Marais Erasmus

M Erasmus

Personal information
Full name	Marais Erasmus
Born	27 February 1964 (1964-02-27) (age 47) Cape Province, South Africa
Batting style	Right-hand batsman
Bowling style	Right-arm fast-medium
Role	All-rounder, Umpire
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1988/89–1996/7	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
Umpiring information
Tests umpired	6 (2010–present)
ODIs umpired	34 (2007–present)
T20Is umpired	12 (2006–present)
Career statistics
Competition	First-class	List A
Matches	53	54
Runs scored	1913	322
Batting average	29.43	10.38
100s/50s	1/7	0/1
Top score	103*	55
Balls bowled	8402	2650
Wickets	131	48
Bowling average	28.18	37.06
5 wickets in innings	7	0
10 wickets in match	0	n/a
Best bowling	6-22	3-25
Catches/stumpings	35/–	16/–
Source: Cricinfo, 4 June 2010

Marais Erasmus, (born 27 February 1964), is a current South African cricket umpire from Cape Province and member of the ICC Elite Umpire Panel.

Erasmus' first ODI match was between Kenya and Canada at Nairobi on 18 October 2007 and his first T20I match was between South Africa and Australia at Johannesburg on 24 February 2006. His first Test match was between Bangladesh and India from 17-21 January 2010. He played for the Boland cricket team at first-class level.

Marais Erasmus was appointed to the ICC International Panel of Umpires in 2008 and was quickly promoted to the ICC Elite Umpire Panel in 2010.

While Erasmus had a good start to his Umpiring career, he came under severe pressure during the India England Test Series (July / Aug 2011) where he gave a series of bad decisions in the 2nd Test match played at Trent Bridge. Amongst the cricketers, he is referred to as a 'not-out' umpire, one who needs a lot of convincing before he declares someone out 'LBW'.

Umpiring Statistics

As of the 5 August 2011:

	First	Latest	Total
Tests	Bangladesh v India at Chittagong, Jan 2010	England vs India at Trent Bridge, Nottingham, 29 July- 1 August 2011	6
ODIs	Kenya v Canada at Nairobi (Gym), Oct 2007	Scotland v Sri Lanka at Edinburgh, Jul 13, 2011	34
T20Is	South Africa v Australia at Johannesburg, Feb 2006	India vs South Africa at Durban, Jan 2011	12

References

Cricinfo