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. Martin-Jenkins was educated at Radley College
and was in the same college house at the same time as cricketers Andrew Strauss
and Ben Hutton
.
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.
He retired from first class cricket on the 19th July 2010, in order to become a teacher at Hurstpierpoint College
.
Guildford
Guildford is the county town of Surrey. England, as well as the seat for the borough of Guildford and the administrative headquarters of the South East England region...
, Surrey
Surrey
Surrey is a county in the South East of England and is one of the Home Counties. The county borders Greater London, Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex, Hampshire and Berkshire. The historic county town is Guildford. Surrey County Council sits at Kingston upon Thames, although this has been part of...
, England
England
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) is an English
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
cricketer
Cricketer
A cricketer is a person who plays the sport of cricket. Official and long-established cricket publications prefer the traditional word "cricketer" over the rarely used term "cricket player"....
who has played for the cricket teams of Sussex CCC and British Universities
British Universities cricket team
The British Universities cricket team is a cricket team whose players are drawn from university sides primarily in Great Britain as the name suggests, but not exclusively those of Oxford and Cambridge. The team played under the title of Combined Universities until 1995.Combined Universities' first...
. He is six feet 5 inches tall. He is the son of Christopher Martin-Jenkins
Christopher Martin-Jenkins
Christopher Dennis Alexander Martin-Jenkins MBE, also known as CMJ , is a cricket journalist and Past President of the MCC. He is also a commentator for Test Match Special on BBC Radio....
, the cricket writer and commentator. Martin-Jenkins was educated at Radley College
Radley College
Radley College , founded in 1847, is a British independent school for boys on the edge of the English village of Radley, near to the market town of Abingdon in Oxfordshire, and has become a well-established boarding school...
and was in the same college house at the same time as cricketers Andrew Strauss
Andrew Strauss
Andrew John Strauss, OBE is an English cricketer who plays county cricket for Middlesex County Cricket Club and is the captain of England's Test cricket team. A fluent left-handed opening batsman, Strauss favours scoring off the back foot, mostly playing cut and pull shots...
and Ben Hutton
Ben Hutton
Benjamin Leonard Hutton , is a retired English cricketer.-Early life:Ben Hutton was educated at Radley and Durham University for whom he opened the innings with the current England captain Andrew Strauss....
.
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.
He retired from first class cricket on the 19th July 2010, in order to become a teacher at Hurstpierpoint College
Hurstpierpoint College
Hurstpierpoint College is an independent, co-educational, day and boarding school for pupils aged 4–18, located just to the north of the village of Hurstpierpoint, West Sussex in the lee of the South Downs...
.