Arun Harinath
Arun Harinath (born 26 March 1987) is an English cricketer, a top-order batsman who has played at first-class level for Surrey, Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), Leicestershire and Loughborough UCCE since 2007. He was educated at Tiffin School, and then attended Loughborough University.
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| Full name | Arun Harinath | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 26 March 1987 Sutton, London, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | The Baron[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm off break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2009 | Loughborough UCCE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008 | Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2019 | Surrey (squad no. 10) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | → Leicestershire (on loan) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | → Hampshire (on loan) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 24 August 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Harinath has been part of the Surrey setup since he was nine, and by 2006 was a regular in the county's Second XI.[1] Despite not having made a first-team appearance for Surrey, in October 2008 he was offered a new two-year contract.[2]
He made his First Class debut for Loughborough in April 2007 and his Surrey debut against Gloucestershire in September 2009, playing the last 3 games of the season. He was a regular in the Championship team in 2010 and 2013, playing 12 Championship games in each season but only played 1 game in 2011. He scored over 500 runs in 2010, 2013 and 2015 and has scored a total of 6 centuries. During the 2017 season he spent a period on loan to Leicestershire. He rarely plays limited-over cricket for Surrey. He plays for Sutton Cricket Club in the Surrey Championship.
On 8 July 2019, he joined Hampshire on loan for the remainder of the 2019 season.[3]
Notes
- Horne, Ben (January 2007). "Players and Officials - Arun Harinath". Cricinfo. Retrieved 24 March 2009.
- "Battered Surrey offer deals to youngsters". Cricinfo. 13 October 2008. Retrieved 24 March 2009.
- "Arun Harinath: Hampshire sign Surrey left-hander on loan as injury cover". 8 July 2019. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
References
- Arun Harinath at CricketArchive (subscription required)
- Arun Harinath at ESPNcricinfo