Brief profile of Jimmy Maher by Andrew Hignell

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JP Maher

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Jimmy Maher joined Glamorgan in 2001, and in his first season with the Welsh county he passed a thousand runs and hit a sublime double-hundred against Essex at Cardiff. The Essex bowlers were on the receiving end again when Maher returned for half a season in 2003, and the forceful left-handed batsman scored a rapid 142 in their Sunday League encounter at the Sophia Gardens ground.

 

Maher returned to county cricket at the end of 2005 as an end-of-season replacement with Durham, and he went back to the north-eastern county for all of the 2006 season, during which he amassed over 900 first-class runs, and scored three centuries in one-day games.

 

He returned to Glamorgan for the 2007 season.

 

Maher appeared in 26 One Day Internationals for Australia and in several he kept wicket. In 1993 Maher was a member of the Australian Cricket Academy, and in 2003 he was a member of the Australian squad that won the cricket World Cup. He has also captained Australia 'A' and has led Queensland with much success since 2002/03.

 

(May 2007)

(Article: Copyright © 2007 Dr.A.K.Hignell)