Paul Michael Borrington is an English

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 cricket

Cricket

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...

er. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm off-break bowler who currently plays for Derbyshire

Derbyshire County Cricket Club

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Despite an disappointing debut which saw him only score four runs, against Leicestershire

Leicestershire County Cricket Club

Leicestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Leicestershire. It has also been representative of the county of Rutland....

 before being dismissed, in September 2005, he later played his part in getting Derbyshire up to what was then their highest ever total of 707-7 declared, thanks to two innings in excess of 150 from Steve Stubbings

Steve Stubbings

Stephen David Stubbings is an English cricket player who plays for Bedfordshire.He only played a handful of senior games before trying out at the Frankston Peninsula Cricket Club in the Victorian Cricket Association's Premier Competition...

 and Hassan Adnan

Hassan Adnan

Mohammad Hassan Adnan is a Pakistani cricket player who has played for the cricket teams of Islamabad, Water and Power Development Authority, Gujranwala, Derbyshire and Lahore....

, against Somerset

Somerset County Cricket Club

Somerset County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Somerset...

. A gritty, determined, albeit not hugely successful, batsman for the Second XI, coach David Houghton's faith in the young player will provide him with the platform to achieve a good amount heading forward in his career

Borrington has evolved into a steady opening batsman for the Derbyshire team. He was rewarded the Denis Compton

Denis Compton

Denis Charles Scott Compton CBE was an English cricketer who played in 78 Test matches, and a footballer...

 NBC Award for the most promising youngster at his club. Borrington's father, Anthony

Anthony Borrington

Anthony John Borrington is a former English cricketer who played for Derbyshire from 1971 to 1981.Borrington was born at Spondon, Derbyshire. He began his career for Derbyshire in 1965 in the Derbyshire Second XI. His first-class debut came in the 1971 season...

, also played First-class cricket for Derbyshire.

In September 2007 Borrington made his debut half-century for the Derbyshire team.

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