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| Full name | Robin Simon Christopher Martin-Jenkins | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1975-10-28)28 October 1975 (age 50) Guildford,Surrey, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-armmedium pace | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1994–2010 | Sussex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1996 | British Universities | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Robin Simon Christopher Martin-Jenkins (born 28 October 1975) is an English formercricketer who played forSussex County Cricket Club andBritish Universities. He is 6 feet 5 inches (1.96 m) tall. He is the son of cricket writer and journalistChristopher Martin-Jenkins,[1] and as such has been nicknamed RMJ[2] (a reference to his fatherCMJ).
Martin-Jenkins was educated atRadley College and was in the same college house at the same time as cricketersAndrew Strauss andBen Hutton. These three were among other successes in the first batch of 1997 atDurham University'sCentre of Excellence for Cricket, which was led by former test batsmanGraeme Fowler.[3][4] Strauss said that he was helped by Hutton and Martin-Jenkins, as he "gained confidence from the fact that I was not the only person who was prepared to take the risk of jumping off the City-bound conveyer belt."[5]
Martin-Jenkins played his entire first-class career forSussex, except for onefirst-class match forBritish Universities in 1996.[6] He scored his maiden first-class century in 2001,[2] and in 2002, he andMark Davis scored a record eighth-wicket partnership for Sussex of 291, and Martin-Jenkins also hit his career best score of 205*.[7] As of 2015, this is still the highest eighth-wicket partnership for Sussex.[8] He was a prominent member of both the2003,2006 and2007 County Championship winning teams; in 2011,Steve James writing in theWisden Cricketers' Almanack described Martin-Jenkins andJames Kirtley (who also retired in 2010) as "consistent and reliable performers who are role models and guardians of a team ethos that can endure."[9] He described Martin-Jenkins as "the most solid of all-rounders".[9]
In July 2010, Martin-Jenkins announced his retirement atHove on 19 July 2010, in order to become a teacher.[10][11] In his final season, he averaged 62.90 with the bat, and took 30 wickets at an average of under 20 runs per wicket.[9] He taught atHurstpierpoint College, and in 2014 he moved toHarrow School, where he taughtGeography and was the house master of Moretons. He moved on to become Head of Geography at Bede's Senior School in 2023, of which its junior school, Bede's Prep School was where his father, Christopher Martin-Jenkins, was an alumni.
In 2015,Bede's Prep School opened a new stand in memory ofChristopher Martin-Jenkins, and Robin Martin-Jenkins rang the bell to signal the start of play.[12]