Paul John O'Reilly (born 4 August 1962) is a former English

cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

er. O'Reilly was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. O'Reilly made his debut for

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in the 1996 MCCA Knockout Trophy against Dorset. O'Reilly played Minor counties cricket for Hertfordshire from 1996 to 2003, which included 26

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matches and 9 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. In 2001, he made his

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debut against the

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in the

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. He made 3 further List A appearances for the county, the last coming against Bedfordshire in the 1st round of the

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, which was held in 2002. In his 4 List A matches, he took 2 wickets at an average of 48.50, with best figures of 2/54.

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* 1962 births Living people Cricketers from Watford English cricketers Hertfordshire cricketers {{England-cricket-bio-1960s-stub