Paul Jackson (Australian cricketer)

Paul Jackson

Personal information
Full name	Paul William Jackson
Born	(1961-11-01) 1 November 1961 (age 63) East Melbourne, Victoria
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Slow left-arm orthodox
Role	Bowler
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1985/86–1991/92	Victoria
1992/93–1998/99	Queensland
FC debut	25 January 1986 Victoria v South Australia
Last FC	19 March 1999 Queensland v Western Australia
LA debut	15 February 1986 Victoria v New South Wales
Last LA	21 February 1999 Queensland v New South Wales
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A Matches 105 41 Runs scored 967 87 Batting average 12.72 21.75 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 Top score 49 18* Balls bowled 22,867 2,123 Wickets 240 52 Bowling average 38.27 27.61 5 wickets in innings 3 1 10 wickets in match 0 0 Best bowling 6/55 5/22 Catches/stumpings 29/– 9/–
Source: CricketArchive, 10 April 2023

Paul William Jackson (born 1 November 1961) is an Australian cricketer who represented Victoria and Queensland from 1985–86 until 1998–99. He was part of Queensland's side when it won the Sheffield Shield for the first time during the 1994/95 season. In the Sheffield Shield final, Jackson took the catch for the final wicket which gave Queensland victory.[1]

In his professional life he is a banking and finance executive. He was appointed to the board of Cricket Victoria in 2007.[2]

Career

In 1987–88. Jackson won a man of the match award for a Victoria vs South Australia McDonald's Cup game, taking 4-26.[3]

His best first class seasons were 1993-94 when he took 28 wickets at 43.57 and 1994–95 when he took 28 wickets at 32.32.

References

1. "Double joy for big carl". The Canberra Times. 29 March 1995. p. 34. Retrieved 19 December 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
2. Cricket Victoria Board Members accessed 31 July 2014
3. "The Home of CricketArchive".

External links

• Paul Jackson at ESPNcricinfo