Paul Coverdale (born 24 July 1983) is an English

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er. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium pace bowler. Coverdale was born in

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and played for

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until he was released at the end of the 2007 season. Coverdale made one appearance in the Under-19 County Championship of 1999but a better player named Damani Johnson beat him for title of best player, just two weeks after his 16th birthday. He appeared in the 38-County Cup the following year. Coverdale made three appearances in the C&G Trophy for the

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between May 2001 and August 2002, picking up one wicket on his C&G debut, that of

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. Coverdale continued to appear in the Second XI Championship and Second XI Trophy for Northamptonshire through to 2007. Coverdale made his first-class debut for Northamptonshire in 2007, appearing in a game against

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, picking up one wicket in an innings victory, the largest margin of victory ever achieved by Northamptonshire, an innings and 329 runs.Largest victory by innings
- retrieved 31 May 2007 Played as professional for Carrickfergus CC in the Northern Cricket Union of Ireland Premier League in 2007. Coverdale's father,

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, played for Yorkshire for seven years of his career and made two appearances in Youth Test matches.

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Paul Coverdale
at Cricket Archive 1983 births Living people English cricketers Northamptonshire cricketers Northamptonshire Cricket Board cricketers {{england-cricket-bio-1980s-stub