Wayne Lee Madsen (born 2 January 1984) is an English

cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

er who plays for

Derbyshire County Cricket Club Derbyshire County Cricket Club is one of eighteen first-class county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the historic county of Derbyshire. Its limited overs team is called the Derbyshire Falcons ...

. He has previously played

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for the

South Africa men's national field hockey team The South Africa men's national field hockey team represents South Africa at international field hockey matches and tournaments. Tournament history Summer Olympics * 1996 – 10th place * 2004 – 10th place * 2008 – 12th place * 2012 – 11th ...

Cricket career

Hailing from a strong cricketing family, with uncles

Henry Fotheringham Henry Richard Fotheringham (born 4 April 1953) is a retired South African cricketer. Fotheringham lived in Swaziland and Rhodesia as a child, and attended Ruzawi School and Michaelhouse. He represented Natal Schools at the 1969-70 Nuffield Wee ...

, Michael Madsen, Trevor Madsen and cousin Greg Fotheringham all playing

first-class cricket First-class cricket, along with List A cricket and Twenty20 cricket, is one of the highest-standard forms of cricket. A first-class match is one of three or more days' scheduled duration between two sides of eleven players each and is officiall ...

in South Africa, Madsen made his debut in 2003 for

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. In August 2009 he signed his contract with Derbyshire, following a strong run of form with two centuries in four games. He captained Derbyshire for four seasons; in the 2012 season, Derbyshire were promoted from

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Division Two to Division One. They were relegated the following season, and Madsen was named the Championship's Player of the Season. After gaining UK citizenship in February 2015, Madsen announced that he hoped to represent

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in the future. Ahead of the 2016 season, he signed a contract extension until 2019. He also stepped down as Derbyshire's County Championship captain, and was replaced by Billy Godleman. In the 2017 t20 Blast, Madsen scored 526 runs, a record for a Derbyshire player in the competition. Madsen later signed a contract extension with Derbyshire until 2022. Madsen has also played in the

Pakistan Super League The Pakistan Super League (PSL) is a professional Twenty20 cricket league contested during February and March of every year by six teams representing six cities of Pakistan. The league was founded on 9 September 2015 with five teams by the Paki ...

. He has signed for

Manchester Originals Manchester Originals are a franchise 100-ball cricket side based in the city of Manchester. The team represents the historic county of Lancashire in the newly founded The Hundred competition, beginning in the 2021 season, and playing at Old ...

for

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. In April 2022, he was bought by the

for the 2022 season of

. On 31 May 2022, in the

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against the

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, Madsen played in his 400th match for Derbyshire. On 3 July 2022, also in the T20 Blast, Madsen scored his first century in Twenty20 cricket, with 100

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against Durham.

Hockey career

Madsen made 39 appearances for the

. He represented South Africa at the

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and

2006 Men's Hockey World Cup The 2006 Men's Hockey World Cup was the 11th edition of the Hockey World Cup men's field hockey tournament. It was held 6–17 September 2006 in Mönchengladbach, Germany. Germany won the tournament for second consecutive time after defeating Aus ...

. In 2015, he became Director of Hockey at

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Hockey Club. His brother

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has also played hockey for South Africa.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Madsen, Wayne 1984 births Cricketers from Durban KwaZulu-Natal cricketers Living people South African cricketers South African emigrants to the United Kingdom Derbyshire cricket captains Peshawar Zalmi cricketers Multan Sultans cricketers English cricketers Naturalised citizens of the United Kingdom Manchester Originals cricketers 2006 Men's Hockey World Cup players