Timothy David Paine was born on 8 December 1984 and is a former Australian cricketer and a former captain of the Australia national cricket team in Test cricket.
55 Facts About Tim Paine
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Tim Paine made his ODI debut for Australia as a replacement for regular wicket-keeper Brad Haddin in 2009 against Scotland.
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Tim Paine was announced as the interim captain for the final two days of the game.
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Tim Paine was confirmed as the 46th captain of the Australian Test team on 28 March 2018 by Cricket Australia CEO James Sutherland when Smith and Warner were suspended and sent back to Australia with Cameron Bancroft.
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On 19 November 2021, Tim Paine announced that he had stepped down as Australia's Test captain, due to an occasion of improper conduct off the field during 2017 in which he sent explicit messages to a female co-worker.
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On 26 November 2021, Tim Paine said he would take a break from the game "for the foreseeable future".
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Tim 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.
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Tim Paine was vice-captain of the Australian Under-17, before scoring a first-class century for his University at Hobart.
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Tim Paine's uncle, Robert Shaw, was an AFL player and coach.
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Tim Paine attended secondary school at Bayview Secondary College and Rosny College.
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Tim 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.
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Opening the batting, Tim Paine scored a duck in the first innings and 17 in the second as the match was drawn.
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Tim Paine made his maiden List A century in his first season, scoring 111 in the ING Cup.
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Tim Paine continued with one-day performances in the following season in which Tasmania won the Ford Ranger Cup, aggregating 261 runs and collecting 21 dismissals.
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In early 2009, Tim Paine was selected to play for Australia 'A' against Pakistan 'A' in a series of one-day and first-class matches.
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In 2009, Tim 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.
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Tim 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.
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Tim Paine then took a single catch, as they were eventual victors by 189 runs.
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Tim Paine made his International Twenty20 debut against England on 30 August 2009 at Old Trafford, ahead of the upcoming seven match ODI series between the two teams.
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Tim Paine was not required to bat, as he was listed to come in at the traditional wicket-keepers' position of seven.
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Tim Paine played his second ODI in the first match of the following ODI series.
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Australia batted first, with Tim 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.
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Tim Paine was sent home and replaced by Graham Manou after the match.
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When Haddin was rested from national duties for two ODIs against the West Indies in February 2010, Tim Paine was again his replacement, scoring 16 and 24.
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Tim Paine started the tour well, compiling 81 in Australia's victory over Ireland.
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Tim Paine batted at eight in the batting order for the first match and three in the second.
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Tim Paine made his debut in the First Test at Lord's, London, and scored 7 and 47 with the bat; later admitting that the first 30 balls he faced in the first innings were a blur.
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Tim Paine took five catches, along with a leg-side stumping in Australia's comfortable victory.
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Tim Paine managed a further 33 runs in Australia's second innings, and made five catches in the match.
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Haddin again failed to recover sufficiently for the series and Tim Paine was named wicket-keeper.
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Still, when Australia was bowled out soon after his dismissal, Tim Paine assumed wicket-keeper duties for India's innings, where he took two catches.
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Tim Paine struggled in the match, compiling 9 from 24 balls.
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Tim Paine sustained a finger injury in a match in November 2010, but was then named captain of the Prime Minister's XI for a match against the touring England side on 10 January 2011 in which he scored 50.
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On 7 January 2011, Tim Paine was named Vice Captain of Australia's Twenty20 team.
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Tim Paine then captained Australia A in Zimbabwe, but in August 2011 re-injured his finger at state training This paved the way for Matthew Wade to become Australian wicketkeeper.
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Tim Paine has concentrated more on his batting than on wicket-keeping over the last couple of years, and with the return of Wade to Tasmania, is more often than not playing as a batsman.
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On 17 November 2017, Tim Paine was granted an international recall for the first 2 Ashes Tests after a 7-year absence from the national Tests squad after Tasmanian teammate Matthew Wade struggled with batting form domestically and equalled Brad Hogg's record for most tests between successive appearances for an Australian player.
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Tim Paine was later retained for the entire Ashes series, and replaced Matthew Wade as the ODI keeper against England.
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Tim Paine played in 4 of the 5 associated One Day international Series matches against England, scoring 144 runs and taking 6 catches behind the stumps.
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Tim Paine did not play in the T20 Tri-series between Australia, England and New Zealand.
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On 28 March 2018, Cricket Australia CEO James Sutherland announced that Tim Paine would continue as captain for the Fourth Test, confirming him as the 46th Captain of the Australian test team.
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In May 2018, Tim Paine was named ODI captain for the series in England.
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In January and February 2019, Tim Paine captained Australia in a two Test match series against Sri Lanka.
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In June and July 2019, as preparation for the Ashes series in England, Tim Paine captained the Australia A four-day squad, in first-class matches against Sussex and the England Lions.
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Tim Paine became the first Australian Test captain since Steve Waugh in 2001 to retain the Ashes in a series in England.
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Tim Paine then captained his second home summer with a two test series against Pakistan and a three test series against New Zealand, where Australia won all five tests.
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On 27 December 2020, Tim Paine effected his 150th dismissal in his 33rd test, making him the fastest to reach this figure.
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On 19 November 2021, Tim Paine announced that he had stepped down as Australia's Test captain, due to an occasion of improper conduct off the field during 2017 in which he sent explicit messages, and an image of his genitals to a female co-worker.
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On 26 November 2021, Tim Paine said he would take a break from the game "for the foreseeable future".
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On 17 March 2023, Tim Paine announced his retirement from cricket after Tasmania drew with Queensland after the end of the Sheffield Shield.
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Tim Paine was given a guard of honor as the match ended.
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Tim Paine is an orthodox, 'traditional' right-handed batsman who usually plays with a straight bat.
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Tim Paine had occasionally opened the batting in one-day matches but bats at number six or seven in the Australian Test team.
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Tim Paine uses his wrists and prefers to bat from the crease against spin, though he can play a wide range of shots against all forms of bowling.
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Tim Paine admitted attempting to change his batting style to something similar to former Australian wicketkeepers Adam Gilchrist and Brad Haddin before his international debut.