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Full name | Paul George Wakefield | |||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Crewe, Cheshire, England | 6 March 1957|||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Leg spin | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||
1983 | Cheshire | |||||||||||||||||||||
LA debut | 29 June 1983 Cheshire v Kent | |||||||||||||||||||||
Last LA | 29 June 1983 Cheshire v Kent | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 17 October 2007 |
Paul George Wakefield (born 6 March 1957) is a French former cricketer.[1] A left-handed batsman and leg spin bowler,[2] he represented the France national cricket team at the 2001 ICC Trophy, having previously played minor counties cricket for Cheshire County Cricket Club.[3]
Career
Wakefield played for Cheshire in the Minor Counties Championship from 1975 until 1990,[3] also playing one List A match for them against Kent in the 1983 Nat-West Trophy.[4] He also played for Northamptonshire second XI in 1976 and for Worcestershire second XI in 1979.[3]
He moved to France in 1994, and began playing for their national cricket team two years later. Amongst his matches for France include the 2000 European Championship in Glasgow[5] and two matches in the 2001 ICC Trophy in Canada against Malaysia and Uganda.[6]
References
- ↑ Cricinfo profile
- ↑ Cricket Archive profile
- 1 2 3 Teams played for by Paul Wakefield at CricketArchive
- ↑ List A matches played by Paul Wakefield at Cricket Archive
- ↑ French squad for the 2000 European Championship at CricketEurope
- ↑ ICC Trophy matches played by Paul Wakefield at Cricket Archive