Tim Paine Australian Cricketer Biography and Photos and Videos

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Tim Paine Biography

Full name Timothy David Paine

Born 8 December 1984 (age 26)

Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

Nickname T-Paine, Kid

Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm medium

Role Wicketkeeper-Batsman

International information

National side Australia

Test debut (cap 414) 13 July 2011 v Pakistan

Last Test 13 October 2011 v India

ODI debut (cap 178) 28 August 2009 v Scotland

Last ODI 13 April 2011 v Bangladesh

ODI shirt no. 36

T20I debut (cap 41) 30 August 2009 v England

Last T20I 14 January 2011 v England

Domestic team information

Years Team

2006–present Tasmania (squad no. 8)

2011-present Sahara Pune Warriors (squad no. 23)

2011-present Hobart Hurricanes

Career statistics

Competition Test ODI FC List A

Matches 4 26 46 81

Runs scored 287 737 2,467 2,462

Batting average 35.87 39.48 31.62 34.67

100s/50s 0/2 1/5 1/18 5/12

Top score 92 111 215 134

Balls bowled 0 0 6 0

Wickets – – 0 –

Bowling average – – – –

5 wickets in innings – – 0 –

10 wickets in match – – 0 –

Best bowling – – 0/3 –

Catches/stumpings 16/1 35/4 129/6 104/9

Timothy David Paine (born 8 December 1984 in Hobart, Tasmania), is an Australian cricketer who plays for the Tasmanian Tigers in Australian domestic cricket and for the University of Tasmania Cricket Club in club cricket. He is a right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper, as well as a right arm bowler at junior level. As with most wicket-keepers, Paine is primarily a middle-order batsman in First-class cricket, and an opening batsman in List A and Twenty20 cricket.

A product of the Australian Cricket Academy, Paine became the youngest-ever contracted player in Australia, when he received a rookie contract with Tasmania at 16 years of age. He made both his First-class and one-day debuts for Tasmania in 2005; scoring a one-day century later in the 2005–06 season, and a first-class hundred, 215, in the next. He was a part of the state's maiden Sheffield Shield (then the Pura Cup) season victory that season and also their 2007–08 one-day winning side. Paine made his ODI debut for Australia as a replacement for regular wicket-keeper Brad Haddin in 2009 against England, and in the series' sixth match, he scored his maiden international century. A further injury to Haddin in 2010 paved the way for Paine's Test debut against Pakistan in England. Soon after, he played in another two Tests against India, before Haddin's recovery for the 2010–11 Ashes series.

1991–2004: Early life and introduction to cricket

Paine captained Tasmania at Under–15 and Under–17 level, along with being a member of its Under–19 team at the age of just fifteen. He was vice-captain of the Australian Under–17, before scoring a first grade century for the University club in Hobart. "He was always the smallest one playing cricket," Paine's father John said, "We lived in a fairly quiet street and we lived right next to the beach [in the suburb of Lauderdale] so they used to play a fair bit of beach cricket. We used to have a cricket pitch in our backyard which was the driveway and the next-door neighbour's had a turf wicket which the boys used to roll and mow and do all that sort of stuff. So he had to learn from an early age I suppose to be a bit stronger and a bit more competitive."[1] As a junior, Paine was a talented Australian rules player—considered good enough to make the Australian Football League (AFL)—and his brother Nick, one of four siblings, plays in the Tasmanian Football League with the Clarence Football Club.[1][2] Paine's uncle, Robert Shaw, was an AFL player and coach.[2]

At 16, Paine became the youngest Australian domestic cricket's youngest-ever contracted player when he received a basic A$10,000 rookie contract with Tasmania—a new innovation in Australian cricket.[3] After Cricket Australia allowed rookie contracts Paine said, "These new contracts are a great idea; I'm pretty happy about them anyway! It's good to give young players something [along these lines] to show them that they're in the back of the minds of the administrators and the coaches."[4]

In December 2003, he was announced captain of the Australian Under–19 team for the 2004 World Cup in Bangladesh, played in February and March 2004.[5][6] Relieved of wicket-keeping duties, Paine scored 142 runs at an average of 23.66 and took two catches, along with taking seven wickets at an average of 22.28 in eight matches.[7] However, Australia lost the Under–19 Plate Championship final to Bangladesh.[8]

Cricket career

[edit]2005–2009: Early domestic career

Paine made his Tasmanian debut as solely an opening batsman in November 2005, during an ING Cup one-day match against Western Australia in Perth, scoring 28 from 44 balls.[9] His first-class debut came shortly after as an opener when Tasmania played South Australia in Hobart during December.[10] Opening the batting, Paine scored a duck (zero) in the first innings and 17 in the second as the match was drawn.[11] He made his maiden List A century in his first season, scoring 111 in the ING Cup.[6] The following season his made his maiden first-class century with 215 against Western Australia in a Pura Cup match at Perth in October 2006.[12]

For the first part of his career he was Tasmania's second wicketkeeper, behind Sean Clingeleffer, particularly at first-class level, before taking Clingeleffer's place permanently in late 2007. Paine played as an opening batsman in Tasmania's maiden Sheffield Shield season triumph in 2006–07, scoring zero and five. Despite his low scores in the final, Paine was Tasmania's highest run scorer in the one-day competition that season.[6] He continued with one-day performances in the following season in which Tasmania won the Ford Ranger Cup, aggregating 261 runs and collecting 21 dismissals. 2008–09 saw Paine score 445 Sheffield Shield runs at 29.66 along with 42 dismissals.[13]

His growing maturity saw him become Tasmanian vice-captain ahead of the 2009–10 season.[6] In early 2009, Paine was selected to play for Australia 'A' against Pakistan 'A' in a series of one-day and first-class matches. Playing at the Allan Border Field in Brisbane, Paine scored 134 off 136 balls in the third one-day match to secure a series win for the Australian 'A' side.[14]

[edit]2009–10: Early international career

In 2009, Paine was selected for the national squad for the One Day International series against England, shortly after the conclusion of the Ashes Test series, when incumbent wicketkeeper Brad Haddin returned home for surgery on a broken finger.[15] Paine made his ODI debut in a one-off match against Scotland, scoring 29 not out from 38 balls in Australia's total of 345 all out. He then took a single catch, as they were eventual victors by 189 runs.[16][17] Paine made his International Twenty20 (T20) debut against England in early September at Old Trafford, ahead of the upcoming seven match ODI series between the two teams. England were in trouble at 2/4 (two wickets for four runs), in reply to Australia's 145, before rain caused the match to be abandoned. Paine was not required to bat, as he was listed to come in at the traditional wicket-keepers' position of seven.[18][19][20] The second and final T20 match of the short series was also abandoned without a ball being bowled.[21][22][23] Paine played his second ODI in the first match of the following ODI series. Australia batted first, with Paine run out in the third over for a duck, scored from six balls; however, he collected two dismissals and a run-out, in England's four-run defeat.[24][25][26] His performances steadily improved, with 26, 29, 51 and 16 respectively,[27] before scoring his maiden ODI century in the sixth match of the series at Trent Bridge . Paine was eventually dismissed for 111 from 148 balls, as Australia took a 6–0 series lead.[28]

After losing the final ODI in England, Australia won the 2009 ICC Champions Trophy in South Africa. In their second group match against India, Paine scored his second half-century (56).[29] However, he struggled for consistency in Australia's remaining matches and finished with 123 runs at an average of 24.60.[30] Touring India for a seven match ODI series in late October and early November, Paine broke his finger while attempting to catch a ball in India's innings of the second ODI in Nagpur. He was subsequently sent home and replaced by Graham Manou after the match.[31]

On return from injury, Paine was Tasmania's leading run-scorer for the 2009–10 domestic Twenty20 tournament, hitting 166 runs at 33.20 while opening the batting.[32] However, Tasmania struggled and finished last. When Haddin was rested from national duties for two ODIs against the West Indies in February 2010, Paine was again his replacement, scoring 16 and 24.[33] Tasmanian came off the bottom of the ladder after winning their last three one-day matches to qualify for the 2009–10 Ford Ranger Cup Final against Victoria. There, Paine scored his fifth List A century, 100 from 118 balls, as Tasmania completed a comfortable victory—their fourth one-day title. Victoria's loss was their fourth successive one-day final loss.

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