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{{short description|Australian cricketer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}}
{{Use Australian English|date=September 2012}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Nic Maddinson
| image = Nic_Maddinson_playing_for_the_Sixers.jpg
| caption = Maddinson playing for [[Sydney Sixers]]
| full_name = Nicolas James Maddinson
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1991|12|21|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Nowra]], New South Wales, Australia
| batting = Left-handed
| bowling = [[Slow left-arm orthodox|Slow left-arm]]
| role = [[Batting order (cricket)#Opening batters|Opening batsman]]
| international = true
| country = Australia
| internationalspan = 2013–2018
| testdebutdate = 24 November
| testdebutyear = 2016
| testdebutagainst = South Africa
| testcap = 448
| lasttestdate = 26 December
| lasttestyear = 2016
| lasttestagainst = Pakistan
| T20Idebutdate = 10 October
| T20Idebutyear = 2013
| T20Idebutagainst = India
| T20Icap = 65
| lastT20Idate = 6 July
| lastT20Iyear = 2018
| lastT20Iagainst = Zimbabwe
| T20Ishirt = 53
| club1 = [[New South Wales cricket team|New South Wales]]
| year1 = {{nowrap|2010/11–2017/18}}, 2024/25-present
| clubnumber1 = 53
| club2 = [[Sydney Sixers]]
| year2 = 2011/12–2017/18
| clubnumber2 =
| club3 = [[Royal Challengers Bangalore]]
| year3 = 2014–2015
| clubnumber3 =
| club4 = [[Guyana Amazon Warriors]]
| year4 = 2016
| clubnumber4 =
| club5 = [[Surrey County Cricket Club|Surrey]]
| year5 = 2018
| clubnumber5 =
| club6 = [[Melbourne Stars]]
| year6 = {{nowrap|2018/19–2020/21}}
| clubnumber6 =
| club7 = [[Victoria cricket team|Victoria]]
| year7 = {{nowrap|2018/19–2023/24}}
| clubnumber7 = 53
| club8 = [[Melbourne Renegades]]
| year8 = 2021/22–2023/24
| clubnumber8 =
| club9 = [[Durham County Cricket Club|Durham]]
| year9 = 2022
| clubnumber9 = 53
| club10 = [[Sydney Thunder]]
| year10 = 2024/25-present
| clubnumber10 = 53
| columns = 4
| column1 = [[Test cricket|Test]]
| matches1 = 3
| runs1= 27
| bat avg1= 6.75
| 100s/50s1= 0/0
| top score1= 22
| deliveries1 = 36
| wickets1 = 0
| bowl avg1 = 0
| fivefor1 = 0
| tenfor1 = 0
| best bowling1 = 0
| catches/stumpings1= 2/–
| column2 = [[Twenty20 International|T20I]]
| matches2 = 6
| runs2= 45
| bat avg2= 11.25
| 100s/50s2= 0/0
| top score2= 34
| deliveries2 = 0
| wickets2 = 0
| bowl avg2 = 0
| fivefor2 = 0
| tenfor2 = 0
| best bowling2 = 0
| catches/stumpings2= 1/–
| column3 = [[First-class cricket|FC]]
| matches3 = 129
| runs3= 7,832
| bat avg3= 37.11
| 100s/50s3= 18/36
| top score3= 224
| deliveries3 = 688
| wickets3 = 8
| bowl avg3 = 58.62
| fivefor3 = 0
| tenfor3 = 0
| best bowling3 = 2/10
| catches/stumpings3= 92/–
| column4 = [[List A cricket|LA]]
| matches4 = 105
| runs4= 3,097
| bat avg4= 31.92
| 100s/50s4= 6/17
| top score4= 137
| deliveries4 = 564
| wickets4 = 8
| bowl avg4 = 64.25
| fivefor4 = 0
| tenfor4 = 0
| best bowling4 = 4/29
| catches/stumpings4= 47/–
| date = 25 March 2026
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/333780.html ESPNcricinfo
}}

'''Nicolas James Maddinson''' (born 21 December 1991) is an Australian [[cricket]]er. He is a left-handed opening batsman who has represented Australia in both [[Test cricket|Test matches]] and [[Twenty20 International]]s. Domestically, he plays for [[New South Wales cricket team|New South Wales]] and the [[Sydney Thunder]] in the [[Big Bash League]], previously having played for [[Victoria cricket team|Victoria]], [[Melbourne Stars]], [[Melbourne Renegades]] (as captain) and [[Sydney Sixers]].

==Early life and cricket==
Born on 21 December 1991 in [[Nowra]], New South Wales, Maddinson was part of the New South Wales under-19 team that won the Australian under-19 Championship in December 2009. Two months earlier, he had topped the batting averages for [[Australia national under-19 cricket team|Australia's under-19 team]] in a home series against Sri Lanka under-19s, [[batting average (cricket)|averaging]] 72 runs and innings during the series, including scoring a century in one match. He was later selected for the Australian for the [[2010 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup]], opening the batting as Australia won the tournament.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thewest.com.au/sport/cricket/where-are-they-now-australias-last-under-19-cricket-world-cup-winners-from-2010-all-grown-up-ng-b88732986z |title=Where are they now?: Australia's last Under-19 Cricket World Cup winners from 2010 all grown up |work=The West Australian |access-date=25 April 2019}}</ref>

Maddinson also enjoyed an excellent season for [[Sutherland District Cricket Club]] in 2009/10,<ref name="2009/10">{{cite book | url=http://epublishbyus.com/ebook/ebook?id=10011424#/74 | title=2009/10 Cricket NSW Annual Report & Yearbook | publisher=Cricket NSW | page=74 | year=2010 | archive-date=18 May 2022 | access-date=4 February 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220518194202/https://epublishbyus.com/ebook/ebook?id=10011424#/74 | url-status=dead }}</ref> scoring 604 runs at an average of 46.46 runs per innings. He scored two centuries, including making 137 runs in the semi-final against [[Eastern Suburbs Cricket Club]], helping Sutherland reach the Grand Final, where they eventually lost to [[St George Cricket Club]].<ref name="2009/10"/> he took 12 First Grade wickets during the season with his [[left-arm orthodox spin]] deliveries, including five wickets for 95 runs in the semi-final.<ref name="2009/10"/>

==Domestic cricket career==
Maddinson made his [[first-class cricket]] debut in October 2011, scoring a century to become the youngest New South Wales player to score a century on first-class debut. His score of 113 runs against [[South Australia cricket team|South Australia]] at the [[Adelaide Oval]] came aged 18 years and 294 days, beaten the record set by [[Arthur Morris]] in 1940 aged 18 years and 342 days.<ref>{{Cite web |date=11 Oct 2010 |title=Khawaja and Maddinson take off |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/sheffield-shield-2010-11-474012/south-australia-vs-new-south-wales-474022/match-report-1 |website=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref>

Maddinson made his [[Big Bash League]] debut for [[Sydney Sixers]] in January 2011 and played for the team until the 2017/18 season. During the 2014/15 season he captained the team in five matches when [[Moisés Henriques]] was injured,<ref>{{Cite news|url = http://www.couriermail.com.au/sport/cricket/sydney-sixers-young-gun-nic-maddinson-replaces-injured-moises-henriques-as-captain/news-story/503fc3c8d644af0305d4cb5b9e8129a0|title = Sydney Sixers young gun Nic Maddinson replaces injured Moises Henriques as captain}}</ref> He made his [[Indian Premier League]] debut in 2014 for [[Royal Challengers Bangalore]], playing in just two matches before being ruled out of the competition due to injury.<ref>{{cite web |author=ESPNcricinfo staff |date=27 April 2014 |title=Coulter-Nile, Maddinson ruled out of IPL |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/nathan-coulter-nile-nic-maddinson-ruled-out-of-ipl-739987 |access-date=12 January 2015 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref> He rejoined the team in 2015 but played only once before playing for [[Guyana Amazon Warriors]] in the [[2016 Caribbean Premier League]], finishing on the losing team in the competition's final. In 2018 he played for [[Surrey County Cricket Club]] in the [[2018 Vitality Blast]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kiaoval.com/main-news/maddinson-joins-surrey-for-vitality-blast/|title=MADDINSON JOINS SURREY FOR VITALITY BLAST|date=5 June 2018|access-date=5 June 2016|website=Surrey County Cricket Club|archive-date=9 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109041538/https://www.kiaoval.com/main-news/maddinson-joins-surrey-for-vitality-blast/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Maddinson moved to play for [[Victoria cricket team|Victoria]] ahead of the 2018/19 Australian season. He found a place in the team in the [[2018–19 JLT One-Day Cup]], playing in all eight matches and scoring two half-centuries. He was left out of the first five matches of the Sheffield Shield season but selected following Marcus Harris' selection in the Australian Test squad for the tour of India. He scored 162 runs on his Victoria Shield debut, but later broke his arm during a match, ruling him out for the finals. At the same time he moved to play for Victorian team [[Melbourne Stars]] in the Big Bash.

In 2019/20, Maddinson was the leading run scorer in the Sheffield Shield, making 780 runs at an average of 86.66 runs an innings. He made two centuries and five half-centuries and set a new highest first-class score of 224 runs. He was awarded the joint Shield player of the year award.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Moises Henriques and Nic Maddinson named joint Sheffield Shield players of the season |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/moises-henriques-and-nic-maddinson-named-joint-sheffield-shield-players-of-the-season-1219862 |access-date=2023-08-14 |work=ESPNcricinfo |language=en}}</ref>

In 2024/25, Maddinson returned to play for New South Wales and also joined the [[Sydney Thunder]] in the BBL.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-08-21 |title='Ten times better': Sydney Thunder recruit Nic Maddinson eyeing long-awaited Test recall |url=https://www.foxsports.com.au/cricket/ten-times-better-sydney-thunder-recruit-nic-maddinson-eyeing-longawaited-test-recall/news-story/3c66ea4c83e52b77dfd7b41b26596226 |access-date=2026-03-25 |website=Fox Sports |language=en}}</ref>

In March 2025, at the end of the 2024/25 cricket season, Maddinson was diagonsed with [[testicular cancer]], for which he underwent surgery and nine weeks of [[chemotherapy]]. He resumed full cricket training in September after recovering from the cancer, and missed the early stages of the 2025/26 domestic season.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Malcolm |first=Alex |date=17 October 2025 |title=Maddinson reveals 'daunting' battle with testicular cancer |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/nic-maddinson-reveals-daunting-battle-with-testicular-cancer-1507429 |access-date=17 October 2025 |website=[[ESPNcricinfo]]}}</ref>

==International career==
As a 19-year-old, Maddinson was selected in both the one-day and four-day [[Australia A cricket team|Australia A]] squads for the 2011 tour of Zimbabwe,<ref>{{cite web |author=Coverdale, Brydon |date=23 June 2011 |title=Maddinson learns from idol Langer |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/australia-a-in-zimbabwe-2011-nic-maddinson-learns-from-idol-justin-langer-520471 |access-date=3 January 2017 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref> playing in three one-day matches in a tri-series with Zimbabwe and South Africa.

He went on to make his full international debut for Australia in a Twenty20 International match [[Australian cricket team in India in 2013–14|against India]] at Rajkot in October 2013, scoring 34 runs from 16 balls.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/647247.html |title=Scorecard: Only T20I: India v. Australia at Rajkot, 10 October 2013 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=12 January 2015}}</ref> In November 2016, Maddinson made his Test match debut in the third Test [[South African cricket team in Australia in 2016–17|against the touring South Africans]].<ref name="changes">{{Cite news |title=Renshaw, Maddinson, Handscomb to make Test debuts |work=ESPNcricinfo |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/matt-renshaw-nic-maddinson-peter-handscomb-to-make-test-debuts-peter-nevill-dropped-1067365 |access-date=20 November 2016}}</ref><ref name="Test">{{Cite news|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1000855.html |title=South Africa tour of Australia, 3rd Test: Australia v South Africa at Adelaide, 24–28 November 2016 |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=24 November 2016}}</ref> His [[baggy green]] cap was presented by [[Simon Katich]]. He played in three Tests during the summer batting at number six, making a duck on debut against South Africa<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cricket.com.au/news/kagiso-rabada-send-off-nic-maddinson-bowled-yorker-australia-south-africa-adelaide-day-two/2016-11-26 |title='Prediction' prompted Rabada's send-off |date=25 November 2016 |work=Cricket.com.au |publisher=Cricket Australia |access-date=31 December 2016}}</ref> and then scores of 1, 4 and 22 in three innings against [[Pakistan cricket team in Australia in 2016-17|the touring Pakistan team]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia-v-pakistan-2016-17/engine/match/1000883.html |title=Scorecard: 2nd Test: Australia v Pakistan at Melbourne, 26–30 December 2016 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=31 December 2016}}</ref> before being dropped for the final Test of the summer.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/dec/30/nic-maddinson-dropped-as-australia-recall-agar-and-okeefe-for-scg-test |title=Nic Maddinson dropped as Australia recall Agar and O'Keefe for SCG Test |newspaper=The Guardian |date=30 December 2016 |access-date=31 December 2016}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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{{New South Wales cricket team squad}}
{{Sydney Thunder current squad}}

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