Darren Lee Maddy (born 23 May 1974) is an English former professional cricketer who played for Leicestershire and

Warwickshire County Cricket Club Warwickshire 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 Warwickshire. Its T20 team is called the Birmingham Bears. Founde ...

s and for the

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. Maddy made three

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, eight One Day International (ODI) and four

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(T20I) appearances for England and played domestic county cricket for 20 years. Maddy was born at Leicester in 1974 and educated at Wreake Valley College.Darren Maddy
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Domestic career

Maddy left school to join Leicestershire aged 17Halford B (2013
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'' Birmingham Post'', 28 November 2013. Retrieved 11 January 2019. and made his senior debut for the county towards the end of the

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in a one-day match against

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. He made his

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debut the following season and played regularly for Leicestershire between 1995 and 2006. He was awarded his

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in 1996 and won the

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with the side in 1996 and 1998 and the

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in 2004 and 2006.Darren Maddy: Ex-Warwickshire skipper to retire at end of season

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, 2 July 2013. Retrieved 11 January 2018. After being awarded a

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by Leicestershire in 2006 he left the club at the end of the season to join Warwickshire. After just one game for Warwickshire he became captain of the team following

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's resignation, captaining the side until the end of the 2008 season.Streak resigns as Bears captain

, 24 April 2007. Retrieved 11 January 2019.Westwood to skipper Warwickshire

, 21 November 2008. Retrieved 11 January 2019. He led Warwickshire to the County Championship Division Two title in 2008 and won the County Championship with the side in 2012 as well as the Yorkshire Bank 40 in 2010.Darren Maddy to retire from cricket at end of the season
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'', 2 July 2013. Retrieved 11 January 2019. He played for the county until the end of the 2013 season, announcing his retirement from cricket part way through the season. Maddy scored over 13,000 runs and took more than 250 wickets in first-class county matches during his domestic career as well as scoring over 9,000 runs and taking over 220 wickets in one-day county cricket. He was the first player to score 1,000 runs in

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. After retirement he became a teacher at

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International career

Maddy played three Test matches and eight ODIs for England between 1998 and 2000. He made his international debut in an ODI against

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in May 1998 and his Test debut on the same ground against

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in August 1999. His Test and ODI career was described as "brief and not especially successful" and although he scored a half-century in his final ODI against

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in early 2000, ''

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'' was of the opinion that he had "failed to make the impact hoped".England in South Africa and Zimbabwe, 1999–2000
''

Wisden Cricketers' Almanack ''Wisden Cricketers' Almanack'', or simply ''Wisden'', colloquially the Bible of Cricket, is a cricket reference book published annually in the United Kingdom. The description "bible of cricket" was first used in the 1930s by Alec Waugh in a ...

'', 2001. Retrieved 11 January 2019.Third One Day International
Zimbabwe v England 1999–2000], ''

'', 2001. Retrieved 11 January 2019. After not being considered for international duty for seven years, Maddy was selected for England's squad for the

2007 ICC World Twenty20 The 2007 ICC World Twenty20 was the inaugural Twenty20 International cricket world championship, contested in South Africa from 11 to 24 September 2007. Twelve teams took part in the thirteen-day tournament—the ten Test-playing nations and the ...

, the country's selectors opting to select a team of T20 specialists. He played four matches during the tournament, scoring a half-century and taking three wickets, his only international wickets.England name Twenty20 specialists

, 6 August 2007. Retrieved 11 January 2019.England facing exit after defeat

, 18 September 2007. Retrieved 11 January 2019.

Coaching career

In May 2022, Maddy was named as the coach of the

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, ahead of their ICC Men's T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier matches in Finland in July 2022.

References

External links

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