# Max Field
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{{Short description|English cricketer}}
{{EngvarB|date=August 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name =
| country = England
| fullname = Maxwell Nicholas Field
| nickname =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1950|3|23|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [Coventry](/source/Coventry), Warwickshire, England
| heightft =
| heightinch =
| heightm =
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = Right-arm [medium](/source/Seam_bowling)
| role =
| family =
| club1 = [Warwickshire](/source/Warwickshire_County_Cricket_Club)
| year1 = 1974–1975
| clubnumber1 =
| club2 = [Cambridge University](/source/Cambridge_University_Cricket_Club)
| year2 = 1974
| clubnumber2 =
| columns = 2
| column1 = [First-class](/source/First-class_cricket)
| matches1 = 11
| runs1 = 122
| bat avg1 = 12.20
| 100s/50s1 = –/–
| top score1 = 39[*](/source/not_out)
| deliveries1 = 1,684
| wickets1 = 24
| bowl avg1 = 37.33
| fivefor1 = –
| tenfor1 = –
| best bowling1 = 4/76
| catches/stumpings1 = 1/–
| column2 = [List A](/source/List_A_cricket)
| matches2 = 8
| runs2 = 15
| bat avg2 = 7.50
| 100s/50s2 = –/–
| top score2 = 13[*](/source/not_out)
| deliveries2 = 382
| wickets2 = 4
| bowl avg2 = 47.75
| fivefor2 = –
| tenfor2 = –
| best bowling2 = 2/31
| catches/stumpings2 = –/–
| date = 28 September
| year = 2011
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/13042.html Cricinfo
}}
'''Maxwell Nicholas Field''' (born 23 March 1950) is a former English [cricket](/source/cricket)er. Field was a right-handed [batsman](/source/Batsman_(cricket)) who bowled right-arm [medium pace](/source/Seam_bowling). He was born in [Coventry](/source/Coventry), Warwickshire.
==Playing career==
While studying for his degree at [Cambridge University](/source/Cambridge_University), Field made his [first-class](/source/first-class_cricket) debut for [Cambridge University Cricket Club](/source/Cambridge_University_Cricket_Club) against [Yorkshire](/source/Yorkshire_County_Cricket_Club) in 1974. He made seven further first-class appearances for the university in 1974, the last of which came against [Oxford University](/source/Oxford_University_Cricket_Club).[{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/29/29388/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Max Field|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=28 September 2011}}] In his eight first-class appearances for Cambridge, Field scored 121 runs at an [average](/source/batting_average_(cricket)) of 12.10, with a high score of 39 [not out](/source/not_out).[{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/29/29388/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Max Field|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=28 September 2011}}] With the ball, he took 24 wickets at a [bowling average](/source/bowling_average) of 32.58, with best figures of 4/76.[{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/29/29388/f_Bowling_by_Team.html|title=First-class Bowling For Each Team by Max Field|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=28 September 2011}}] In that same season, Field also made his [List A](/source/List_A_cricket) debut for Cambridge University against [Kent](/source/Kent_County_Cricket_Club) in the [1974 Benson & Hedges Cup](/source/1974_Benson_%26_Hedges_Cup). He made two further List A appearances for the university in that competition, against [Essex](/source/Essex_County_Cricket_Club) and [Surrey](/source/Surrey_County_Cricket_Club).[{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/29/29388/List_A_Matches.html|title=List A Matches played by Max Field|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=28 September 2011}}] He took 2 wickets in his three matches, which came at an average of 30.00, with best figures of 2/31.[{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/29/29388/a_Bowling_by_Team.html|title=List A Bowling For Each Team by Max Field|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=28 September 2011}}]
Field also made his debut for [Warwickshire](/source/Warwickshire_County_Cricket_Club) in the [1974 season](/source/1974_English_cricket_season). His first appearance for the county came in a first-class match against the touring [Pakistanis](/source/Pakistan_national_cricket_team). He made just two further first-class appearances for Warwickshire, which came against Surrey in the [1974 County Championship](/source/1974_County_Championship) and [Worcestershire](/source/Worcestershire_County_Cricket_Club) in the [1975 County Championship](/source/1975_County_Championship).