Paul Wakefield

Infobox cricketer biography
playername = Paul Wakefield
country = France
fullname = Paul George Wakefield
nickname =
living = true
partialdates =
dayofbirth = 6
monthofbirth = 3
yearofbirth = 1957
placeofbirth = Crewe, Cheshire
countryofbirth = England
batting = Left-handed
bowling = Leg spin
club1 = Cheshire
year1 = 1983
type1 = List A
debutdate1 = 29 June
debutyear1 = 1983
debutfor1 = Cheshire
debutagainst1 = Kent
lastdate1 = 29 June
lastyear1 = 1983
lastfor1 = Cheshire
lastagainst1 = Kent
deliveries = balls
columns = 2
column1 = List A
matches1 = 1
runs1 = 13
bat avg1 = 13.00
100s/50s1 = 0/0
top score1 = 13
deliveries1 = 0
wickets1 = -
bowl avg1 = -
fivefor1 = -
tenfor1 = n/a
best bowling1 = -
catches/stumpings1 = 0/0
column2 = ICC Trophy
matches2 = 2
runs2 = 24
bat avg2 = 12.00
100s/50s2 = 0/0
top score2 = 19
deliveries2 = 0
wickets2 = -
bowl avg2 = -
fivefor2 = -
tenfor2 = n/a
best bowling2 = -
catches/stumpings2 = 0/0
date = 17 October
year = 2007
source = http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/34/34899/34899.html

Paul George Wakefield (born 6 March 1957 in Crewe, Cheshire, England) is a French former cricketer. [ [http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/26103.html Cricinfo profile] ] A left-handed batsman and leg spin bowler, [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/34/34899/34899.html Cricket Archive profile] ] he represented the France national cricket team at the 2001 ICC Trophy, having previously played minor counties cricket for Cheshire. [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/34/34899/all_teams.html Teams played for by Paul Wakefield] at Cricket Archive]

Career

Wakefield played for Cheshire in the Minor Counties Championship from 1975 until 1990, also playing one List A match for them against Kent in the 1983 Nat-West Trophy. [ [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/34/34899/List_A_Matches.html List A matches played by Paul Wakefield] at Cricket Archive] He also played for Northamptonshire second XI in 1976 and for Worcestershire second XI in 1979.

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 [ [http://www.cricketeurope4.net/CRICKETEUROPE/DATABASE/2000/TOURNAMENTS/EUROCHAMS/TEAMS/france.shtml French squad for the 2000 European Championship] at CricketEurope] and two matches in the 2001 ICC Trophy in Canada against Malaysia and Uganda. [ [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/34/34899/ICC_Trophy_Matches.html ICC Trophy matches played by Paul Wakefield] at Cricket Archive]

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