22 Facts About Dimitri Mascarenhas

Adrian Dimitri Mascarenhas was born on 30 October 1977 and is an English former international cricketer.

Dimitri Mascarenhas held the record for most runs in an over in a One Day International for England, with 30, scored off Yuvraj Singh of India on 5 September 2007.

Dimitri Mascarenhas was the bowling coach for both Otago and the New Zealand national cricket team before resigning after the 2016 summer for family reasons.

Dimitri Mascarenhas grew up in Perth, Western Australia and attended school at Trinity College, Perth.

In 1996 Dimitri Mascarenhas returned to England to pursue a professional cricket career after having played junior cricket in Australia, captaining Western Australia at Under-17 and Under-19 state level competition.

Dimitri Mascarenhas then proceeded to make the first Rose Bowl century against Worcestershire in 2001.

In 2006, it was announced that Dimitri Mascarenhas would receive a benefit year during the 2007 season as a reward for his excellent all round play for the county.

Still injured for the first part of the 2010 English county season, Dimitri Mascarenhas returned for Hampshire in the Friends Provident t20 against Kent, but during the match the injury flared up once more, therefore ruling him out for the rest of the season.

In 2008, Dimitri Mascarenhas signed for the Rajasthan Royals of the Indian Premier League.

Dimitri Mascarenhas returned for the following season, playing five matches and taking six wickets, and in 2010 when he took four wickets in two matches.

Dimitri Mascarenhas was bought by the Kings XI Punjab franchisee during the auction conducted in January 2011 but had to be replaced by David Miller after struggling to recover from an Achilles tendon injury.

Dimitri Mascarenhas was one of the guest commentators for ITV during the season.

Dimitri Mascarenhas played for the side in both 2012 and 2013.

Dimitri Mascarenhas subsequently made his ODI debut on 1 July 2007 at Lord's against the West Indies, scoring 2 runs and completing 4 overs for 18 runs.

Dimitri Mascarenhas played a total of 20 ODIs and 14 T20Is for England, scoring a total of 368 runs and taking 25 wickets across both formats.

In 2010, Dimitri Mascarenhas vented his frustration at the chairman of the England selectors, Geoff Miller, claiming to have been ignored by him at a game.

Dimitri Mascarenhas tweeted, calling Geoff Miller a 'knob' and other derogatory terms.

Dimitri Mascarenhas pointed out that his teammate James Adams hit 194 runs in a match between Lancashire and Hampshire when Miller came to watch and Adams was not considered for the T20s.

Dimitri Mascarenhas has completed an ECB level-three coaching qualification and held player-coach roles with Hampshire, Rajasthan Royals and Hobart Hurricanes.

In June 2015 Dimitri Mascarenhas was appointed as New Zealand's full-time bowling coach having been head coach of New Zealand domestic side Otago since 2014.

Dimitri Mascarenhas resigned as New Zealand coach in 2016, citing personal reasons.

Dimitri Mascarenhas was appointed by Middlesex as their specialist head bowling coach for the 2019 and 2020 Vitality t20 Blast competitions.