Arun Harinath is an English cricket

Cricket

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er: a top-order batsman who has played at first-class

First-class cricket

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 level for MCC

Marylebone Cricket Club

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 and Loughborough UCCE

Loughborough University Centre of Cricketing Excellence

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. He was educated (like Alec Stewart

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) at Tiffin School, and then attended Loughborough University

Loughborough University

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.

Harinath has been part of the Surrey

Surrey County Cricket Club

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setup since he was nine, and by 2006 was a regular in the county's Second XI.
Despite not having made a first-team appearance for Surrey, in October 2008 he was offered a new two-year contract. His brother (Muhunthan) is also in the academy.