Paul Wakefield

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Paul Wakefield
France
Personal information
Full name	Paul George Wakefield
Born	6 March 1957 (1957-03-06) (age 51)
	Crewe, Cheshire, England
Batting style	Left-handed
Bowling style	Leg spin
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1983	Cheshire
List A debut	29 June 1983: Cheshire v Kent
Last List A	29 June 1983: Cheshire v Kent
Career statistics
	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
Balls bowled	0	0
Wickets	-	-
Bowling average	-	-
5 wickets in innings	-	-
10 wickets in match	n/a	n/a
Best bowling	-	-
Catches/stumpings	0/0	0/0
As of 17 October 2007 Source: [1]

Paul George Wakefield (born 6 March 1957 in Crewe, Cheshire, England) 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.^[3]

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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]

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