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Tim May

Australia

Full name Timothy Brian Alexander May

Born January 26, 1962, North Adelaide, South Australia

Current age 47 years 303 days

Major teams Australia, South Australia

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm offbreak

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct
Tests	24	28	12	225	42*	14.06	873	25.77	0	0	14	0	6
ODIs	47	12	8	39	15	9.75	52	75.00	0	0	1	0	3
First-class	142	172	47	1872	128	14.97			1	1			42
List A	83	28	13	232	34*	15.46			0	0			9

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	24	45	6577	2606	75	5/9	7/50	34.74	2.37	87.6	3	3	0
ODIs	47	46	2504	1772	39	3/19	3/19	45.43	4.24	64.2	0	0	0
First-class	142		35668	15721	439	7/93		35.81	2.64	81.2		19	2
List A	83		4482	3030	82	4/9	4/9	36.95	4.05	54.6	2	0	0

Career statistics

Test debut	Australia v New Zealand at Adelaide, Dec 11-15, 1987 scorecard
Last Test	Australia v England at Sydney, Jan 1-5, 1995 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut	Australia v Zimbabwe at Chennai, Oct 13, 1987 scorecard
Last ODI	West Indies v Australia at Georgetown, Mar 18, 1995 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span	1984/85 - 1995/96
List A span	1986/87 - 1995/96

Profile

Tim May was an offspinner capable of maintaining good flight and accuracy over marathon spells, and a tenacious tail-end batsman. While his greatest success came as a Test player, he also appeared in 47 ODIs and was a member of Australia's triumphant 1987 World Cup side. His most famous contribution was in 1992-93, in the fourth Test against the West Indies. Recalled to the team and playing on his home ground in Adelaide, he brought Australia back into contention with career-best figures of 5 for 9 off 6.5 overs, and then shared in a 40-run last-wicket stand with Craig McDermott - only to witness his partner's dismissal from the non-striker's end. May finished unbeaten on 42, his highest Test score, and West Indies claimed the Test - and went on to win the series - by a margin of just one run. The match also marked the first time May was partnered with Shane Warne. The combination was particularly effective on the 1993 Ashes tour when May finished with 21 wickets and Warne picked up 34. In subsequent series wickets became scarcer for May, but he was able to dry up runs and his long spells also reduced Warne's workload.

May retained an active role after retiring by becoming the inaugural CEO of the Australian Cricketers' Association in 1997, and latterly the chief executive of the Federation of International Players' Associations. He resigned from the Australian job in 2005 to move to the United States with his wife, but held on to the international post.
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