Alistair Maiden

Alistair Jonathan Maiden (born 15 September 1982) is an English cricketer. Maiden is a right-handed batsman. He was born in Stourbridge, Worcestershire.

While studying for his degree at Durham University, Maiden made his first-class debut for Durham UCCE against Lancashire in 2002. He made a further eight first-class appearances, the last of which came against Durham in 2005.^[1] In his nine first-class matches for the university, he scored 448 runs at an average of 37.33, with a high score of 211 not out.^[2] This score, which was his only first-class century, came against Somerset in 2005.^[3] This score also remains the highest individual first-class score for Durham University. While studying at Durham University, he also made a single first-class appearance for British Universities against the touring Bangladeshis in 2005.^[1] He batted once in this match, scoring 20 runs before being dismissed by Mashrafe Mortaza.^[4]

Maiden has also played Minor counties cricket, starting with Staffordshire who he made three Minor Counties Championship appearances for in 2006.^[5] For the 2007 season he joined Northumberland, who he made four Minor Counties Championship appearances^[5] and a single MCCA Knockout Trophy appearance for between 2007 and 2009.^[6]

References

External links

• Alistair Maiden at ESPNcricinfo
• Alistair Maiden at CricketArchive