Martin Maslin (born 14 March 1942) is a former English cricketer. Maslin was a right-handed batsman who bowled both leg break and right-arm medium pace. The son of Lincolnshire cricketer Norman Maslin, he was born in Grimsby, Lincolnshire and educated at Haileybury and Imperial Service College, where he represented the college cricket team.[1]

Martin Maslin
Personal information
Full name
Martin Maslin
Born (1942-02-14) 14 February 1942 (age 82)
Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingLeg break
Right-arm medium
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1976Minor Counties East
1972–1975Minor Counties North
1967–1964Minor Counties
1961–1980Lincolnshire
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A
Matches 5 24
Runs scored 274 484
Batting average 30.44 23.04
100s/50s –/2 1/2
Top score 66* 103*
Balls bowled 36 758
Wickets 12
Bowling average 39.75
5 wickets in innings
10 wickets in match
Best bowling 3/29
Catches/stumpings 2/– 12/–
Source: Cricinfo, 5 August 2011

Maslin made his debut for Lincolnshire against Shropshire in the 1961 Minor Counties Championship. He played Minor counties cricket for Lincolnshire from 1961 to 1980, making 109 Minor Counties Championship appearances.[2] He made his List A debut against Hampshire in the 1966 Gillette Cup. He made 6 further List A appearances for Lincolnshire, the last of which came against Derbyshire in the 1976 Gillette Cup.[3] In his 4 List A matches for Lincolnshire, he scored 164 runs at an average of 32.80, with a high score of 62 not out.[4] This score, which was his only List A fifty for Lincolnshire, came against Glamorgan in the 1974 Gillette Cup.[5] With the ball, he took 4 wickets at a bowling average of 39.50, with best figures of 3/29.[6]

He also played first-class cricket for the Minor Counties, making his debut against the touring Pakistanis in 1967. He made 4 further first-class appearances for the team, the last of which came against the touring Pakistanis in 1974.[7] In his 5 first-class matches, he scored 274 runs at an average of 30.44, with a high score of 66 not out.[8] This score came against the Pakistanis in 1967.[9] He also played List A cricket for Minor Counties North, making his debut for the team against Nottinghamshire in the 1972 Benson & Hedges Cup. He made 12 further List A appearances for the team, the last of which came against Nottinghamshire in the 1975 Benson & Hedges Cup.[3] In his 13 matches for the team, he scored 195 runs at an average of 15.00, with a high score of 47.[4] With the ball, he took 6 wickets at an average of 25.50, with best figures of 3/33.[6] He additionally played List A cricket for Minor Counties East, who he made his debut for against Nottinghamshire in the 1976 Benson & Hedges Cup. He made 3 further appearances for Minor Counties East, the last of which came against Northamptonshire in the same competition.[3] In his 4 matches for the team, he scored 125 runs at an average of 41.66, with a high score of 103 not out.[4] This score came on debut for Minor Counties East against Nottinghamshire.[10] With the ball, he took 2 wickets for Minor Counties East, which came at an average of 83.00, with best figures of 1/24.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Teams Martin Maslin played for". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 August 2011.
  2. ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Martin Maslin". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 August 2011.
  3. ^ a b c "List A Matches played by Martin Maslin". CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 August 2011.
  4. ^ a b c "List A Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Martin Maslin". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 August 2011.
  5. ^ "Glamorgan v Lincolnshire, 1974 Gillette Cup". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 August 2011.
  6. ^ a b c "List A Bowling For Each Team by Martin Maslin". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 August 2011.
  7. ^ "First-Class Matches played by Martin Maslin". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 August 2011.
  8. ^ "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Martin Maslin". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 August 2011.
  9. ^ "Minor Counties v Pakistanis, 1967". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 August 2011.
  10. ^ "Nottinghamshire v Minor Counties, 1976 Benson & Hedges Cup". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 August 2011.
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