Paul Anderson (born Paul Napier Anderson, 28 April 1966, Driffield,

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) is an English

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er, who played one match for

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in 1988, against the

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touring team at Headingley on 10 August 1988. He took one wicket for 47, opening the bowling and bowled their

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, Ranjan Madugalle for 48, and caught their opener,

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, off the bowling of Paul Booth for 19. Anderson scored a

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at number 11 in his only first-class innings. He batted right-handed and bowled right-arm medium pace. He played two Yorkshire Second XI matches in 1987, and thirteen in 1988. He also appeared for

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under-25s. Paul Anderson set up Indian restauran
Indigo Napier
in 2008 based in Hawke's Bay, New Zealand. In August 2023, Paul sold Indigo. Paul now resides in Wansford where he owns the Wansford Trout Inn.

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Cricinfo ProfileIndigo: The Napier bar that now has 1000 different bottles of whisky on its drink listIndigo owner on a good whiskeyPair return home to run Trout Inn at Wansford
1966 births Living people English cricketers Yorkshire cricketers People from Driffield Cricketers from Yorkshire {{england-cricket-bio-1960s-stub