Rajesh Maru

Personal information

Full name

Rajesh Jamandass Maru

Born

28 October 1962
Nairobi, Kenya

Batting style

Right-handed

Bowling style

Slow left-arm orthodox

Domestic team information

Years

Team

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 onto 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 onto 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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