Paul Hoffmann (cricketer)

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Paul Hoffmann Scotland (Sco)
Batting style	Right-hand batsman (RHB)
Bowling type	Right-arm medium-fast
	Tests	ODIs
Matches	-	13
Runs scored	-	54
Batting average	-	6.75
100s/50s	-	0/3
Top score	-	31
Balls bowled	-	587
Wickets	-	16
Bowling average	-	26.68
5 wickets in innings	-	-
10 wickets in match	-	n/a
Best bowling	-	3/22
Catches/stumpings	-	4/0
As of March 16, 2007 Source: Cricinfo.com

Paul Hoffmann (born 14 January 1970 in Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia) is a Scottish cricket player. He is a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium-fast bowler.

After playing at low levels in the Queensland cricket system, he emigrated to Scotland, 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 2005 season, he was the leading wicket taker in the history of the Scottish National League with 254 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. He has since gone on to play for Scotland on 75 occasions. This includes five 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.

	Scotland squad - 2007 Cricket World Cup
1 C Wright | 2 C Smith | 3 Watson | 4 Blain | 5 Brown | 6 Hamilton | 7 Haq | 8 Hoffman | 9 Lockhart | 10 Lyons | 11 McCallum | 12 D Nel | 13 Poonia | 14 G Rogers | 15 F Watts