Paul Prichard
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Paul Prichard is an English
cricket
er who played for Essex County Cricket Club
. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler. He is best known for spending seventeen years as a batsman for Essex at first-class
and List A level where he was club captain from 1995-1998. After playing for Essex, Prichard spent the last three years of his playing career at Berkshire
.
Prichard first played for Essex Schools at the age of nine, and was nurtured at the Hutton club by his father, a prominent Hutton player, and Doug Pont. He graduated from the Essex Schools sides to England Schools, and moved to the more prominent Orsett and Thurrock club.
He played in five Youth Test Matches and 4 Youth One-Day Internationals between 1981 and 1983. His first Test for England Young Cricketers
against India
alongside teammates such as Steven O'Shaughnessy
and Tim Boon
.
On the Essex staff from the age of 16, his first team debut came in 1982, when he played in a 40-over League match, however, he neither batted or bowled during this match, batting lower down the order than was required, and not being called in to bowl at any time. He competed in the Benson and Hedges Cup for the next twelve years, and later in his career in the C&G trophy.
His maiden first-class
century came in his debut year, 1984, at Old Trafford against Lancashire. As a schoolboy he was a decent wicket-keeper, but it was as a batsman that he excelled, although his fielding also won him much praise.
He won his Essex cap in 1986, was the club captain 1995-98, and was awarded a benefit year in 1996.
For some years he played grade cricket in Australia and coached at the Chelmsford Indoor School.
He played in the Minor Counties Championship Western Division extensively between 2002 and 2006, for Berkshire
.
England
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cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
er who played for Essex County Cricket Club
Essex County Cricket Club
Essex County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Essex. Its limited overs team is called the Essex Eagles, their team colours this season are blue.The club plays most of its home games...
. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler. He is best known for spending seventeen years as a batsman for Essex at first-class
First-class cricket
First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...
and List A level where he was club captain from 1995-1998. After playing for Essex, Prichard spent the last three years of his playing career at Berkshire
Berkshire County Cricket Club
Berkshire County Cricket Club is one of the county clubs which make up the Minor Counties in the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Berkshire and playing in the Minor Counties Championship and MCCA Knockout Trophy....
.
Prichard first played for Essex Schools at the age of nine, and was nurtured at the Hutton club by his father, a prominent Hutton player, and Doug Pont. He graduated from the Essex Schools sides to England Schools, and moved to the more prominent Orsett and Thurrock club.
He played in five Youth Test Matches and 4 Youth One-Day Internationals between 1981 and 1983. His first Test for England Young Cricketers
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...
against India
Indian cricket team
The Indian cricket team is the national cricket team of India. Governed by the Board of Control for Cricket in India , it is a full member of the International Cricket Council with Test and One Day International status....
alongside teammates such as Steven O'Shaughnessy
Steven O'Shaughnessy
Steven Joseph O'Shaughnessy, often known as Steve is a former English cricketer, who played for Lancashire and Worcestershire in the 1980s, and then had a substantial career in Minor Counties cricket with Cumberland...
and Tim Boon
Tim Boon
Timothy James Boon is a former English cricketer who is currently the coach of Leicestershire....
.
On the Essex staff from the age of 16, his first team debut came in 1982, when he played in a 40-over League match, however, he neither batted or bowled during this match, batting lower down the order than was required, and not being called in to bowl at any time. He competed in the Benson and Hedges Cup for the next twelve years, and later in his career in the C&G trophy.
His maiden first-class
First-class cricket
First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...
century came in his debut year, 1984, at Old Trafford against Lancashire. As a schoolboy he was a decent wicket-keeper, but it was as a batsman that he excelled, although his fielding also won him much praise.
He won his Essex cap in 1986, was the club captain 1995-98, and was awarded a benefit year in 1996.
For some years he played grade cricket in Australia and coached at the Chelmsford Indoor School.
He played in the Minor Counties Championship Western Division extensively between 2002 and 2006, for Berkshire
Berkshire County Cricket Club
Berkshire County Cricket Club is one of the county clubs which make up the Minor Counties in the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Berkshire and playing in the Minor Counties Championship and MCCA Knockout Trophy....
.