DARREN MADDY

'Darren Lee Maddy' (born 23 May 1974, Leicester)^[1] is an English cricketer who plays first class cricket for Warwickshire. He played three Tests and eight One-day Internationals for England, making one international fifty in his ten innings between 1998 and 2000 before he was finally dropped following the tour of Zimbabwe in 2000, where he made 53 in his final One-day International^[2]. Maddy has been playing first class cricket since 1994, when he made his debut against the touring South Africans. His first class batting average has been steadily declining since he made 1,187 runs in the 2002 season^[3], and he has made a total of three first class centuries in the period from 2003 to 2005, one of which was against Durham UCCE ^[4].
However, the 2005 season also saw him hit his first List A century since 1999, with 107 not out in a seven-wicket win over the Warwickshire Bears^[5].
As of August, 2006, he is, with over 1000 runs^[6], the world's highest scoring player in cricket's Twenty20 format^[7].
On the 31st October 2006, It was officially announced that Darren Maddy had left Leicestershire to join Warwickshire on a two year contract. On 25th April 2007 he became captain of Warwickshire after just one game of the domestic season following Heath Streak's resignation.^[8]
Through the 2007 season so far, Maddy's fortunes have much improved with his move to Warwickshire. In the 4 day format of the game he has scored four centuries and two fifties, top scoring with 148 not out. He has also taken 15 wickets including one 5 wicket haul in the same competition.
Consistent performances in the One Day Domestic tournaments earned Maddy a call up to the England squad, set to travel to South Africa for the inaugural Twenty20 World Cup in September 2007.^[9]

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2. Third One-day International: Zimbabwe v England at Harare, 20 Feb 2000, scorecard from Cricinfo, retrieved 12 January 2005
3. First-class Batting and Fielding in Each Season by Darren Maddy
4. MCC University Match: Leicestershire v Durham UCCE, scorecard from BBC, retrieved 12 January 2006
5. totesport League: Warwickshire v Leicestershire, 19 June 2005, Edgbaston, scorecard from Cricinfo, retrieved 12 January 2006
6. Reported on Sky Sports during coverage of the 2006 English Twenty20 finals; see also Cricket Archive profile, below.
7. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/counties/leicestershire/4780191.stm BBC sport
8. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/counties/warwickshire/6588273.stm
9. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/england/6931889.stm

Additional references

★ Player Profile: Darren Maddy, from CricketArchive, retrieved 12 January 2006