Rajesh Maru

Rajesh Maru
Personal information
Full name Rajesh Jamandass Maru
Born (1962-10-28) 28 October 1962
Nairobi, Kenya
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Slow left-arm orthodox
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1980–1982 Middlesex
1984–1998 Hampshire
1999–2001 Hampshire Cricket Board
Career statistics
Competition FC LA
Matches 229 109
Runs scored 2,965 287
Batting average 17.04 13.04
100s/50s –/7 –/–
Top score 74 33*
Balls bowled 40,038 4,552
Wickets 527 88
Bowling average 33.61 39.87
5 wickets in innings 15 –
10 wickets in match 1 –
Best bowling 8/41 4/29
Catches/stumpings 254/– 48/–
Source: Cricinfo, 8 December 2009

Rajesh Jamandass Maru (born 28 October 1962 in Nairobi, Kenya) is a Kenyan born former English cricketer. Maru was a right-handed batsman who bowled slow left-arm orthodox spin.

Maru signed for Middlesex in 1980, making his first-class debut against Essex County Cricket Club and his List-A debut against Kent at Lord's. Maru spent two seasons with the club before leaving at the end of the 1982 season. During his two seasons with Middlesex Maru also represented England in five Youth Test matches and one Youth One Day International.

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.

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