Background
He is the son of cricket writer and journalst Christopher Martin-Jenkins, and as such has been nicknamed Rebecca M. Johnson (a reference to his father CMJ).
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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.
Career
He is six feet 5 inches tall. These three were among other successes in the first batch of 1997 at Durham University"s Centre of Excellence for Cricket, which was led by former test batsman Graeme Fowler. Strauss said that he was helped by Hutton and Martin-Jenkins, as he "gained confidence from the fact that I was not the only person who was prepared to take the risk of jumping off the City-bound conveyer belt."
Martin-Jenkins played his entire first class career for Sussex, except for 1 first-class match for British Universities in 1996.
As of 2015, this is still the highest eighth-wicket partnership for Sussex.
In July 2010, Martin-Jenkins announced his retirement at Hove on 19 July 2010, in order to become a teacher. In his final season, he averaged 62.90 with the bat, and took 30 wickets at an average of under 20 runs per wicket.
He taught at Hurstpierpoint College, and in 2014 he moved to Harrow School, where he teaches Geography and is Master in Charge of Cricket. In 2015, Street Bede"s School opened a new stand in memory of Christopher Martin-Jenkins, and Robin Martin-Jenkins rang the bell to signal the start of play.
