{{short description|English cricketer}} {{for|the Belgian literary critic|Max Waller (writer)}} {{BLP sources|date=August 2018}} {{Use British English|date=August 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2024}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Max Waller | image = Max Waller.jpg | country = England | fullname = Maximilian Thomas Charles Waller | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|03|03|df=y}} | birth_place = Salisbury, Wiltshire, England | heightft = 6 | heightinch = 0 | batting = Right-handed | bowling = Right-arm leg break | club1 = Somerset | year1 = {{nowrap|2007–2022}} | clubnumber1 = 10 | club2 = Quetta Gladiators | year2 = 2019 | club3 = Southern Brave | year3 = 2021 | type1 = FC | debutdate1 = 16 June | debutyear1 = 2009 | debutfor1 = Somerset | debutagainst1 = Sussex | lastdate1 = 20 June | lastyear1 = 2018 | lastfor1 = Somerset | lastagainst1 = Surrey | type2 = LA | debutdate2 = 16 May | debutyear2 = 2009 | debutfor2 = Somerset | debutagainst2 = Kent | lastdate2 = 7 August | lastyear2 = 2022 | lastfor2 = Somerset | lastagainst2 = Gloucestershire | columns = 3 | column1 = FC | matches1 = 9 | runs1 = 91 | bat avg1 = 10.11 | 100s/50s1 = 0/0 | top score1 = 28 | deliveries1 = 840 | wickets1 = 10 | bowl avg1 = 49.30 | fivefor1 = 0 | tenfor1 = 0 | best bowling1 = 3/33 | catches/stumpings1 = 5/– | column2 = LA | matches2 = 59 | runs2 = 118 | bat avg2 = 16.85 | 100s/50s2 = 0/0 | top score2 = 25* | deliveries2 = 1,819 | wickets2 = 45 | bowl avg2 = 37.97 | fivefor2 = 0 | tenfor2 = 0 | best bowling2 = 3/37 | catches/stumpings2 = 32/– | column3 = T20 | matches3 = 144 | runs3 = 106 | bat avg3 = 7.06 | 100s/50s3 = 0/0 | top score3 = 17 | deliveries3 = 2,774 | wickets3 = 139 | bowl avg3 = 24.44 | fivefor3 = 0 | tenfor3 = 0 | best bowling3 = 4/16 | catches/stumpings3 = 86/– | date = 7 August | year = 2022 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/297581.html ESPNcricinfo }} '''Maximilian Thomas Charles Waller''' (born 3 March 1988) is an English professional cricketer who played first-class, List A and Twenty20 cricket for the Somerset County Cricket Club. He was a right-handed batsman and a leg break bowler.
In 2007 and 2008, Waller played for Somerset 2nd XI, making his 1st XI debut in the 2009 Twenty20 competition. Waller was named 2nd X1 Player of the Year in 2011.
2017 saw Waller continue his run in white ball cricket in the NatWest T20 Blast.<ref>[http://www.somersetcountycc.co.uk/players/max-waller/ Max Waller] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180817193410/http://www.somersetcountycc.co.uk/players/max-waller/ |date=17 August 2018 }}, Somerset County Cricket Club. Retrieved 2018-08-17]</ref> Somerset qualified for the T20 Blast finals day in 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/bowling/best_career_economy_rate.html?id=12178&team=1384&type=tournament|title=Vitality Blast, 2018 – Somerset Cricket Team Records & Stats |publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=16 November 2021}}</ref> Waller claimed his 100th wicket for the club, becoming only the second after Alfonso Thomas to do so.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.somersetcountycc.co.uk/players/max-waller|title=Max Waller|website=Somersetcountycc.co.uk|access-date=15 February 2019|archive-date=17 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180817193410/https://www.somersetcountycc.co.uk/players/max-waller/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
In 2019, Waller was signed by Pakistan Super League team Quetta Gladiators as cover for Sunil Narine, who was injured.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.somersetcountycc.co.uk/news/first-xi/max-joins-the-psl|title = Max joins the PSL|website=Somersetcountycc.co.uk|date = 13 February 2019}}</ref>
At the end of the 2022 season, Waller announced his retirement from professional cricket. He was the leading all time wicket taker for Somerset in T20 cricket.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/62929858 |title=Max Waller: Somerset's leading T20 wicket-taker to retire |publisher=BBC Sport |date=16 September 2022 |access-date=17 September 2022 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/bowling/most_wickets_career.html?class=6&id=1384&type=team|title=Somerset Cricket Team Records & Stats |publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=16 November 2021}}</ref>
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