Paul Horton
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| Paul Horton | ||||
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| Personal information | ||||
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| Full name | Paul James Horton | |||
| Nickname | Horts | |||
| Born | 20 September 1982 | |||
| Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | ||||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | |||
| Batting style | Right-hand | |||
| Bowling style | Right-arm medium | |||
| Domestic team information | ||||
| Years | Team | |||
| 2003–present | Lancashire | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| FC | LA | T20 | ||
| Matches | 32 | 20 | 5 | |
| Runs scored | 2287 | 307 | 28 | |
| Batting average | 50.82 | 18.05 | 9.33 | |
| 100s/50s | 6/11 | 0/0 | 0/0 | |
| Top score | 152 | 47 | 11 | |
| Balls bowled | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wickets | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bowling average | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| 5 wickets in innings | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| 10 wickets in match | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| Best bowling | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| Catches/stumpings | 24/1 | 1/– | 2/– | |
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As of June 3, 2008 |
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Paul James Horton (born 20 September 1982 in Sydney, Australia) is a current Lancashire cricketer.
Horton was born and raised in Sydney, Australia before moving to Liverpool, England, (the native home of his parents) as a teenager. His first season of cricket in England was played at Winstanley, a team based in Billinge, Wigan, with which he impressed and got noticed by the Lancashire youth. The following season he played his club cricket at Sefton in Aigburth, Liverpool as this league was of a higher standard. He then joined the Lancashire youth set up and captained the U17 and U19 teams.[1] Horton joined the Lancashire first team squad in 2003.[2] He came close to scoring his maiden first class century in July 2005 when he scored 99 batting at number four against Essex in a drawn match; he was dismissed by Grant Flower two overs before the end of the day.[3] After several seasons of impressing in second XI cricket, Horton finally broke through and established himself in the first team.
Horton spent 2006/07 Australian season playing for Ginninderra CC in Canberra. He also represented the Australian Capital Territory in the second tier Cricket Australia Cup which is a state second XI competition one level below first class status.
In May 2007 Horton hit his maiden century for Lancashire with 139 in a County Championship match against Worcestershire; his effort came on the final day of a drawn match and he spent 12 overs in marooned in the 90s.[4] A few weeks later in August, Horton bettered that with a 149 against their great rivals Yorkshire; this came in a partnership of 258 with Stuart Law for Lancashire's highest partnership for any wicket in first-class cricket against Yorkshire, beating the previous record of 247 set by Graham Lloyd and Ian Austin in 1997.[5] Also in August the same year, Horton set another career best of 152 against Hampshire in a drawn match.[6][7] A successful 2007 season for Horton was recognised by the club when he received his Lancashire Cap and was named Lancashire Player of the Year at the end of the season.[8] He finished the season with 1,034 championship runs at an average of 49.23.[9][10] As a result of his on field exploits, Horton was named the BBC North West Sports Awards Newcomer for 2007.[11]
In May 2008, Horton scored 108 against a Durham bowling attack including Steve Harmison, who had been dropped from the England side, before being run out. His century was part of a Lancashire victory by 232 runs as James Anderson and Andrew Flintoff shared 16 wickets in the match.[12] Horton scored his sixth first class century, and his second against Yorkshire, in May 2008. He scored 152, equalling his best score, and shared a partnership of 258 with Mohammad Yousuf who went on to score 205* as the match was drawn, equalling Lancashire's record for any partnership against Yorkshire.[13][14]
[edit] References
- ^ Paul James Horton. Lancashire County Cricket Club. Retrieved on 2007-09-28.
- ^ Wisden Cricinfo staff (2004-09-29). Lancashire release Schofield and Haynes in reshuffle. Cricinfo. Retrieved on 2007-09-28.
- ^ Loye bats Lancs towards stalemate. BBC Online (2005-07-23). Retrieved on 2008-06-06.
- ^ Cricinfo staff (2007-05-18). Nicholson gives Surrey winning chance. Cricinfo. Retrieved on 2008-06-06.
- ^ John Ward. Law and Horton flay Yorkshire. Cricinfo. Retrieved on 2008-06-06.
- ^ Cricinfo staff (2007-08-23). Horton ton boosts Lancashire. Cricinfo. Retrieved on 2008-06-06.
- ^ Cricinfo staff (2007-08-24). Warne could miss rest of season. Cricinfo. Retrieved on 2008-06-06.
- ^ Andrew McGlashan (2008-04-18). Follow-on looms for Lancashire. Cricinfo. Retrieved on 2008-06-06.
- ^ Horton named Player of the Year. Lancashire County Cricket Club (2007-09-27). Retrieved on 2007-09-28.
- ^ Mahmood and Horton receive County Honour. Lancashire County Cricket Club (2007-09-27). Retrieved on 2007-09-28.
- ^ Horton named best Newcomer. Lancashire County Cricket Club (2007-11-27). Retrieved on 2007-11-30.
- ^ John Ward (2008-05-08). Flintoff's run struggle continues. Cricinfo. Retrieved on 2008-06-06.
- ^ John Ward (2008-05-31). Horton and Yousuf take control. Cricinfo. Retrieved on 2008-06-06.
- ^ John Ward (2008-06-02). Yousuf double-century confirms draw. Cricinfo. Retrieved on 2008-06-06.
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