‘Dimi’ is a right-hand batsman and right medium-fast bowler.
Born in London but raised in Australia, Dimi returned to England to play in the Southern League before joining Hampshire in 1996 and taking 6-88 against Glamorgan at Southampton on debut. He won his Hampshire cap in 1998; indeed, he is the only current player who played for the county in the last century.
He scored the first century to be made at The Ageas Bowl, against Worcestershire in 2001, and took the first hat-trick recorded in Twenty20 cricket amongst his career-best 5 for 14 against Sussex at Hove in 2004. He also played a big part in his team’s victorious 2005 Cheltenham and Gloucester Trophy campaign.
He was awarded a benefit year by Hampshire in 2007 and, furthermore, was recognised by his country with an England call-up for their One-Day squad to face India in the same year. During the Series, Mascarenhas hit five sixes in a single over from Yuvraj Singh at The Oval – a unique record for any England player.
He was appointed Hampshire captain in 2008. In that same year he was the first English player to be selected to play in the Indian T20 Premier League for the Rajasthan Royals.
In recent seasons, he’s been a key part of the most successful period in Hampshire’s history, helping the team win the 2009 Friends Provident Trophy and, as Twenty20 captain, leading the side to short-form titles in 2010 and 2012 as well as playing an integral part in the side’s victorious Clydesdale Bank 40 campaign last season.
In total, he has scored more than 12,000 runs in all formats and taken nearly 900 wickets.
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