Paul Wakefield

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Paul Wakefield

Personal information
Full name	Paul George Wakefield
Born	(1957-03-06) 6 March 1957 (age 67) Crewe, Cheshire, England
Batting	Left-handed
Bowling	Leg spin
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1983	Cheshire
LA debut	29 June 1983 Cheshire v Kent
Last LA	29 June 1983 Cheshire v Kent
Career statistics
Competition List A ICC Trophy Matches 1 2 Runs scored 13 24 Batting average 13.00 12.00 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 Top score 13 19 Catches/stumpings 0/0 0/0
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

1. Cricinfo profile
2. Cricket Archive profile
3. Teams played for by Paul Wakefield at CricketArchive
4. List A matches played by Paul Wakefield at Cricket Archive
5. French squad for the 2000 European Championship at CricketEurope
6. ICC Trophy matches played by Paul Wakefield at Cricket Archive