Bernard Joseph Michael Maher (born 11 February 1961) was an English professional cricketer and a fly-fishing international. He was born in Hillingdon in West London. As a cricketer, he was a right-handed batsman and a wicket-keeper who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire from 1981 and 1995. He played age-group cricket for Middlesex County Cricket Club. In 1977, when he played for Middlesex's Second XI, before pursuing his academic studies. He began reading Economics and Accountancy at Loughborough University in 1978 graduating with a BSc in 1981. Captaining Loughborough University, against Derbyshire in 1981, he was asked to play a series of 2nd team games. And his 1st class debut was against Gloucestershire County Cricket Club in July 1981, and Derbyshire signed him on a two-year contract. Against the New Zealand's tourists in 1986, Maher scored 126, and there were other hundreds against Leicestershire County Cricket Club, Surrey County Cricket Club, and Cambridge University. After his retirement from cricket in 1995, he continued commentating for BBC Radio and, after his cricketing days came to a close, worked as a financial consultant, and a fly-fishing instructor. He is the owner of a day ticket fishing business in Ashover and works as a fly fishing guide.