Alistair Maiden

Who is Alistair Maiden?

Alistair Jonathan Maiden 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. 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. This score, which was his only first-class century, came against Somerset in 2005. 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. He batted once in this match, scoring 20 runs before being dismissed by Mashrafe Mortaza.

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