Dimitri Mascarenhas


Adrian Dimitri Mascarenhas is a former English cricketer. He is a righthanded batsman and a rightarm mediumfast bowler. He currently plays in The Big Bash League for Hobart Hurricanes, Indian Premier League for the Kings XI Punjab and for the Otago Volts in New Zealand state cricket. In the inaugural Champions League Twenty20, he represented the Otago Volts as his other teams failed to qualify. He holds the record for most runs for England in an over in a One Day International with 30, scored against India off Yuvraj Singh onSeptember 2007, at The Oval, London. He is currently the bowling coach for both Otago Volts and the acting bowling coach of New Zealand National team, becoming the successor of Shane Bond after the 2015 Cricket World Cup. He steps down after the 2016 summer for family reasons, which coincides with the retirements of the McCullum Brothers.

Mascarenhas was born to Malik Mascarenhas and his wife, Pauline , both from the Bharatha community of Sri Lanka. He grew up in Perth, Australia and attended school at Trinity College, Perth school alumni include Australian international cricketers Simon Katich, Tim Zoehrer, and Craig Serjeant. In 1996 Mascarenhas returned to England to pursue a professional cricket career.

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