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Full name | Marais Erasmus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
George, Cape Province, South Africa |
27 February 1964 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting style | Right-handed batsman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling style | Right-arm fast-medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | All-rounder, Umpire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1988/89–1996/97 | Boland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First-class debut | 8 December 1988 Boland v South African Defence Force | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last First-class | 12 December 1996 Boland v Natal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
List A debut | 24 October 1989 Boland v Border | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last List A | 25 October 1996 Boland v Western Province | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tests umpired | 43 (2010–2017) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ODIs umpired | 67 (2007–2016) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
T20Is umpired | 26 (2006–2016) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPN Cricinfo, 25 March 2017
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Marais Erasmus (born 27 February 1964) is a South African former first-class cricketer who is currently serving as an international cricket umpire. He is a member of the Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Umpires and stands in matches of all three formats of international cricket – Test matches, One Day Internationals (ODIs) and Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is).
Erasmus played first-class cricket for Boland cricket team from 1988/89 to 1996/97 as a fast-medium bowler and useful lower-order batsman. His highest score of 103 not out came while batting at number seven in the second innings (after 51 not out in the first innings) against the visiting Warwickshire cricket team in the 1991/92 season. His best bowling figures of 6–22 came against the touring New Zealand cricket team in the 1994/95 season, in a match that had to be abandoned early on the second day due to the dangerous pitch at Boland Bank Park.
Erasmus began umpiring in first-class cricket in South Africa in the 2002/03 season. He stood in his first International match when he made his T20I umpiring debut in the match between South Africa and Australia at the New Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg on 24 February 2006. He made his debut as an umpire in ODIs when he stood in the match between Kenya and Canada at the Gymkhana Club Ground in Nairobi on 18 October 2007.