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Robin Simon Christopher Martin-Jenkins is an English cricketer who has played for the cricket teams of Sussex CCC and British Universities. He is six feet 5 inches tall. He is the son of Christopher Martin-Jenkins, the cricket writer and commentator. Martin-Jenkins was educated at Radley College and was in the same college house at the same time as cricketers Andrew Strauss and Ben Hutton. He has spent his entire first class career at Sussex CCC and has been an ever present. He has shown loyalty by staying at the club throughout the 90's when Sussex were generally unsuccessful with the club even finishing last of the 18 counties. He was a prominent member of both the 2003 and 2006 Championship winning teams. His experience means that he is often used as a containing bowler and that is shown in his reasonable economy rate. He is a Right-arm Fast-medium bowler and is a Right-handed batsman who bats at around 7 or 8. He is generally known as a bowler who can bat as opposed to an all-rounder. He retired from first class cricket on the 19th July 2010, in order to become a teacher at Hurstpierpoint College.