Alistair Jonathan Maiden (born 15 September 1982) is an English cricketer. Maiden is a right-handed batsman. He was born in Stourbridge, Worcestershire. While studying for his degree in Management at Durham University, Maiden made his first-class debut for Durham UCCE against Lancashire in 2002. He made a further eight first-class appearances, the last of which came against Durham in 2005. In his nine first-class matches for the university, he scored 448 runs at an average of 37.33, with a high score of 211 not out. This score, which was his only first-class century, came against Somerset in 2005. It became the highest individual first-class score for Durham University, and the first to be a double-century. While studying at Durham University, he also made a single first-class appearance f