# Nic Maddinson

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Nic Maddinson Maddinson playing for Sydney Sixers Personal information Full name Nicolas James Maddinson Born (1991-12-21) 21 December 1991 (age 34) Nowra, New South Wales, Australia Batting Left-handed Bowling Slow left-arm Role Opening batsman International information National side Australia (2013–2018) Test debut (cap 448) 24 November 2016 v South Africa Last Test 26 December 2016 v Pakistan T20I debut (cap 65) 10 October 2013 v India Last T20I 6 July 2018 v Zimbabwe T20I shirt no. 53 Domestic team information Years Team 2010/11–2017/18, 2024/25-present New South Wales (squad no. 53) 2011/12–2017/18 Sydney Sixers 2014–2015 Royal Challengers Bangalore 2016 Guyana Amazon Warriors 2018 Surrey 2018/19–2020/21 Melbourne Stars 2018/19–2023/24 Victoria (squad no. 53) 2021/22–2023/24 Melbourne Renegades 2022 Durham (squad no. 53) 2024/25-present Sydney Thunder (squad no. 53) Career statistics Competition Test T20I FC LA Matches 3 6 129 105 Runs scored 27 45 7,832 3,097 Batting average 6.75 11.25 37.11 31.92 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 18/36 6/17 Top score 22 34 224 137 Balls bowled 36 0 688 564 Wickets 0 0 8 8 Bowling average 0 0 58.62 64.25 5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0 Best bowling 0 0 2/10 4/29 Catches/stumpings 2/– 1/– 92/– 47/– Source: ESPNcricinfo, 25 March 2026

**Nicolas James Maddinson** (born 21 December 1991) is an Australian [cricketer](/source/Cricket). He is a left-handed opening batsman who has represented Australia in both [Test matches](/source/Test_cricket) and [Twenty20 Internationals](/source/Twenty20_International). Domestically, he plays for [New South Wales](/source/New_South_Wales_cricket_team) and the [Sydney Thunder](/source/Sydney_Thunder) in the [Big Bash League](/source/Big_Bash_League), previously having played for [Victoria](/source/Victoria_cricket_team), [Melbourne Stars](/source/Melbourne_Stars), [Melbourne Renegades](/source/Melbourne_Renegades) (as captain) and [Sydney Sixers](/source/Sydney_Sixers).

## Early life and cricket

Born on 21 December 1991 in [Nowra](/source/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's under-19 team](/source/Australia_national_under-19_cricket_team) in a home series against Sri Lanka under-19s, [averaging](/source/Batting_average_(cricket)) 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](/source/2010_ICC_Under-19_Cricket_World_Cup), opening the batting as Australia won the tournament.[1]

Maddinson also enjoyed an excellent season for [Sutherland District Cricket Club](/source/Sutherland_District_Cricket_Club) in 2009/10,[2] 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](/source/Eastern_Suburbs_Cricket_Club), helping Sutherland reach the Grand Final, where they eventually lost to [St George Cricket Club](/source/St_George_Cricket_Club).[2] he took 12 First Grade wickets during the season with his [left-arm orthodox spin](/source/Left-arm_orthodox_spin) deliveries, including five wickets for 95 runs in the semi-final.[2]

## Domestic cricket career

Maddinson made his [first-class cricket](/source/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](/source/South_Australia_cricket_team) at the [Adelaide Oval](/source/Adelaide_Oval) came aged 18 years and 294 days, beaten the record set by [Arthur Morris](/source/Arthur_Morris) in 1940 aged 18 years and 342 days.[3]

Maddinson made his [Big Bash League](/source/Big_Bash_League) debut for [Sydney Sixers](/source/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](/source/Mois%C3%A9s_Henriques) was injured,[4] He made his [Indian Premier League](/source/Indian_Premier_League) debut in 2014 for [Royal Challengers Bangalore](/source/Royal_Challengers_Bangalore), playing in just two matches before being ruled out of the competition due to injury.[5] He rejoined the team in 2015 but played only once before playing for [Guyana Amazon Warriors](/source/Guyana_Amazon_Warriors) in the [2016 Caribbean Premier League](/source/2016_Caribbean_Premier_League), finishing on the losing team in the competition's final. In 2018 he played for [Surrey County Cricket Club](/source/Surrey_County_Cricket_Club) in the [2018 Vitality Blast](/source/2018_Vitality_Blast).[6]

Maddinson moved to play for [Victoria](/source/Victoria_cricket_team) ahead of the 2018/19 Australian season. He found a place in the team in the [2018–19 JLT One-Day Cup](/source/2018%E2%80%9319_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](/source/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.[7]

In 2024/25, Maddinson returned to play for New South Wales and also joined the [Sydney Thunder](/source/Sydney_Thunder) in the BBL.[8]

In March 2025, at the end of the 2024/25 cricket season, Maddinson was diagonsed with [testicular cancer](/source/Testicular_cancer), for which he underwent surgery and nine weeks of [chemotherapy](/source/Chemotherapy). He resumed full cricket training in September after recovering from the cancer, and missed the early stages of the 2025/26 domestic season.[9]

## International career

As a 19-year-old, Maddinson was selected in both the one-day and four-day [Australia A](/source/Australia_A_cricket_team) squads for the 2011 tour of Zimbabwe,[10] 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 [against India](/source/Australian_cricket_team_in_India_in_2013%E2%80%9314) at Rajkot in October 2013, scoring 34 runs from 16 balls.[11] In November 2016, Maddinson made his Test match debut in the third Test [against the touring South Africans](/source/South_African_cricket_team_in_Australia_in_2016%E2%80%9317).[12][13] His [baggy green](/source/Baggy_green) cap was presented by [Simon Katich](/source/Simon_Katich). He played in three Tests during the summer batting at number six, making a duck on debut against South Africa[14] and then scores of 1, 4 and 22 in three innings against [the touring Pakistan team](/source/Pakistan_cricket_team_in_Australia_in_2016-17)[15] before being dropped for the final Test of the summer.[16]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Where are they now?: Australia's last Under-19 Cricket World Cup winners from 2010 all grown up"](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). *The West Australian*. Retrieved 25 April 2019.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-2009/10_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-2009/10_2-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-2009/10_2-2) [*2009/10 Cricket NSW Annual Report & Yearbook*](https://web.archive.org/web/20220518194202/https://epublishbyus.com/ebook/ebook?id=10011424#/74). Cricket NSW. 2010. p. 74. Archived from [the original](http://epublishbyus.com/ebook/ebook?id=10011424#/74) on 18 May 2022. Retrieved 4 February 2017.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Khawaja and Maddinson take off"](https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/sheffield-shield-2010-11-474012/south-australia-vs-new-south-wales-474022/match-report-1). *ESPNcricinfo*. 11 October 2010.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Sydney Sixers young gun Nic Maddinson replaces injured Moises Henriques as captain"](http://www.couriermail.com.au/sport/cricket/sydney-sixers-young-gun-nic-maddinson-replaces-injured-moises-henriques-as-captain/news-story/503fc3c8d644af0305d4cb5b9e8129a0).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ESPNcricinfo staff (27 April 2014). ["Coulter-Nile, Maddinson ruled out of IPL"](https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/nathan-coulter-nile-nic-maddinson-ruled-out-of-ipl-739987). ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 January 2015.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["MADDINSON JOINS SURREY FOR VITALITY BLAST"](https://web.archive.org/web/20201109041538/https://www.kiaoval.com/main-news/maddinson-joins-surrey-for-vitality-blast/). *Surrey County Cricket Club*. 5 June 2018. Archived from [the original](https://www.kiaoval.com/main-news/maddinson-joins-surrey-for-vitality-blast/) on 9 November 2020. Retrieved 5 June 2016.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Moises Henriques and Nic Maddinson named joint Sheffield Shield players of the season"](https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/moises-henriques-and-nic-maddinson-named-joint-sheffield-shield-players-of-the-season-1219862). *ESPNcricinfo*. Retrieved 14 August 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["'Ten times better': Sydney Thunder recruit Nic Maddinson eyeing long-awaited Test recall"](https://www.foxsports.com.au/cricket/ten-times-better-sydney-thunder-recruit-nic-maddinson-eyeing-longawaited-test-recall/news-story/3c66ea4c83e52b77dfd7b41b26596226). *Fox Sports*. 21 August 2024. Retrieved 25 March 2026.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** Malcolm, Alex (17 October 2025). ["Maddinson reveals 'daunting' battle with testicular cancer"](https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/nic-maddinson-reveals-daunting-battle-with-testicular-cancer-1507429). *[ESPNcricinfo](/source/ESPNcricinfo)*. Retrieved 17 October 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** Coverdale, Brydon (23 June 2011). ["Maddinson learns from idol Langer"](https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/australia-a-in-zimbabwe-2011-nic-maddinson-learns-from-idol-justin-langer-520471). ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 January 2017.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** ["Scorecard: Only T20I: India v. Australia at Rajkot, 10 October 2013"](http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/647247.html). ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 January 2015.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-changes_12-0)** ["Renshaw, Maddinson, Handscomb to make Test debuts"](https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/matt-renshaw-nic-maddinson-peter-handscomb-to-make-test-debuts-peter-nevill-dropped-1067365). *ESPNcricinfo*. Retrieved 20 November 2016.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Test_13-0)** ["South Africa tour of Australia, 3rd Test: Australia v South Africa at Adelaide, 24–28 November 2016"](http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1000855.html). *ESPNcricinfo*. Retrieved 24 November 2016.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-14)** ["'Prediction' prompted Rabada's send-off"](http://www.cricket.com.au/news/kagiso-rabada-send-off-nic-maddinson-bowled-yorker-australia-south-africa-adelaide-day-two/2016-11-26). *Cricket.com.au*. Cricket Australia. 25 November 2016. Retrieved 31 December 2016.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-15)** ["Scorecard: 2nd Test: Australia v Pakistan at Melbourne, 26–30 December 2016"](http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia-v-pakistan-2016-17/engine/match/1000883.html). ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 December 2016.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-16)** ["Nic Maddinson dropped as Australia recall Agar and O'Keefe for SCG Test"](https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/dec/30/nic-maddinson-dropped-as-australia-recall-agar-and-okeefe-for-scg-test). *The Guardian*. 30 December 2016. Retrieved 31 December 2016.

## External links

- [Nic Maddinson](https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/333780.html) at [Cricinfo](/source/Cricinfo)

v t e New South Wales – current squad Abbott Anderson* Cummins J.Davies O.Davies Dwarshuis Edwards (c) Hadley Hatcher Hazlewood Hicks Jackson Kingsell Konstas Lyon Maddinson Nisbet Patterson Philippe Salzmann Sangha Scott* Shaw Singh* Smith Starc Stobo Zampa Coach: Haddin

v t e Sydney Thunder – current squad 1 Bancroft (wk) 5 Konstas 8 W. Agar 9 O. Davies 15 Willey 17 T. Sangha 19 Salzmann 20 Hasnain 22 Gilkes (wk) 23 J. Sangha 24 Topley 29 Nikitaras 30 Cummins 31 Warner (c) 33 Garton 34 Hadley 36 Christian 44 McAndrew 46 O'Connor 50 Rutherford 53 Maddinson 54 Andrews 69 Ferguson 77 Billings (wk) 93 Green 95 Sams Coach: Flintoff

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