Paul Matthew Roger Havell (born 4 July 1980) is an Australian-born English

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er. He is a left-handed batsman and a right-arm

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. Havell began playing for Sussex in the

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in 1999. He made his first-class cricket debut in 2001 for Sussex. He signed for

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in 2003, playing his first match for his new club in a first-class fixture against a South African touring side in August 2003. A promising first-class debut saw him claim 4 wickets in the first innings. Havell appeared in 3

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games that season. Havell appeared in 16 first-class matches, taking 41 wickets at an average of 41.78 with a County Championship best figures of 4–75 against Durham at the Riverside in 2004.

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