Dimitri Mascarenhas

Adrian Dimitri Mascarenhas is an English former cricketer who played One Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket for England, and county cricket for Hampshire. From a Bharatha Sri Lankan family, Mascarenhas was born in England in Chiswick, London. His family emigrated to Australia when he was a child, where he was educated at Trinity College, Perth. While playing club cricket, he came to the attention of English cricketer Paul Terry, who arranged for him to play cricket in England. After a single appearance in minor counties cricket for Dorset, Mascarenhas made his senior debut for Hampshire in 1996, aged 18; he would play for the county until 2013, making 195 first-class, 237 one-day and 74 Twenty20 (T20) appearances. He captained them between 2008 and 2013, leading the team to one-day success in 2009 and to a T20 title in 2012; in these formats he excelled as an attacking all-rounder. In 2008, he became the first English cricketer to play in the Indian Premier League; he would go on to play domestic T20 cricket for eight teams in five countries.