Jimmy Maher

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	Tests	ODIs
James "Jimmy" Maher Australia (Aus)

Batting style	Left-hand bat
Bowling type	Wicketkeeper
Matches	-	26
Runs scored	-	438
Batting average	-	25.76
100s/50s	-/-	-/1
Top score	-	95
Balls bowled	-	-
Wickets	-	-
Bowling average	-	-
5 wickets in innings	-	-
10 wickets in match	-	n/a
Best bowling	-	-
Catches/stumpings	-/-	18/-
As of 1 January 2007 Source: Cricinfo.com

James Patrick Maher (born February 27, 1974 in Innisfail, Queensland) is an Australian cricketer. He is "an attractive left-handed batsman with a clumping cover-drive". ^[1]

He was first selected to play for Australia in two one-day matches in 1997-98, due to illness and injury respectively to Mark Waugh and Steve Waugh, but his performances were unspectacular. The following two seasons were a prolific pair for Maher playing for Queensland, a time which included a period at Glamorgan. In 2001-02, he became the first batsman to reach 1000 runs in the Pura Cup.

He came back into the international fold in 2002, after the Waugh brothers were sacked following an ODI season in which Australia failed to make the finals of the triangular ODI series. He responded with a steady innings of 95 against South Africa. He was included in the Australian ODI squad as a spare batsman and as a fill-in wicketkeeper for the next few seasons, including the 2003 Cricket World Cup, but has never managed to obtain a regular place in the side.

On February 11, 2007 Jimmy Maher was criticised by South Australian cricket captain Darren Lehmann for not declaring to make a game of their Pura Cup match at the Gabba. Lehmann said he thought he was playing Tasmania referring to Tasmania's reliance on final day run chases. ^[2]

For 2007 Maher has signed for a second spell in English county cricket with Durham.

On February 25 2007, Jimmy Maher was awarded Man of the Match in the Ford Rangers Cup Final against the Victorian Bushrangers after making 108 of 133. The Queensland Bulls went on to win the match by 21 runs. ^[3] It was the 3rd time that he had scored a century for Queensland in a One Day domestic final.

[edit] References

^ Jimmy Maher. Cricinfo (June 2006). Retrieved on 2007-01-16.
^ Lehmann vows to make Bulls Fry. The Advertiser (February 2007). Retrieved on 2007-02-12.
^ Victoria Vs Queensland. Cricinfo (February 2007). Retrieved on 2007-02-26.

[edit] External links

Jimmy Maher at Cricinfo

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Preceded by Stuart Law	Queensland ING Cup captain 2002/03-	Succeeded by 'Incumbent'
Preceded by Stuart Law	Queensland Pura Cup captain 2002/03-	Succeeded by 'Incumbent'

Persondata
NAME	Maher, James Patrick
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Cricketer
DATE OF BIRTH	February 27, 1974
PLACE OF BIRTH	Innisfail, Queensland
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH