dimitri Mascarenhas drafted into England squad
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