Kenneth Hervey MacLeay (born 2 April 1959) is a former English-born Australian cricketer.
He was an all-rounder who played 16 One Day Internationals for Australia between 1983 and 1987. MacLeay played in the 1983 Cricket World Cup in England taking 6 for 39 against India.
MacLeay played in 129 first-class matches for Western Australia between 1981 and 1991. He was a regular in a strong WA team appearing in Sheffield Shield final winning team four times. MacLeay also played county cricket in England for Somerset in 1991 and 1992.
In 2001, MacLeay was named as a life member of the WACA Ground in Perth for his contributions to cricket.
In 1982âÂÂ83 MacLeay leapt to attention when he took 5âÂÂ7 off 21 balls for WA against Victoria.
He made his one-day debut for Australia in 1982âÂÂ83 against New Zealand, taking 1âÂÂ39 and scoring 3. His next game was in the second final; Macleay scored 10 and took 1âÂÂ56.
In March 1983 he starred for Australian in a special one-off one day match against New Zealand to raise funds to the bushfire victims. MacLeay took 1âÂÂ42 with the ball and top scored in Australia's (unsuccessful) run chase, with 41 off 37 balls.
He was initially overlooked for selection on the 1983 World Cup but was later called up as a replacement.
He played the West Indies, taking 1âÂÂ31 and scoring 1. He was kept in the team to play India, only making 4 with the bat but taking 6âÂÂ39 with the ball. His returns against Zimbabwe were 9 and 0âÂÂ45. In the second match against India he took 1âÂÂ48 and scored 5.
Australia tried him in the one day team in 1983âÂÂ84. In a game against Pakistan he went for 0âÂÂ39. Against the West Indies his figures were 0âÂÂ47 and 15. MacLeay was then dropped.
In 1986âÂÂ87 he scored 114 against NSW.