Tom Maynard

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Tom Maynard
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RoleBatsman
RelationsMatthew Maynard (father)
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2007–2010Glamorgan (squad no. 33)
2011–2012Surrey (squad no. 55)
FC debut14 August 2007 Glamorgan v Somerset
Last FC6 June 2012 Surrey v Sussex
LA debut10 June 2007 Glamorgan v Gloucestershire
Last LA5 June 2012 Surrey v Scotland
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20
Matches 48 63 50
Runs scored 2,384 1,763 1,034
Batting average 32.65 32.05 27.21
100s/50s 4/11 2/13 0/6
Top score 143 108 78*
Balls bowled 42 12 –
Wickets 0 0 –
Bowling average – – –
5 wickets in innings – – –
10 wickets in match – – –
Best bowling – – –
Catches/stumpings 48/– 28/– 18/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 18 June 2012

Thomas Lloyd Maynard (25 March 1989 – 18 June 2012) was a Welsh professional cricketer who played for Glamorgan and Surrey, and was selected for the England Lions tour to Bangladesh. On the night of his death, he was stopped by police in Wimbledon for erratic driving, and fled across rail tracks at Wimbledon Park tube station, where he was electrocuted and then hit by a train. The son of former England batsman Matthew Maynard, he was regarded as a highly promising young player.

Life and career

Born in

Wales Minor Counties team.[4]

Maynard made his debut for the Glamorgan First XI on 10 June 2007, playing in a

Twenty20 Cup debut soon followed, as he played in Glamorgan's three-run defeat to the Warwickshire Bears on 24 June 2007; he scored 11 runs before being caught by Tim Ambrose off the bowling of Heath Streak.[7] His first-class debut finally came two months later on the third day of a County Championship match against Somerset. No play was possible on the first two days of the match, so Maynard's debut ended up being restricted to just one innings, in which he scored 15 runs before being caught by Craig Kieswetter off Steffan Jones. He also bowled two overs in the Somerset innings, conceding 18 runs.[8][9]

After his debut, Maynard's seasonal first-class batting average increased from 11.66 to 22.60, with an overall average of 15.33 and a top score of 51

List A average remained fairly constant at around 35, except for a drop to around 21.5 in 2008. In both 2009 and 2010 he scored one List A century.[10]

Maynard signed a three-year deal to play for

Friends Life t20 matches he scored 392 runs at an average of 43.55.[13]

He was selected for the England Lions 2011–12 tour to Bangladesh, playing in three List A games with little success,[10] and five Twenty20 games in one of which he scored 68.[13]

In 2012, he continued to perform well for Surrey. He scored 635 runs in eight first-class matches, averaging 45.35, and achieved his career best score of 143.

Kent Spitfires in the Friends Life T20 at Beckenham, his only appearance in the competition in the 2012 season.[13]

Death

Maynard's car, a Mercedes-Benz C250, was stopped by police in Arthur Road, Wimbledon, in south west London at around 4 am BST on 18 June 2012, when they observed it being driven erratically. Maynard subsequently fled the scene on foot and the police were unable to locate him. Approximately one hour later,[14] Maynard was severely electrocuted on a railway line near Wimbledon Park Station.[15] He was then hit by a London Underground District line train[16] and his body was found near to the tracks at 5:10 am.[17] According to British Transport Police, his death was treated by authorities as "non-suspicious".[14]

His funeral was held at Llandaff Cathedral on 4 July, with more than 1,000 people in attendance, including England players past and present.[18] Hugh Morris, the England team's managing director, said in his tribute that Maynard was "one of our most exciting and explosive young batsmen. A player who could make the game look deceptively easy, a player who was surely destined for the highest honours of the game, and a player whose authority and elegance at the crease reminded so many of his father." Mark Wallace, the current Glamorgan captain, said that he had "an insatiable appetite for life" and that he could be "a larrikin and a maverick at times". He also said that he would always remember him as "the lad who made us laugh more than anyone else I’ve met".[19]

An official inquest into Maynard's death was held at Westminster Coroner's Court on 26 February 2013. The jury returned a verdict of accidental death. Those who gave evidence included his Surrey teammates Jade Dernbach and Rory Hamilton-Brown, who had been with him earlier in the evening of his death. The post-mortem revealed that Maynard was nearly four times over the legal drink-drive limit and had also taken cocaine and ecstasy in the form of MDMA. A forensic pathologist said that it was not possible to say whether electrocution or being hit by the train was the ultimate cause of death.[20]

Legacy

A charity, the Tom Maynard Trust, was launched in his memory at the

county cap was presented to Matthew Maynard on behalf of his son.[22]

References

  1. ^ Marks, Vic (2 May 2010). "England's Craig Kieswetter has mentality to shine at World Twenty20". The Observer. Retrieved 18 June 2012.
  2. ^ "Stars are on opposite sides of school fence". Western Mail. 24 April 2012.
  3. ^ Blake, Aled (26 March 2013) [19 June 2012]. "Batsman Tom Maynard's loss mourned by the world of cricket". WalesOnline. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  4. ^ Selvey, Mike (18 June 2012). "Tom Maynard was a batsman of prodigious talent and prospect". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  5. ^ "South Conference: Glamorgan v Gloucestershire at Colwyn Bay, Jun 10, 2007 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 June 2012.
  6. ^ "Big crowd see Colwyn thriller". NorthWalesLive. 20 April 2013 [14 June 2007]. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  7. ^ "Midlands/West/Wales Division: Warwickshire v Glamorgan at Birmingham, Jun 24, 2007 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 June 2012.
  8. ^ "Glamorgan v Somerset at Cardiff, Aug 14-17, 2007 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 June 2012.
  9. ^ Stewart, Alec (18 June 2012). "Alec Stewart: Tom Maynard could have reached the very top". BBC Sport. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  10. ^ a b c d ListA Batting and Fielding in Each Season by Tom Maynard Retrieved 20 June 2012
  11. ^ a b First-class Batting and Fielding in Each Season by Tom Maynard Retrieved 20 June 2012
  12. ^ "Surrey register emphatic win over Sussex at The Oval". Daily Mirror. 5 September 2011. Retrieved 18 June 2012.
  13. ^ a b c Twenty20 Batting and Fielding in Each Season by Tom Maynard Retrieved 20 June 2012
  14. ^ a b "Cricketer Tom Maynard dies after being hit by London Underground train". BBC News. 18 June 2012. Retrieved 18 June 2012.
  15. ^ "Surrey's Tom Maynard died of electrocution, say transport police". The Guardian. 22 June 2012. Retrieved 23 June 2012.
  16. ^ "Surrey's Tom Maynard dies in accident : Cricketnext". Cricketnext.in.com. Archived from the original on 20 June 2012. Retrieved 18 June 2012.
  17. ^ "Surrey cricketer Tom Maynard dies after being hit by London Underground train after trying to escape police". The Independent. 18 June 2012. Retrieved 18 June 2012.
  18. ^ "Tom Maynard: Funeral of Surrey cricketer at Llandaff Cathedral". BBC News. 4 July 2012. Retrieved 4 July 2012.
  19. ^ "Cricket family bares its heart in farewell to Maynard" by Scyld Berry Daily Telegraph, pages S10-S11, published 5 July 2012, retrieved 6 July 2012
  20. ^ "Train death cricketer Tom Maynard was 'high on drugs'". BBC News. 26 February 2013. Retrieved 26 February 2013.
  21. ^ "Tom Maynard death: Family agrees to setting up trust fund". BBC News. 12 July 2012. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  22. ^ a b James, Steve (21 August 2012). "Maynard's family still need our support". Daily Telegraph. p. S20.
  23. ^ Baldwin, Mark. "Jones rolls back the years in memory of Tom Maynard". The Times. No. 70658. London. p. 53. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  24. ^ "Tom Maynard tribute match: in pictures". The Telegraph. 22 August 2012. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  25. ^ Wigmore, Tom (21 August 2012). "Maynard tribute dominates tearful day". ESPN cricinfo. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  26. ^ Sequence and Squad Numbers – England Men. Retrieved 12 January 2015.

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