Rajesh Jamandass Maru is a Kenyan born former English

English people

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 cricket

Cricket

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er. Maru was a right-handed batsman who bowled slow left-arm orthodox spin.

Maru signed for Middlesex

Middlesex County Cricket Club

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 in 1980, making his first-class

First-class cricket

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 debut against Essex County Cricket Club

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 and his List-A debut against Kent

Kent County Cricket Club

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 at Lord's

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. 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

Hampshire County Cricket Club

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. 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

1991 NatWest Trophy

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 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

Malcolm Marshall

By 1984 Marshall was seen as one of the finest bowlers in the world, and he demoralised England that summer, especially at Headingley, where he ran through the order in the second innings to finish with 7-53, despite having broken his thumb whilst fielding in the first innings...

, Cardigan Connor

Cardigan Connor

Cardigan Adolphus Connor is a Anguillan born former English cricketer. Connor was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm fast-medium bowler.-Career:...

 and Shaun Udal

Shaun Udal

Shaun David Udal is an English cricketer. An off spin bowler and lower-middle order batsman, he was a member of England's Test team for their tours to Pakistan and India in 2005/06.-International career:...

 were playing for the club.

Maru went onto appear in five one-day matches for the Hampshire Cricket Board

Hampshire Cricket Board

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 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

Kent Cricket Board

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 on 1 May 2001.

External links

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