Robin Martin-Jenkins

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Robin Simon Christopher Martin-Jenkins (born 28 October 1975, Guildford, Surrey, England) is an English cricketer who has played for the cricket teams of Sussex CCC and British Universities. He is six feet 5 inches tall. He is the son of Christopher Martin-Jenkins, the cricket writer and commentator.

He has spent his entire first class career at Sussex CCC and has been an ever present. He has shown loyalty by staying at the club throughout the 90's when Sussex were generally unsuccessful with the club even finishing last of the 18 counties. He was a prominent member of both the 2003 and 2006 Championship winning teams. His experience means that he is often used as a containing bowler and that is shown in his reasonable economy rate. He is a Right-arm Fast-medium bowler and is a Right-handed batsman who bats at around 7 or 8. He is generally known as a bowler who can bat as opposed to an all-rounder.

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First-Class Career Batting (1995-2007): Matches - 135; Innings - 209; Not Outs - 28; Runs - 5438; HS - 205*; Ave - 30.04; 50's - 27; 100's - 3.

First-Class Career Bowling (1995-2007): Balls - 18412; Mdns - 761; Runs - 9337; Wkts - 274; BB - 7-51; Ave - 34.07; 5wI - 6; 10wM - 0; SRate - 67.19; Econ - 3.04.

One-Day Career Batting (1995-2007): Matches - 186; Innings - 139; Not Outs - 24; Runs - 1670; HS - 68*; Ave - 14.52; 50's - 3; 100's - 0.

One-Day Career Bowling (1995-2007): Balls - 8234; Mdns - 142; Runs - 5700; Wkts - 198; BB - 4-22; Ave - 28.78; 4wI - 6; 5wI - 0; SRate - 41.58; Econ - 4.15.