Paul Anthony Rawden (born 15 July 1973) is a former English

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er. Rawden was a right-handed

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who bowled right-arm

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. He was born in Stamford,

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. Rawden made his debut for

in the 1992

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against Cumberland. Rawden played

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cricket for Lincolnshire from 1992 to 1997, which included 39 Minor Counties Championship matches and 11 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. He made his List A debut against Glamorgan in the

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. He played 2 further List A matches for Lincolnshire, against

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in the

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and

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in the

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. In his 3 matches, he scored 21 runs at an

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of 7.00, with a high score of 21, with Rawden scoring ducks in two of his three innings.

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