Lloyd Ryan Mash (born 1 December 1981 in

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, Victoria) is a former Australian

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er who played for the

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. He was a left-handed top order batsman. His Junior club was the Eltham Cricket Club. He currently plays in the Victorian Premier Cricket competition for Fitzroy Doncaster Cricket Club and is Captain/Coach. He was schooled at Eltham High School, earning his VCE in 1999. Like his Bushrangers teammate Nick Jewell, Mash came from a footballing background, having played for

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in the

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. Mash had a superb debut season with the Bushrangers scoring 505 Pura Cup runs, although he failed to score a century. His first-class debut was made against the touring West Indian side. He scored 44 in his innings and in a Twenty20 game that they played he hit four sixes off

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. His Pura Cup career began with 83 against Queensland and he made 94 against South Australia in his next game.

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