Tim May

**Timothy Brian Alexander Mayu** (an haife shi a ranar 26 ga watan Janairun shekara ta 1962) tsohon dan wasan cricket ne na Australiya ta Kudu. Ya kasance, har zuwa watan Yunin 2013, babban wakilin 'yan wasa a matsayinsa na Babban Darakta na Tarayyar Kungiyar' yan wasan Cricket ta Duniya (FICA). Mayu ta taka leda a Gwaje-gwaje 24 da ODIs 47 a cikin aikin da ya katse tsakanin 1987 da 1995. Mayu ta kasance wani ɓangare na ƙungiyar Australiya da ta lashe lambar yabo ta farko ta duniya a lokacin gasar cin Kofin Duniya na Cricket na 1987 da ƙungiyar Kudancin Australia da suka lashe gasar Sheffield Shield ta 1995-96.

## Rayuwa ta farko
May ta halarci Kwalejin Prince Alfred . Ya buga wasan AFL da cricket tun yana yaro kuma ya fara buga wasan farko na gundumar 'A' a Jami'ar Adelaide, sannan Kensington.

Ya yi karatun tattalin arziki a jami'a kuma ya zama mai ba da lissafi.

## Ayyukan cikin gida
May ya fara karatun farko a 1984-85. Ya yi gwagwarmaya da farko, kuma yana da lokaci don rauni, amma ya dauki wickets biyar a kan Queensland a daya daga cikin wasannin karshe a wannan lokacin rani.

A cikin 1986-87 ya dauki wickets 43 na farko a 33.

A cikin 1988-89 ya dauki wickets na farko 50 a 32.02.

Mayu ya dawo daga rauni a watan Disamba na 1990 don daukar 6-115 a kan Queensland, mafi kyawun aikinsa na yanayi uku.

Lokacin karshe na aji na farko na Mayu ya kasance a cikin 1995-96 inda ya dauki wickets 44 a 35. Wasansa na karshe na farko shi ne 1995-96 Sheffield Shield final a Adelaide Oval . Ya dauki 2-157 da 1-57 tare da kwallon amma ya tsira don kwallaye 52 (yayinda ya zira kwallaye 0) a wasan na biyu don taimakawa Kudancin Australia zana wasan kuma ya lashe Shield.

## Ayyukan kasa da kasa
An zaɓi Mayu a cikin tawagar Australiya don buga gasar cin kofin duniya ta 1987 a Indiya da Pakistan, an zaɓi Greg Matthews da Peter Sleep. (Peter Taylor shine ɗayan mai tsalle-tsalle a cikin tawagar.) Mayu ya buga ODIs shida a lokacin gasar cin kofin duniya, mafi kyawun wasan kwaikwayon da ya yi ciki har da 2-29 a kan Zimbabwe. Ya taka leda a duka wasan kusa da na karshe duk da cewa ba shi da tasiri sosai a wasannin biyu.

Gwajin farko na Mayu ya kasance a gwajin na biyu da New Zealand a 1987-88. Ya dauki 1-134 a cikin innings na farko amma ya fi nasara a karo na biyu, ya dauki 3-68. Ba a zaba shi ba don wasu gwaje-gwaje a wannan lokacin rani amma an zaba shi a kan yawon shakatawa na Pakistan na 1988.

A Pakistan, May ta buga dukkan gwaje-gwaje uku. Ya dauki wickets 14 a 28.07, wanda ya fi dacewa da mai ɗaukar wicket a Australia tare da Bruce Reid.

May ta buga gwaje-gwaje biyu na gaba, a kan West Indies. An sauke shi amma an tuno shi don gwajin na biyar kuma an zaba shi a kan Ashes na 1989, kodayake bai buga kowane wasannin gwaji ba.

Mayu ta fito daga bangaren Australiya yayin da masu zaɓe suka fi son Trevor Hohns, Peter Taylor, Greg Matthews da Shane Warne a matsayin mai juyawa. Har ila yau, aikin May ya sami matsala saboda rauni - a watan Oktoba na shekara ta 1989 an tura shi gida daga Indiya (inda yake wasa ga Ostiraliya a gasar cin kofin Nehru) don yin tiyata a gwiwa.

An kira May zuwa kungiyar Australiya don gwajin na huɗu da West Indies a Adelaide Oval a 1992-93. Mayu yana da mafi kyawun wasan bowling na gwaji na 5/9. A wasan karshe na wannan wasan ya sami mafi kyawun ci 42 ba tare da fita ba, yayin da Ostiraliya ta sha kashi a West Indies da gudu 1. Ya ji rauni a yatsa yayin da yake bugawa kuma ya rasa gwajin na 5.

An zaɓi Mayu a cikin yawon shakatawa na 1993 na New Zealand da Ingila. An yi watsi da shi ga dukkan wasannin gwajin New Zealand da gwajin farko a cikin Ashes, amma an zaba shi don na biyu, kuma ya ci gaba da samar da ingantaccen haɗin kai tare da Shane Warne. Mayu ya ɗauki tikiti 21 a 28.19 don jerin, mai ɗaukar wicket na uku mafi girma a Ostiraliya (bayan Warne da Merv Hughes).

Ostiraliya ta ci gaba da haɗuwa da Warne-Mayu duk da lokacin rani na 1993-94 da kuma yawon shakatawa na Afirka ta Kudu da Pakistan na 1994.

Mayu ta buga gwaje-gwaje uku a kan Ashes na 1994-95 kafin a sauke ta. An zabi Mayu a yawon shakatawa na 1995 na West Indies amma bai buga wasanni na gwaji ba.

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