Paul Michael Hutchison (born 9 June 1977,

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) is an English former

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er. He was a left-handed batsman, and a left-arm fast-medium bowler. Hutchison played for the Under-17 and Under-19

team. On Hutchison's first-class debut for

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in 1997, he took 7 for 38, followed by a

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debut tally of 7 for 50, recording the best Yorkshire debut bowling return since

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in 1898. He went on to play thirty nine first-class matches for Yorkshire between 1996 and 2001, taking 143 wickets at 22.68, before being released by the county. At the start of the 1996 season Hutchison was selected to play in the

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trial match at

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where he played for 'The Rest of England' against England 'A'. The highlight being dismissing Nasser Hussain in the second innings. Hutchison also toured with England 'A' twice, firstly to

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and

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in 1997/98 and then

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and

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in 1998/99. Injury to his back cut short this tour and he returned home with a stress fracture to the back. An injury that would trouble him for the rest of his career. He joined Sussex in 2002, but, beset by injury, he only stayed two years before moving to

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. However, he only made two first-class appearances in 2005. His most recent non first-class appearance was at Lord's in June 2007, when he took 2 for 35 for the

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(MCC) against a European XI. Since retiring from first-class cricket Hutchison has been involved in cricket at varying levels. He is the former head coach to the

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, is an active scout for one of the 18 first-class Counties and spent time as cricket chairman at Pudsey St Lawrence Cricket Club and New Farnley Cricket Club in the Bradford Premier League. Hutchison runs his own coaching business in Yorkshire - Hutch Cricket.

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