Maddy hoping for his big chance ...

Experienced England batsman Darren Maddy is determined to take the World Twenty20 in South Africa by storm.

Maddy is part of the England set-up for the first time in seven years and he is eager, if given the chance, to prove what he is capable of on the international stage.

The 33-year-old Warwickshire captain has been outstanding in the domestic Twenty20 competition over the past four seasons, helping his former county Leicestershire become champions in 2004 and 2006.

He is hoping his experience of the format can earn him a place in the starting line-up for England's opener against Zimbabwe on Thursday and believes that the other players can benefit from his presence.

"I would like to think experience can count for something," he said.

"Nothing can ever match international experience but a lot of these guys haven't played a lot of Twenty20 cricket and there a few little things that we can help them with and I'm sure they will be able to pass down some experience of how to do it at the highest level.

"A lot of the skills that have been developed in Twenty20 cricket are going into 50-overs cricket and even four-day and Test match cricket now.

"It's not often a domestic player gets to play in front of big crowds and has to perform their skills under pressure and that's what Twenty20 is all about so I suppose in that respect it's very similar to international 50-over cricket."

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