John Maxwell Aiken (born 3 July 1970) is a New Zealand former cricketer who played for

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and

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. Born in

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, he was a left-handed batsman who played 46 first class matches and 39 one-day matches in a career spanning 11 seasons from 1989/90 to 2000/01.John Aiken
CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 January 2020. He scored 2,170 first-class runs at an

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of 28.93. During his career, he played for New Zealand XIs against the West Indies, South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Sri Lanka.John Aiken

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. Retrieved 13 July 2007 At the same time as his cricket career, Aiken trained as a relationship specialist and has run a private practice in New Zealand and Australia. He has also undertaken a range of media work, becoming the dating and relationship expert for the

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television channel, hosting the

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documentaries ''Making Couples Happy'' and ''Making Families Happy'', and most recently becoming one of the experts on the popular Channel 9 reality series ''

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