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...
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