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Alistair Maiden
Alistair Jonathan Maiden (born 15 September 1982) is an English cricket coach. Maiden was a right-handed batsman, born in Stourbridge, Worcestershire. While studying for his degree in Management at Durham University, Maiden made his first-class debut for Durham UCCE against Lancashire in 2002. He made eight first-class appearances, the last of which came against Durham in 2005.[1] 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.[2] This score, which was his only first-class century, came against Somerset in 2005.[3] It became the highest individual first-class score for Durham University, and the first to be a double-century.[4] While studying at Durham University, he also made a single first-class appearance for British Universities against the touring Bangladeshis in 2005.[1] He batted once in this match, scoring 20 runs before being dismissed by Mashrafe Mortaza.[5] Maiden also played Minor counties cricket, starting with Staffordshire who he made three Minor Counties Championship appearances for in 2006.[6] For the 2007 season he joined Northumberland, who he made four Minor Counties Championship appearances[6] and a single MCCA Knockout Trophy appearance for between 2007 and 2009.[7] He was appointed an assistant coach by Yorkshire in February 2022.[8] In August 2024, Maiden was appointed as head coach of Warwickshire based Bears Women for the 2025 season.[9][10] Three months later he was also announced as the new Birmingham Phoenix women's head coach for the 2025 edition of The Hundred.[11] References
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