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{{Short description|English cricketer (born 1974)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2022}}
{{Use British English|date=November 2011}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Darren Maddy
| image =
| country = England
| full_name = Darren Lee Maddy
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1974|5|23|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Leicester]], England
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = Right-arm [[Fast bowling|medium]]
| role = [[All-rounder]]
| international = true
| internationalspan = 1998–2007
| testdebutdate = 19 August
| testdebutyear = 1999
| testdebutagainst = New Zealand
| testcap = 597
| lasttestdate = 18 January
| lasttestyear = 2000
| lasttestagainst = South Africa
| odidebutdate = 21 May
| odidebutyear = 1998
| odidebutagainst = South Africa
| odicap = 150
| lastodidate = 20 February
| lastodiyear = 2000
| lastodiagainst = Zimbabwe
| odishirt =
| T20Icap = 30
| T20Idebutdate = 13 September
| T20Idebutyear = 2007
| T20Idebutagainst = Zimbabwe
| lastT20Idate = 19 September
| lastT20Iyear = 2007
| lastT20Iagainst = India
| club1 = [[Leicestershire County Cricket Club|Leicestershire]]
| year1 = 1993–2006
| club2 = [[Warwickshire County Cricket Club|Warwickshire]]
| year2 = 2007–2013
| clubnumber2 = 43
| club3 = Kolkata Tigers
| year3 = 2007/08
| columns = 4
| column1 = [[Test cricket|Test]]
| matches1 = 3
| runs1 = 46
| bat avg1 = 11.50
| 100s/50s1 = 0/0
| top score1 = 24
| deliveries1 = 84
| wickets1 = 0
| bowl avg1 = –
| fivefor1 = –
| tenfor1 = –
| best bowling1 = –
| catches/stumpings1 = 4/–
| column2 = [[One Day International|ODI]]
| matches2 = 8
| runs2 = 113
| bat avg2 = 18.83
| 100s/50s2 = 0/1
| top score2 = 53
| deliveries2 = 0
| wickets2 = –
| bowl avg2 = –
| fivefor2 = –
| tenfor2 = –
| best bowling2 = –
| catches/stumpings2 = 1/–
| column3 = [[First-class cricket|FC]]
| matches3 = 282
| runs3 = 13,644
| bat avg3 = 32.02
| 100s/50s3 = 27/62
| top score3 = 229[[not out|*]]
| deliveries3 = 15,378
| wickets3 = 252
| bowl avg3 = 31.34
| fivefor3 = 5
| tenfor3 = 0
| best bowling3 = 5/37
| catches/stumpings3 = 289/–
| column4 = [[List A cricket|LA]]
| matches4 = 360
| runs4 = 9,009
| bat avg4 = 30.74
| 100s/50s4 = 11/52
| top score4 = 167[[not out|*]]
| deliveries4 = 7,331
| wickets4 = 219
| bowl avg4 = 28.84
| fivefor4 = 0
| tenfor4 = 0
| best bowling4 = 4/16
| catches/stumpings4 = 142/–
| date = 6 June
| year = 2013
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/16876.html ESPNcricinfo
}}

'''Darren Lee Maddy''' (born 23 May 1974) is an English former professional [[cricketer]] who played for [[Leicestershire County Cricket Club|Leicestershire]] and [[Warwickshire County Cricket Club]]s and for the [[England cricket team]]. Maddy made three [[Test cricket|Test match]], eight [[One Day International]] (ODI) and four [[Twenty20 International]] (T20I) appearances for England and played domestic [[county cricket]] for 20 years.

Maddy was born at [[Leicester]] in 1974 and educated at [[Wreake Valley Academy|Wreake Valley College]].<ref name=ci>[http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/16876.html Darren Maddy], ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 January 2019.</ref><ref name=ca>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/4/4520/4520.html Darren Maddy], CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 January 2019.</ref>

==Domestic career==
Maddy left school to join Leicestershire aged 17<ref name=bp28nov13>Halford B (2013) [https://www.birminghampost.co.uk/news/local-news/former-warwickshire-all-rounder-darren-maddy-6348710 Former Warwickshire all-rounder Darren Maddy takes guard for a new career], ''[[Birmingham Post]]'', 28 November 2013. Retrieved 11 January 2019.</ref> and made his senior debut for the county towards the end of the [[1993 English cricket season]] in a one-day match against [[Derbyshire County Cricket Club|Derbyshire]] at [[Grace Road]]. He made his [[first-class cricket]] debut the following season and played regularly for Leicestershire between 1995 and 2006. He was awarded his [[county cap]] in 1996 and won the [[County Championship]] with the side in 1996 and 1998 and the [[Twenty20 Cup]] in 2004 and 2006.<ref name=ci /><ref name=ca /><ref name=bbc2jul13>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/23145570 Darren Maddy: Ex-Warwickshire skipper to retire at end of season], [[BBC Sport]], 2 July 2013. Retrieved 11 January 2018.</ref> After being awarded a [[benefit season]] by Leicestershire in 2006 he left the club at the end of the season to join Warwickshire.<ref name=ci /><ref name=ca />

After just one game for Warwickshire he became captain of the team following [[Heath Streak]]'s resignation, captaining the side until the end of the 2008 season.<ref name=bbc24apr07>[https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/counties/warwickshire/6588273.stm Streak resigns as Bears captain], [[BBC Sport]], 24 April 2007. Retrieved 11 January 2019.</ref><ref name=bbc21nov08>[https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/counties/warwickshire/7741754.stm Westwood to skipper Warwickshire], [[BBC Sport]], 21 November 2008. Retrieved 11 January 2019.</ref> 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.<ref name=gran2jul13>[https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2013/jul/02/darren-maddy-retiring-warwickshire-england Darren Maddy to retire from cricket at end of the season], ''[[The Guardian]]'', 2 July 2013. Retrieved 11 January 2019.</ref> He played for the county until the end of the 2013 season, announcing his retirement from cricket part way through the season.<ref name=bbc2jul13 /><ref name=gran2jul13 />

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 [[Twenty20 cricket]].<ref name=gran2jul13 /> After retirement he became a teacher at [[Solihull School]].<ref name=bp28nov13 />

==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 [[South Africa cricket team|South Africa]] at [[The Oval]] in May 1998 and his Test debut on the same ground against [[New Zealand cricket team|New Zealand]] in August 1999.<ref name=ci /><ref name=bbc2jul13 /><ref name=gran2jul13 /> His Test and ODI career was described as "brief and not especially successful"<ref name=ci /> and although he scored a half-century in his final ODI against [[Zimbabwe cricket team|Zimbabwe]] in early 2000, ''[[Wisden]]'' was of the opinion that he had "failed to make the impact hoped".<ref name=wis01tour>[http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/153777.html England in South Africa and Zimbabwe, 1999–2000], ''[[Wisden Cricketers' Almanack]]'', 2001. Retrieved 11 January 2019.</ref><ref name=wis01odi3>[http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/153829.html Third One Day International], Zimbabwe v England 1999–2000], ''[[Wisden Cricketers' Almanack]]'', 2001. Retrieved 11 January 2019.</ref>

After not being considered for international duty for seven years, Maddy was selected for England's squad for the [[2007 ICC World Twenty20]], 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.<ref name=gran2jul13 /><ref name=bbc6aug07>[https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/england/6931889.stm England name Twenty20 specialists], [[BBC Sport]], 6 August 2007. Retrieved 11 January 2019.</ref><ref name=bbc18sep07>[https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/7000261.stm England facing exit after defeat], [[BBC Sport]], 18 September 2007. Retrieved 11 January 2019.</ref>

==Coaching career==
In May 2022, Maddy was named as the coach of the [[Croatia national cricket team]], ahead of their [[2022–23 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier|ICC Men's T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier]] matches in Finland in July 2022.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cricketeurope.com/DATABASE/ARTICLES2022/articles/000004/000463.shtml |title=Darren Maddy to coach Croatia |work=Cricket Europe |access-date=2 May 2022 |archive-date=1 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221001074910/https://www.cricketeurope.com/DATABASE/ARTICLES2022/articles/000004/000463.shtml |url-status=dead }}</ref>
From 2013 to 2026 Maddy held a coaching role at Solihull School as Master in charge of Cricket.

==References==
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==External links==
* {{cricinfo|id=16876}}

{{England Squad 2007 World Twenty20}}

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[[Category:NBC Denis Compton Award recipients]]
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