Dimitri Mascarenhas
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Adrian Dimitri Mascarenhas (born 30 October 1977) is an English
cricket
er of Sri Lankan Tamil heritage. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler. He currently plays county cricket
for Hampshire County Cricket Club
, in the Indian Premier League
for the Kings XI Punjab
and for the Otago Volts
in New Zealand
state cricket. In the inaugural Champions League Twenty20, he represented the Otago Volts
as his other teams failed to qualify. He holds the record for most runs for England
in an over in a One Day International with 30, scored against India
off Yuvraj Singh
on 5 September 2007, at The Oval
, London.
de Croos), both from the Tamil community. He grew up in Perth
, Australia
and attended school at Trinity College, Perth
; school alumni include Australian international cricketers Simon Katich
, Tim Zoehrer
, and Craig Serjeant
. In 1996 Mascarenhas returned to England to pursue a professional cricket career.
against Cornwall
, taking 7/64 in his only match for the county. During the same season he joined Hampshire
, where he continued in excellent form, with 6-88 on debut (the best figures for a Hampshire debutant since Teddy Wynyard
made 6-63 in August 1899). He then proceeded to make the first Rose Bowl century against Worcestershire
in 2001. In 2004, he was the first player to record a hat trick
in Twenty20 cricket, claiming the wickets of Mark Davis, Mushtaq Ahmed
and Jason Lewry
of Sussex
. He was part of the Hampshire team that won the C&G Trophy
in 2005 and to finish runners-up in the Frizzell County Championship. In 2006, it was announced that Mascarenhas would receive a benefit year during the 2007 season as a reward for his excellent all round play for the county.
Following Shane Warne's
retirement at the end of the 2007 season, for the 2008 County Championship season Mascarenhas was made club captain. During the 2009 County Championship Mascarenhas missed the first matches of the season while on Indian Premier League
duty with the Rajasthan Royals
. On his return he led Hampshire to the final of the 2009 Friends Provident Trophy
at Lord's
where Hampshire beat local rivals Sussex
by 6 wickets.
Prior to the 2010 County Championship
, Mascarenhas played for the Rajasthan Royals in the IPL, during which he picked up an ankle injury. Still injured for the first part of the 2010 English county season, Mascarenhas returned for Hampshire in the Friends Provident t20
against Kent
, but during the match the injury flared up once more, therefore ruling him out for the rest of the season.
of the Indian Premier League
. Following the ECB's
decision to not allow centrally-contracted England players to play in this tournament, Mascarenhas was the only English representative in the tournament's inaugurative year.
Mascarenhas returned for 2009 Indian Premier League
, once again playing for the Rajasthan Royals. He played 5 matches taking 6 wickets at an average of 6.82 per wicket.
Mascarenhas once again returned to play for the Royals in the 2010 Indian Premier League
, playing two matches against Mumbai Indians
and Delhi Daredevils
, where he took four wickets in his two matches. Following an ankle injury picked up against the Delhi Daredevils, Mascarenhas was forced to return home from the tournament.
Mascarenhas has been bought by the Kings XI Punjab franchisee for USD 100,000 during the auction conducted in January 2011. However he had to be replaced by David Miller on 7 April 2011 since he could not recover from the achilles heel injury . He is currently one of the guest commentators for ITV
UK during the Indian Premier League.
in the New Zealand
State Twenty20 and State Shield
competitions. Mascarenhas represented the Otago Volts in the 2009 Champions League Twenty20
after Rajasthan and Hampshire failed to qualify.
as a replacement for Sri Lankan fast bowler Lasith Malinga
in the 2009–10 KFC Twenty20 Big Bash
. Due to a knee injury he did not play any matches for the state.
's Australian county captain Shane Warne
publicly highlighted Mascarenhas' tremendous ability and issued a call for him to be rewarded with selection in the England
One Day International (ODI) team. On 13 September 2006 he wrote in The Times
: "It amazes me that England have never given him a chance in the one-day side. He is the best finisher with the bat in all situations in the country and his bowling is clever and accurate".
He subsequently made his ODI début on the 1 July 2007 at Lord's
versus the West Indies, scoring 2 runs and completing 4 overs for 18 runs.
On 5 September 2007, in an ODI against India, he hit five consecutive sixes off the final five balls of England's innings, which were bowled by Yuvraj Singh
. On 8 September 2007 he took 3/23 off 10 overs as England won the one-day series 4-3, on the same day he was also called up to England's ICC World Twenty20
squad as a replacement for Ryan Sidebottom
. During England's one day series in New Zealand
he hit 4 consecutive sixes against New Zealand in a Twenty20 match.
Following the Twitter outburst, Mascarenhas was banned for 14 days at the start of the 2011 season. Mascarenhas has apologised unreservedly for his actions. He was fined £1000 by Hampshire and £500 by the ECB. The panel considered this to be a serious breach of the regulations, particularly given his status as a senior cricketer and club captain. Mascarenhas also stated that he tweeted this after a night out and his actions were stupid and irresponsible and that he regretted any offence it may have caused and that his tweet didn't reflect his true views on Miller.
.
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...
cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
er of Sri Lankan Tamil heritage. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler. He currently plays county cricket
County cricket
County cricket is the highest level of domestic cricket in England and Wales. For the 2010 season, see 2010 English cricket season.-First-class counties:...
for Hampshire County Cricket Club
Hampshire County Cricket Club
Hampshire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Hampshire in cricket's County Championship. The club was founded in 1863 as a successor to the Hampshire county cricket teams and has played at the Antelope Ground from then until 1885, before moving to the County Ground where it...
, in the Indian Premier League
Indian Premier League
The Indian Premier League is a professional league for Twenty20 cricket competition in India. It was initiated by the Board of Control for Cricket in India , headquartered in Mumbai, and is supervised by BCCI Vice President Rajeev Shukla, who serves as the league's Chairman and Commissioner...
for the Kings XI Punjab
Kings XI Punjab
Kings XI Punjab is a cricket franchise based in Mohali, Punjab in the Indian Premier League. For the IPL3, an additional venue has been chosen at Dharamsala.-Franchise History:...
and for the Otago Volts
Otago Volts
The Otago Volts are a first class cricket team representing the Otago Cricket Association, one of six major associations that make up New Zealand Cricket....
in New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
state cricket. In the inaugural Champions League Twenty20, he represented the Otago Volts
Otago Volts
The Otago Volts are a first class cricket team representing the Otago Cricket Association, one of six major associations that make up New Zealand Cricket....
as his other teams failed to qualify. He holds the record for most runs for England
English cricket team
The England and Wales cricket team is a cricket team which represents England and Wales. Until 1992 it also represented Scotland. Since 1 January 1997 it has been governed by the England and Wales Cricket Board , having been previously governed by Marylebone Cricket Club from 1903 until the end...
in an over in a One Day International with 30, scored against India
Indian cricket team
The Indian cricket team is the national cricket team of India. Governed by the Board of Control for Cricket in India , it is a full member of the International Cricket Council with Test and One Day International status....
off Yuvraj Singh
Yuvraj Singh
Yuvraj Singh Bhandal is an Indian cricketer, and the son of former Indian fast bowler and Punjabi movie star Yograj Singh. He has been a member of the Indian cricket team since 2000 and played his first Test match in 2003. He was the vice captain of the ODI team from late-2007 to late-2008...
on 5 September 2007, at The Oval
The Oval
The Kia Oval, still commonly referred to by its original name of The Oval, is an international cricket ground in Kennington, in the London Borough of Lambeth. In the past it was also sometimes called the Kennington Oval...
, London.
Early life
Mascarenhas was born to Malik Mascarenhas and his wife, Pauline (néeNEE
NEE is a political protest group whose goal was to provide an alternative for voters who are unhappy with all political parties at hand in Belgium, where voting is compulsory.The NEE party was founded in 2005 in Antwerp...
de Croos), both from the Tamil community. He grew up in Perth
Perth, Western Australia
Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000....
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
and attended school at Trinity College, Perth
Trinity College, Perth
Trinity College, is an independent day school for boys, located in East Perth, a suburb of Perth, Western Australia. The school was established in 1962, Trinity is a school in the Edmund Rice Tradition. and is located on reclaimed land adjacent to the Swan River foreshore...
; school alumni include Australian international cricketers Simon Katich
Simon Katich
Simon Matthew Katich is an Australian cricketer. He is the captain of the New South Wales Blues, and also captained, up until the end of the 2007 season, Derbyshire County Cricket Club...
, Tim Zoehrer
Tim Zoehrer
Timothy Joseph Zoehrer is a former Australian cricket player. He played as a wicket-keeper....
, and Craig Serjeant
Craig Serjeant
Craig Stanton Serjeant is a former Australian cricketer who played in 12 Tests and 3 ODIs from 1977 to 1978....
. In 1996 Mascarenhas returned to England to pursue a professional cricket career.
Early Cricket
Mascarenhas had great success in Australian junior cricket, captaining Western Australia at Under-17 and Under-19 state level competition.County Cricket
Returning to England, he played a single Minor Counties Championship fixture for DorsetDorset County Cricket Club
Dorset County Cricket Club is one of the county clubs which make up the Minor Counties in the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Dorset and playing in the Minor Counties Championship and the MCCA Knockout Trophy...
against Cornwall
Cornwall County Cricket Club
Cornwall County Cricket Club is one of the county clubs which make up the Minor Counties in the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Cornwall and playing in the Minor Counties Championship and the MCCA Knockout Trophy...
, taking 7/64 in his only match for the county. During the same season he joined Hampshire
Hampshire County Cricket Club
Hampshire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Hampshire in cricket's County Championship. The club was founded in 1863 as a successor to the Hampshire county cricket teams and has played at the Antelope Ground from then until 1885, before moving to the County Ground where it...
, where he continued in excellent form, with 6-88 on debut (the best figures for a Hampshire debutant since Teddy Wynyard
Teddy Wynyard
Edward George Wynyard was an English cricketer who played in 3 Tests from 1896 to 1906.He captained Hampshire County Cricket Club between 1896 and 1899....
made 6-63 in August 1899). He then proceeded to make the first Rose Bowl century against Worcestershire
Worcestershire County Cricket Club
Worcestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Worcestershire...
in 2001. In 2004, he was the first player to record a hat trick
Hat Trick
Hat trick, hat-trick or hattrick may refer to:* hat-trick — in various sports, achieving three goals, wickets, etc. in a single match* Hattrick — online football management game** Hattrick Limited — producers of this game...
in Twenty20 cricket, claiming the wickets of Mark Davis, Mushtaq Ahmed
Mushtaq Ahmed
Mushtaq Ahmed is a retired Pakistani cricketer who specialised as a leg spin bowler. He was known for his hard-to-pick googly. He memorably trapped Graeme Hick in front with one during the 1992 World Cup final. He was a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1997...
and Jason Lewry
Jason Lewry
Jason Lewry is a former English cricketer. He was a left-handed batsman and a left-arm medium-fast bowler.Born in Worthing, he played for Sussex from the beginning of his career in 1993 until his retirement in 2009. He has played Twenty20 cricket since 2003...
of Sussex
Sussex County Cricket Club
Sussex County Cricket Club is the oldest of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Sussex. The club was founded as a successor to Brighton Cricket Club which was a representative of the county of Sussex as a...
. He was part of the Hampshire team that won the C&G Trophy
C&G Trophy
The Friends Provident Trophy was a one-day cricket competition in the United Kingdom.It was one of the four tournaments in which the eighteen first-class counties compete each season. They were joined by teams from Scotland and Ireland...
in 2005 and to finish runners-up in the Frizzell County Championship. In 2006, it was announced that Mascarenhas would receive a benefit year during the 2007 season as a reward for his excellent all round play for the county.
Following Shane Warne's
Shane Warne
Shane Keith Warne is a former Australian international cricketer widely regarded as one of the greatest bowlers in the history of the game. In 2000, he was selected by a panel of cricket experts as one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Century, the only specialist bowler selected in the quintet...
retirement at the end of the 2007 season, for the 2008 County Championship season Mascarenhas was made club captain. During the 2009 County Championship Mascarenhas missed the first matches of the season while on Indian Premier League
Indian Premier League
The Indian Premier League is a professional league for Twenty20 cricket competition in India. It was initiated by the Board of Control for Cricket in India , headquartered in Mumbai, and is supervised by BCCI Vice President Rajeev Shukla, who serves as the league's Chairman and Commissioner...
duty with the Rajasthan Royals
Rajasthan Royals
Rajasthan Royals is an Indian Premier League franchise based on the city of the Jaipur captained and coached by former Australian leg-spinner Shane Warne.They were the champions of the inaugural edition of the Indian Premier League...
. On his return he led Hampshire to the final of the 2009 Friends Provident Trophy
2009 Friends Provident Trophy
The 2009 Friends Provident Trophy was an English county cricket tournament, held between 19 April and 25 July 2009. The competition was won by Hampshire Hawks who beat the Sussex Sharks by 6 wickets at Lord's.- Format :...
at Lord's
Lord's Cricket Ground
Lord's Cricket Ground is a cricket venue in St John's Wood, London. Named after its founder, Thomas Lord, it is owned by Marylebone Cricket Club and is the home of Middlesex County Cricket Club, the England and Wales Cricket Board , the European Cricket Council and, until August 2005, the...
where Hampshire beat local rivals Sussex
Sussex County Cricket Club
Sussex County Cricket Club is the oldest of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Sussex. The club was founded as a successor to Brighton Cricket Club which was a representative of the county of Sussex as a...
by 6 wickets.
Prior to the 2010 County Championship
2010 County Championship
The 2010 County Championship season, known as the LV County Championship for sponsorship reasons, was the 111th County Championship season. It was contested through two divisions: Division One and Division Two. Each team played all the others in their division both home and away...
, Mascarenhas played for the Rajasthan Royals in the IPL, during which he picked up an ankle injury. Still injured for the first part of the 2010 English county season, Mascarenhas returned for Hampshire in the Friends Provident t20
2010 Friends Provident t20
The 2010 Friends Provident t20 tournament was the inaugural Friends Provident t20 Twenty20 cricket competition for the England and Wales first-class counties. The competition ran from 1 June 2010 until the finals day at The Rose Bowl on 14 August 2010...
against Kent
Kent County Cricket Club
Kent County Cricket Club is one of the 18 first class county county cricket clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the county of Kent...
, but during the match the injury flared up once more, therefore ruling him out for the rest of the season.
Indian Premier League
Mascarenhas signed in 2008 for the Rajasthan RoyalsRajasthan Royals
Rajasthan Royals is an Indian Premier League franchise based on the city of the Jaipur captained and coached by former Australian leg-spinner Shane Warne.They were the champions of the inaugural edition of the Indian Premier League...
of the Indian Premier League
Indian Premier League
The Indian Premier League is a professional league for Twenty20 cricket competition in India. It was initiated by the Board of Control for Cricket in India , headquartered in Mumbai, and is supervised by BCCI Vice President Rajeev Shukla, who serves as the league's Chairman and Commissioner...
. Following the ECB's
England and Wales Cricket Board
The England and Wales Cricket Board is the governing body of cricket in England and Wales. It was created on 1 January 1997 combining the roles of the Test and County Cricket Board, the National Cricket Association and the Cricket Council...
decision to not allow centrally-contracted England players to play in this tournament, Mascarenhas was the only English representative in the tournament's inaugurative year.
Mascarenhas returned for 2009 Indian Premier League
2009 Indian Premier League
The 2009 Indian Premier League season, abbreviated as IPL 2 or the 2009 IPL, was the second season of the Indian Premier League, established by the Board of Control for Cricket in India in 2007. The tournament was hosted by South Africa and was played between 18 April and 24 May 2009...
, once again playing for the Rajasthan Royals. He played 5 matches taking 6 wickets at an average of 6.82 per wicket.
Mascarenhas once again returned to play for the Royals in the 2010 Indian Premier League
2010 Indian Premier League
The 2010 Indian Premier League season, abbreviated as IPL 3 or the 2010 IPL, was the third season of the Indian Premier League, established by the Board of Control for Cricket in India in 2007. The tournament was hosted by India and had an estimated television audience of more than 200 million...
, playing two matches against Mumbai Indians
Mumbai Indians
Mumbai Indians , is a franchise cricket team representing Mumbai in the Indian Premier League. The team is one of the eight founding members of the IPL in 2008. Mumbai Indians are currently led by Sachin Tendulkar, who is the Icon Player for the team and is coached by Robin Singh...
and Delhi Daredevils
Delhi Daredevils
Delhi Daredevils is the Delhi franchise for the Indian Premier League in cricket. The franchise is owned by the GMR Group.-Franchise history:...
, where he took four wickets in his two matches. Following an ankle injury picked up against the Delhi Daredevils, Mascarenhas was forced to return home from the tournament.
Mascarenhas has been bought by the Kings XI Punjab franchisee for USD 100,000 during the auction conducted in January 2011. However he had to be replaced by David Miller on 7 April 2011 since he could not recover from the achilles heel injury . He is currently one of the guest commentators for ITV
ITV
ITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...
UK during the Indian Premier League.
Otago Volts
In 2008, Mascarenhas signed for the Otago VoltsOtago Volts
The Otago Volts are a first class cricket team representing the Otago Cricket Association, one of six major associations that make up New Zealand Cricket....
in the New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
State Twenty20 and State Shield
State Shield
The New Zealand limited-overs cricket trophy is the main domestic List A limited overs cricket competition in New Zealand. Previous sponsor State Insurance did not renew naming rights in 2009, resulting in the competition being renamed the New Zealand Cricket one-day competition...
competitions. Mascarenhas represented the Otago Volts in the 2009 Champions League Twenty20
2009 Champions League Twenty20
The 2009 Champions League Twenty20 was the first edition of the Champions League Twenty20, an international club cricket tournament. It was held in India between 8 October and 23 October 2009 and featured 12 domestic teams from Australia, England, India, New Zealand, South Africa, Sri Lanka and...
after Rajasthan and Hampshire failed to qualify.
Tasmanian Tigers
In 2009 Mascarenhas signed for the Tasmanian TigersTasmanian Tigers
The Tasmanian cricket team, nicknamed the Tigers, represents the Australian state of Tasmania in cricket tournaments. They compete annually in the Australian domestic senior men's cricket season, which currently consists of the first-class Sheffield Shield, the limited overs Ford Ranger Cup, and...
as a replacement for Sri Lankan fast bowler Lasith Malinga
Lasith Malinga
Separamadu Lasith Malinga is a Sri Lankan cricketer. He is a fast bowler with a rare round-arm action, sometimes referred to as a sling action, which leads to his nickname, "Slinga Malinga"...
in the 2009–10 KFC Twenty20 Big Bash
2009–10 KFC Twenty20 Big Bash
-Round 2:---------Round 3:---------Round 4:---------Round 5:---------Preliminary final:-Final:-Highest team totals:The following table lists the six highest team scores during this season.Last Updated 23 January 2010....
. Due to a knee injury he did not play any matches for the state.
International career
HampshireHampshire County Cricket Club
Hampshire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Hampshire in cricket's County Championship. The club was founded in 1863 as a successor to the Hampshire county cricket teams and has played at the Antelope Ground from then until 1885, before moving to the County Ground where it...
's Australian county captain Shane Warne
Shane Warne
Shane Keith Warne is a former Australian international cricketer widely regarded as one of the greatest bowlers in the history of the game. In 2000, he was selected by a panel of cricket experts as one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Century, the only specialist bowler selected in the quintet...
publicly highlighted Mascarenhas' tremendous ability and issued a call for him to be rewarded with selection in the England
English cricket team
The England and Wales cricket team is a cricket team which represents England and Wales. Until 1992 it also represented Scotland. Since 1 January 1997 it has been governed by the England and Wales Cricket Board , having been previously governed by Marylebone Cricket Club from 1903 until the end...
One Day International (ODI) team. On 13 September 2006 he wrote in The Times
The Times
The Times is a British daily national newspaper, first published in London in 1785 under the title The Daily Universal Register . The Times and its sister paper The Sunday Times are published by Times Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary since 1981 of News International...
: "It amazes me that England have never given him a chance in the one-day side. He is the best finisher with the bat in all situations in the country and his bowling is clever and accurate".
He subsequently made his ODI début on the 1 July 2007 at Lord's
Lord's Cricket Ground
Lord's Cricket Ground is a cricket venue in St John's Wood, London. Named after its founder, Thomas Lord, it is owned by Marylebone Cricket Club and is the home of Middlesex County Cricket Club, the England and Wales Cricket Board , the European Cricket Council and, until August 2005, the...
versus the West Indies, scoring 2 runs and completing 4 overs for 18 runs.
On 5 September 2007, in an ODI against India, he hit five consecutive sixes off the final five balls of England's innings, which were bowled by Yuvraj Singh
Yuvraj Singh
Yuvraj Singh Bhandal is an Indian cricketer, and the son of former Indian fast bowler and Punjabi movie star Yograj Singh. He has been a member of the Indian cricket team since 2000 and played his first Test match in 2003. He was the vice captain of the ODI team from late-2007 to late-2008...
. On 8 September 2007 he took 3/23 off 10 overs as England won the one-day series 4-3, on the same day he was also called up to England's ICC World Twenty20
ICC World Twenty20
The ICC World Twenty20 or ICC World T20 also referred to as the T20 World Cup is the international championship of Twenty20 cricket. The event is organised by the sport's governing body, the International Cricket Council...
squad as a replacement for Ryan Sidebottom
Ryan Sidebottom
Ryan Jay Sidebottom is an English cricketer who plays domestic cricket for Yorkshire. He is a primarily a left-arm fast-medium bowler. Sidebottom played his first Test match in 2001 against Pakistan, but failed to take a wicket and was dropped for six years...
. During England's one day series in New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
he hit 4 consecutive sixes against New Zealand in a Twenty20 match.
Geoff Miller - Twitter Outburst
Mascarenhas vented his frustration at the England selection, directed to the chairman of the selectors Geoff Miller, after being left out of the squad.. He tweeted, calling Geoff Miller a 'knob' and few other derogatory terms. He also pointed out that his team mate Jimmy Adams hit 194 runs in a match between Lancashire and Hampshire where Miller came to watch and Adams wasn't considered for the t20s. Kevin Pietersen also branded Mascarenhas's axing in similar derogatory terms to Mascarenhas's tweet. Miller was upset by this; after speaking to Piertersen, the batsman accepted the tweet was posted in error.Following the Twitter outburst, Mascarenhas was banned for 14 days at the start of the 2011 season. Mascarenhas has apologised unreservedly for his actions. He was fined £1000 by Hampshire and £500 by the ECB. The panel considered this to be a serious breach of the regulations, particularly given his status as a senior cricketer and club captain. Mascarenhas also stated that he tweeted this after a night out and his actions were stupid and irresponsible and that he regretted any offence it may have caused and that his tweet didn't reflect his true views on Miller.
Personal life
Mascarenhas married Nadine Taylor on Saturday 12 February 2011 in Melbourne, their lavish wedding being attended by team mates including Shane WarneShane Warne
Shane Keith Warne is a former Australian international cricketer widely regarded as one of the greatest bowlers in the history of the game. In 2000, he was selected by a panel of cricket experts as one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Century, the only specialist bowler selected in the quintet...
.