Rajesh Maru
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| Full name | Rajesh Jamandass Maru | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 28 October 1962 Slow left-arm orthodox | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1980–1982 | Middlesex | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1984–1998 | Hampshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1999–2001 | Hampshire Cricket Board | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 8 December 2009 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rajesh Jamandass Maru (born 28 October 1962 in
Maru was born at Nairobi in October 1962. He moved with his family to England in 1972, after his father had been headhunted by Mercedes-Benz. They settled in London, where Maru first attended Oakington Manor Primary School. He was encouraged by his teacher to take up cricket, where he was spotted at school trials by Jack Robertson.[2]
Maru signed for
In 1984 Maru signed for Hampshire County Cricket Club. He would go on to play 213 first-class matches and 102 one-day matches for the county. Maru was part of the 1991 NatWest Trophy winning Hampshire team. After spending 14 years with the club Maru was released at the end of the 1998 County Championship season. His first-class career had yielded 527 wickets at a respectable average of 33.61, given he was playing for Hampshire at a time when Malcolm Marshall, Cardigan Connor and Shaun Udal were playing for the club.
Maru went on to appear in five one-day matches for the Hampshire Cricket Board in the NatWest Trophy competition and in the first season when that competition was renamed the Cheltenham and Gloucester Trophy. Maru's final professional game was against the Kent Cricket Board on 1 May 2001.
References
- ^ Stern, John (24 December 2020). "English cricket has a diversity problem among its coaches | John Stern". The Guardian.
- ^ Friend, Nick (25 March 2021). "Raj Maru: The former Hampshire spinner behind Lancing College's talent factory". www.thecricketer.com. Retrieved 7 February 2022.