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John Carl Maynard, (born 18 May 1969, Gingerland, Nevis) known as The Dentist, is a former West Indian cricketer. In a first-class career of just 13 matches, he took 35 wickets.〔Williamson, Martin. (Cricinfo player profile ), Cricinfo. Retrieved on 29 January 2009.〕 ==Aggressive style== A fast bowler, Maynard made an immediate impression on his List A debut (in the Geddes Grant Shield) for the Leeward Islands against Trinidad and Tobago in February 1992. He took a Man of the Match award for his three wickets, including former Test player Tony Gray, in a rain-reduced match.〔(Leeward Islands v Trinidad and Tobago ), 20 February 1992, CricketArchive. Retrieved on 29 January 2009.〕 Maynard came to international prominence while playing against the 1993–94 England touring side when he participated in two warm-up match before the Test series. In the first, representing St Kitts and Nevis, he took three of the England top order wickets in the first innings, dismissing Michael Atherton, Matthew Maynard and Nasser Hussain. He finished with 3/91 as Mark Ramprakash took command, scoring 136.〔(St Kitts and Nevis v England ), 29 January 1994, CricketArchive. Retrieved on 29 January 2009.〕 He then played for the Leeward Islands in the second, picking up the wickets of Graham Thorpe, Graeme Hick and Ramprakash. The seven top-order batsman had scored just 44 runs between them.〔Miller, Andrew, ''(The Dentist from Nevis )'', 25 March 2007, Cricinfo. Retrieved on 30 January 2009.〕 Atherton went on to explain Maynard's nickname: "No, he was not a dentist in his spare time, but he did like knocking out batsmen's teeth." Maynard attributed the origins of the name to an incident when playing for Nevis against Antigua: Maynard himself went on the record about his attitude: In 2006, Maynard returned to cricket and made a real impression in the inaugural Stanford 20/20 tournament in the West Indies. Playing for Nevis Pro Team, he took four wickets for just nine runs in his allotted four overs against rivals St Kitts. He was awarded the Man of the Match award, receiving $25,000.〔〔(Nevis v St Kitts ), 14 July 2006, CricketArchive. Retrieved on 29 January 2009.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Maynard (cricketer)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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