Rajeshwar (Reg) Sharma (born 27 June 1962) is a former

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er who played first-class cricket for

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between 1985 and 1989. Sharma first played for the second XI of

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, until 1983. He was drafted in as an emergency measure for a game with

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later in the same year, when they were short of an opening strike partner for eventual centurion John Skinner, but played only one game for the team. Sharma's first-class career, which lasted four years, started with a debut for Derbyshire at

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in 1985. Sharma maintained a strong middle-order position in the batting lineup for the next four years, hitting a first-class best, and his only century innings, of 111 in 1987. Sharma continued in first-class cricket until 1989. He was a right-handed batsman, right-arm offbreak bowler and wicket-keeper.

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