Max Waller

Maximilian Thomas Charles Waller (born 3 March 1988) is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a leg break bowler. He plays first-class cricket for Somerset County Cricket Club.

Max Waller
Personal information
Full nameMaximilian Thomas Charles Waller
Born (1988-03-03) 3 March 1988
Salisbury, Wiltshire, England
Height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm leg break
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2007–presentSomerset (squad no. 10)
2019Quetta Gladiators
FC debut16 June 2009 Somerset v Sussex
LA debut16 May 2009 Somerset v Kent
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20
Matches 9 58 133
Runs scored 91 109 96
Batting average 10.11 15.57 7.38
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score 28 25* 17
Balls bowled 840 1,801 2,588
Wickets 10 45 132
Bowling average 49.30 37.68 23.80
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 n/a n/a
Best bowling 3/33 3/37 4/16
Catches/stumpings 5/– 32/– 79/–
Source: CricInfo, 20 September 2020

Waller played through the Somerset Age Groups whilst he was a pupil at Millfield School, where he had a successful career, ending up as Captain of the 1st XI.

In 2007 and 2008 he played for Somerset 2nd XI where he bowled his leg breaks with considerable success and made his 1st XI debut the following season in the 2009 Twenty20 competition and played in 10 matches before making his Championship debut and playing in four matches. He was awarded a two-year contract and spent the winter of 2009-10 on the ECB Performance Programme.

In 2010 and 2011 Waller did not play any Championship cricket but appeared in eight CB40 and fifteen T20 matches.

In 2011 Waller was named the 2nd XI Player of the Year. In 2012 he played in three First Class matches taking his best bowling analysis of 3 for 33 against Cardiff MCCU at Taunton Vale. He also claimed his best T20 figures of 4 for 16.

In 2013 Waller didn't play any First Class cricket, but appeared in nine YB40 matches, hitting a career best score of 25 not out to help steer Somerset to victory over Glamorgan at Taunton and he took a career best 3 for 39 against Middlesex, also at Taunton. He also appeared in ten T20 matches.

In 2014 Waller played in 12 T20 matches in which he took 12 wickets.

2015 saw Waller appearing in four List A games in which he took five wickets at 22 runs each and 12 T20 matches taking 9 wickets with a best of 3 for 17.

In 2016 Waller's appearances for the First XI were once again limited to one day cricket.

In T20 he was the second highest wicket-taker with 12 at an average 24.17, with a best of 4 for 33 in addition to which he was dynamic in the field and took seven catches, while in the RLODC he claimed five wickets and took six catches.

2017 saw Waller continue his impressive run in white ball cricket, taking 16 wickets in the NatWest T20 Blast, including a career best of 3 for 37, as well as displaying amazing athleticism in the field.[1]

Somerset qualified for the T20 Blast finals day in 2018, with Waller taking 16 wickets in 16 games with an impressive economy rate of 6.78 runs per over.[2] Waller also claimed his 100th wicket for the club in T20 cricket and becomes only the 2nd person to achieve this fear after Alfonzo Thomas.[3]

As of 2019 Waller is the 2nd leading all time wicket taker in Somerset T20 cricket history.[4]

In February 2019, Waller was signed by Pakistani Super League side Quetta Gladiators as cover for the injured Sunil Narine.[5]

References

  1. Max Waller, Somerset County Cricket Club. Retrieved 2018-08-17]
  2. CricInfo
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