Paul Hoffmann

Infobox Cricketer


nationality = Scottish
country = Scotland
country abbrev = SCO
name = Paul Hoffmann
picture = Cricket_no_pic.pngbatting style = Right-handed batsman
bowling style = Right-arm medium-fast
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test runs = -
test bat avg = -
test 100s/50s = -
test top score = -
test overs = -
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ODIs = 15
ODI runs = 79
ODI bat avg = 7.90
ODI 100s/50s = 0/0
ODI top score = 31
ODI overs = 629
ODI wickets = 16
ODI bowl avg = 29.62
ODI 5s = -
ODI best bowling = 3/22
ODI catches/stumpings = 4/0
date = April 19
year = 2007
source = http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/scotland/content/player/25432.html

Paul Jacob Christopher Hoffmann born 14 January 1970, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia, is an Australian cricket player who has played for the cricket teams of Scotland. He is a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium-fast bowler.

Career

After playing for the Australian Country team against the West Indies in 1993 and for Manly in Sydney, he emigrated to Scotland in 1997, first playing for the Uddingston club as an overseas professional. He liked it so much that he stayed on and played as an amateur. As of the end of the 2007 season, he was the leading wicket taker in the history of the Scottish National League with 282 wickets.

He qualified by residence to play for Scotland in 2001, making his début in a match against an England Amateur team on 14 August 2001 taking five wickets. He has since gone on to play for Scotland on 119 occasions. This includes fifteen One Day Internationals, his first match of that type coming against Pakistan in June 2006. Taking 3 for 22 off his 10 overs including Younis Khan.

Paul played for Scotland in their winning 2005 ICC Trophy campaign and was the top wicket-taker in the tournament with 17 wickets. This included taking 6 wickets for 12 runs against Oman, a record for Scotland in ICC Trophy competition.In the 2007 World Cricket League tournament in Kenya he bowled Scotland to victory over Netherlands with a heroic last over taking 2 wickets in 3 balls for 0 runs with a run out accounting for the 2nd wicket of the 3 that fell in the over.

A hard hitting batsman, Hoffmann holds the record for the fastest century in Scottish National League cricket history, smashing 100 off 35 balls for his club Uddingston in May 2005. He was an important member of the Scottish Saltires cricket team and was part of their squad for the Cricket World Cup in March 2007.

After a long and loyal career, he hung his boots in August 2007, returning typically miserly figures of 9 overs for 43 in his final game against India at Glasgow.

External links

* [http://www.cricket-online.org/player.php?player_id=50289 Cricket Online Profile]
* [http://uddingston.play-cricket.com Uddingston Cricket Club]
* [http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/scotland/content/player/25432.html Cricinfo Profile]