Dimitri Mascarenhas

Adrian Dimitri Mascarenhas (born 30 October 1977) is an English former international cricketer who played One Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket for England, alongside an extensive domestic career in England with Hampshire. From a Bharatha Sri Lankan family, Mascarenhas was born in England in Chiswick. 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 playing one match in minor counties cricket for Dorset, Mascarenhas made his senior debut for Hampshire in 1996, aged 18; he would play for Hampshire until 2013, making 195 first-class, 237 one-day and 74 Twenty20 (T20) appearances for the county. He captained them between 2008 and 2013, winning several one-day and T20 titles. It was in one-day and T20 cricket that he excelled as an attacking all-rounder. In 2008, he became the first English cricketer to play in the T20 Indian Premier League, leading him to be considered a "T20 revolutionary" due to his early foray into franchise cricket; he would play domestic T20 cricket for eight teams in five countries.

Having been overlooked in limited overs cricket by England for several years, Mascarenhas made both his ODI and T20I debuts in 2007 against the West Indies. He held the record for the most runs in an over in an ODI for England, with 30, scored off Yuvraj Singh against India in 2007. He played for England until 2009, participating in both the 2007 and 2009 World Twenty20 tournaments. Having failed to recover from injury, he retired from playing following the 2013 English season. Mascarenhas moved into coaching after his retirement. He coached Otago in 2014, and in 2015 he was appointed New Zealand's bowling coach. After leaving that role in 2016, he was assistant coach of Essex in 2018 and Middlesex's T20 bowling coach in 2019 and 2020.