Paul Antony Booth (born 5 September 1965,
Crossland Moor,
Huddersfield,
Yorkshire,
England) is a former English
first-class cricketer. Booth was a
left-arm orthodox spin
Left-arm orthodox spin, Left-arm off spin also known as slow left-arm orthodox spin bowling, is a type of Finger spin, left-arm finger spin bowling (cricket), bowling in the sport of cricket.
Left-arm orthodox spin is bowled by a left-arm bow ...
ner and left-handed
batsman.
At the age of nine he played for Meltham under-13s. When 16, he was apprenticed as a joiner, and was three days past his 17th birthday, he made his debut for
Yorkshire.
He played twenty three games for Yorkshire from 1982 to 1989,
and thirty seven for
Warwickshire from 1990 to 1993, taking 107 wickets in his career at 40.19 with a best of 5 for 98. A lower order batsman, he made 830 runs in total, with a best of 62, at 13.38. He played in 19
List A
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matches in his career, including games for the
Yorkshire Cricket Board in 2000 and 2001. He represented England Young Cricketers in two Youth Test matches in the
West Indies in 1984/85.
References
External links
Cricket Archive
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Yorkshire cricketers
Warwickshire cricketers
English cricketers
Cricketers from Huddersfield
1965 births
Living people
Yorkshire Cricket Board cricketers
English cricketers of 1969 to 2000