Paul Whitaker
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Paul Robert Whitaker is a former English
English people
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 cricket
Cricket
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er. Whitaker was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm Off-break.

Whitaker joined Hampshire
Hampshire County Cricket Club
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 in 1994, making his first-class
First-class cricket
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 debut against Leicestershire
Leicestershire County Cricket Club
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. In the 1995/96 New Zealand
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 cricket season, Whitaker also represented Central Districts
Central Districts Stags
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 in six one-day matches in the Shell Cup. Whitaker was released by Hampshire at the end of the 1998 County Championship season. He also represented England at U 17, U 18 and U 19 level.

He is now the co owner and Regional Manager of Property Brokers Real Estate company in Hawke's Bay New Zealand where he is responsible for 13 different centres and over 100 people. Paul was one of the top Real Estate sales people in the country between 2001 - 2010 selling over 1000 houses and in his best year selling over 160 houses. He can be contacted at Property Brokers Real Estate company, Hawke's Bay New Zealand.

External links

  • Paul Whitaker on Cricinfo
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  • Paul Whitaker on CricketArchive
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