| Personal information | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Marais Erasmus | |||
| Born | 27 February 1964 Cape Province, South Africa |
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| Batting style | Right-hand batsman | |||
| Bowling style | Right-arm fast-medium | |||
| Role | All-rounder, Umpire | |||
| Domestic team information | ||||
| Years | Team | |||
| 1988/89–1996/7 | Boland | |||
| First-class debut | 8 December 1988 Boland v South African Defence Force | |||
| Last First-class | 12 December 1996 Boland v Natal | |||
| List A debut | 24 October 1989 Boland v Border | |||
| Last List A | 25 October 1996 Boland v Western Province | |||
| Umpiring information | ||||
| Tests umpired | 6 (2010–present) | |||
| ODIs umpired | 34 (2007–present) | |||
| T20Is umpired | 12 (2006–present) | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Competition | First-class | List A | ||
| Matches | 53 | 54 | ||
| Runs scored | 1913 | 322 | ||
| Batting average | 29.43 | 10.38 | ||
| 100s/50s | 1/7 | 0/1 | ||
| Top score | 103* | 55 | ||
| Balls bowled | 8402 | 2650 | ||
| Wickets | 131 | 48 | ||
| Bowling average | 28.18 | 37.06 | ||
| 5 wickets in innings | 7 | 0 | ||
| 10 wickets in match | 0 | n/a | ||
| Best bowling | 6-22 | 3-25 | ||
| Catches/stumpings | 35/– | 16/– | ||
| Source: Cricinfo, 4 June 2010 | ||||
Marais Erasmus, (born 27 February 1964), is a current South African cricket umpire from Cape Province and member of the ICC Elite Umpire Panel.
Erasmus' first ODI match was between Kenya and Canada at Nairobi on 18 October 2007 and his first T20I match was between South Africa and Australia at Johannesburg on 24 February 2006. His first Test match was between Bangladesh and India from 17-21 January 2010. He played for the Boland cricket team at first-class level.
Marais Erasmus was appointed to the ICC International Panel of Umpires in 2008 and was quickly promoted to the ICC Elite Umpire Panel in 2010.
While Erasmus had a good start to his Umpiring career, he came under severe pressure during the India England Test Series (July / Aug 2011) where he gave a series of bad decisions in the 2nd Test match played at Trent Bridge. Amongst the cricketers, he is referred to as a 'not-out' umpire, one who needs a lot of convincing before he declares someone out 'LBW'.
As of the 5 August 2011:
| First | Latest | Total | |
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| Tests | Bangladesh v India at Chittagong, Jan 2010 | Australia v India at Melbourne, Dec 2011 | 6 |
| ODIs | Kenya v Canada at Nairobi (Gym), Oct 2007 | Scotland v Sri Lanka at Edinburgh, Jul 13, 2011 | 34 |
| T20Is | South Africa v Australia at Johannesburg, Feb 2006 | India vs South Africa at Durban, Jan 2011 | 12 |
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