Martin Schepens (born 12 August 1955) is a former English

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er. Schepens was a right-handed

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who bowled

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. He was born at

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, Leicestershire. Schepens made his first-class debut for Leicestershire against

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in 1973. The following season he made his second appearance against the touring Pakistanis, before making his next appearance in the

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against

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. Schepens made sixteen further first-class appearances for the county, the last of which came against Nottinghamshire in the

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. In his total of nineteen first-class appearances, he scored 407 runs at an

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of 17.69, with a high score of 57. This score was his only first-class

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and came against Glamorgan in 1979. Schepens also played

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for Leicestershire, making his debut in that format against

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in the

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. He made four further List A appearances for the county, the last of which came against Surrey in the

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. In his five List A matches, he scored a total of 44 runs at an average of 8.80, with a high score of 24.

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