Paul Michael Hutchison is an English

English people

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 first-class cricket

First-class cricket

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er. He is a left-handed batsman, and a left-arm medium-fast bowler.

Hutchison played for the Under-17 and Under-19 England

English cricket team

The England and Wales cricket team is a cricket team which represents England and Wales. Until 1992 it also represented Scotland. Since 1 January 1997 it has been governed by the England and Wales Cricket Board , having been previously governed by Marylebone Cricket Club from 1903 until the end...

 team. On Hutchison's first-class debut for Yorkshire County Cricket Club

Yorkshire County Cricket Club

Yorkshire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Yorkshire as one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure....

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

County Championship

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

Wilfred Rhodes

Wilfred Rhodes was an English professional cricketer who played 58 Test matches for England between 1899 and 1930. In Tests, Rhodes took 127 wickets in and scored 2,325 runs, becoming the first Englishman to complete the double of 1,000 runs and 100 wickets in Test matches...

 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.

He joined Sussex

Sussex County Cricket Club

Sussex County Cricket Club is the oldest of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Sussex. The club was founded as a successor to Brighton Cricket Club which was a representative of the county of Sussex as a...

 in 2002, but, beset by injury, he only stayed two years before moving to Middlesex

Middlesex County Cricket Club

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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

Lord's Cricket Ground

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 in June 2007, when he took 2 for 35 for the MCC

Marylebone Cricket Club

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 against a European XI.

External links

• Paul Hutchison at ECB