Paul Johnson (cricketer)
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Paul Johnson is a former English
cricket
er. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler. He is most well known for a 21-year career with Nottinghamshire
. He was also the club's captain between 1996 and 1998.
Having appeared for the Nottinghamshire second XI as early as 1981, he appeared in three Youth Test matches between 1982 and 1983, scoring a half-century in his second Youth test. During this time, he continued to perform consistently for Nottinghamshire. Amongst Johnson's accolades are victories in the 1993 and 1995 Tetley Bitter cup.
Johnson was a player whose talent was not reflected by his career statistics. He would lose his wicket to the worst bowlers but play innings of brilliance against the best.
Johnson retired from cricket in 2002, two years before Nottinghamshire's year-long stint in the Second XI in 2004. He has two daughters, Ruth and Eve.
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 was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler. He is most well known for a 21-year career with Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club
Nottinghamshire 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 Nottinghamshire, and the current county champions. Its limited overs team is called the Nottinghamshire Outlaws...
. He was also the club's captain between 1996 and 1998.
Having appeared for the Nottinghamshire second XI as early as 1981, he appeared in three Youth Test matches between 1982 and 1983, scoring a half-century in his second Youth test. During this time, he continued to perform consistently for Nottinghamshire. Amongst Johnson's accolades are victories in the 1993 and 1995 Tetley Bitter cup.
Johnson was a player whose talent was not reflected by his career statistics. He would lose his wicket to the worst bowlers but play innings of brilliance against the best.
Johnson retired from cricket in 2002, two years before Nottinghamshire's year-long stint in the Second XI in 2004. He has two daughters, Ruth and Eve.
External links
- Paul Johnson at Cricket Archive