Paul Robert Archibald Johnston (born 13 December 1988), is an English

English people

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 cricket

Cricket

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er. Johnston is a left-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace

Seam bowling

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. He was born in Hartlepool

Hartlepool

Hartlepool is a town and port in North East England.It was founded in the 7th century AD, around the Northumbrian monastery of Hartlepool Abbey. The village grew during the Middle Ages and developed a harbour which served as the official port of the County Palatine of Durham. A railway link from...

, County Durham

County Durham

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 and educated at Yarm School

Yarm School

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.

Johnston made his first-class

First-class cricket

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 debut for Durham UCCE

Durham University Centre of Cricketing Excellence

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 against Derbyshire

Derbyshire County Cricket Club

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 in 2008 at the County Ground, Derby. He played a further first-class match that season against Durham

Durham County Cricket Club

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, before playing three fixtures in 2009, the last of which came against Warwickshire

Warwickshire County Cricket Club

Warwickshire 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 Warwickshire. Its limited overs team is called the Warwickshire Bears. Their kit colours are black and gold and the shirt sponsor...

. In his five first-class matches, he scored 164 runs at a batting average

Batting average

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 of 18.22, with a single half century high score of 73. This came against Warwickshire in his final first-class match.

Johnston joined Cumberland

Cumberland County Cricket Club

Cumberland County Cricket Club is one of the county clubs which make up the Minor Counties in the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Cumberland and playing in the Minor Counties Championship and the MCCA Knockout Trophy...

 in 2009, making his Minor Counties Championship debut against Lincolnshire

Lincolnshire County Cricket Club

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 and his MCCA Knockout Trophy

MCCA Knockout Trophy

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 debut against Cheshire

Cheshire County Cricket Club

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 in 2010.

External links

• Paul Johnston at ESPNcricinfo
• Paul Johnston at CricketArchive
  CricketArchive
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