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Paul Strang

Zimbabwean cricketer

Field	Value
name	Paul Strang
country	Zimbabwe
fullname	Paul Andrew Strang
birth_date
birth_place	Bulawayo, Rhodesia
batting	Right-handed
bowling	Right-arm leg break
role	All-rounder
family	Bryan Strang (brother)
international	true
testdebutdate	26 October
testdebutyear	1994
testdebutagainst	Sri Lanka
testcap	23
lasttestdate	14 September
lasttestyear	2001
lasttestagainst	South Africa
odidebutdate	2 December
odidebutyear	1994
odidebutagainst	Australia
odicap	38
lastodidate	26 November
lastodiyear	2001
lastodiagainst	Bangladesh
club1	Mashonaland Country Districts
year1	1993/94–1995/96
club2	Mashonaland
year2	1994/95–2000/01
club3	Kent
year3	1997
club4	Nottinghamshire
year4	1998
club5	CFX Academy
year5	1999/00
club6	Manicaland
year6	2001/02–2003/04
columns	4
column1	Test
matches1	24
runs1	839
bat avg1	27.06
100s/50s1	1/2
top score1	106*
deliveries1	5,720
wickets1	70
bowl avg1	36.02
fivefor1	4
tenfor1	1
best bowling1	8/109
catches/stumpings1	15/–
column2	ODI
matches2	95
runs2	1,090
bat avg2	22.24
100s/50s2	0/0
top score2	47
deliveries2	4,351
wickets2	96
bowl avg2	33.05
fivefor2	2
tenfor2	0
best bowling2	5/21
catches/stumpings2	30/–
column3	FC
matches3	107
runs3	3,613
bat avg3	30.10
100s/50s3	3/17
top score3	154
deliveries3	21,747
wickets3	324
bowl avg3	30.65
fivefor3	17
tenfor3	3
best bowling3	8/109
catches/stumpings3	96/–
column4	LA
matches4	180
runs4	1,941
bat avg4	19.60
100s/50s4	0/1
top score4	52*
deliveries4	8,015
wickets4	193
bowl avg4	29.75
fivefor4	3
tenfor4	0
best bowling4	6/32
catches/stumpings4	64/–
date	19 August
year	2012
source	http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/55758.html CricInfo

| 100s/50s1 = 1/2 | catches/stumpings1 = 15/– | 100s/50s2 = 0/0 | catches/stumpings2 = 30/– | 100s/50s3 = 3/17 | catches/stumpings3 = 96/– | 100s/50s4 = 0/1 | catches/stumpings4 = 64/– Paul Andrew Strang (born 28 July 1970) is a Zimbabwean cricket coach and former international player. A leg-spinning all-rounder, he played in 24 Test matches and 95 One Day Internationals for Zimbabwe between 1994 and 2001. He played Test cricket alongside his brother, Bryan Strang; their father, Ronald Strang, was a first-class umpire and was TV umpire for two of Zimbabwe's Test matches in 1994/5.

Strang has since moved into coaching, joining the Auckland Aces as a high performance coach in 2008, and becoming the full-time coach soon afterwards.

Domestic career

He played two seasons of county cricket as an overseas player, firstly for Kent County Cricket Club in 1997 and then for Nottinghamshire in 1998.

International career

Strang studied at the University of Cape Town, and toured Pakistan with the Zimbabwe side in 1993/4. He played his first Test in 1994, and became a professional cricketer in 1995. He was one of the leading wicket-takers in the 1996 Cricket World Cup in India, taking 12 wickets with a bowling average of 16, although the team was knocked out in the preliminary stage, beating Kenya (with Strang taking 5 wickets) but losing its other 4 matches.

Strang scored his only Test century in the 1st innings of the 1st Test against Pakistan at Sheikhupura in 1996–7, batting at No. 8, including a stand of 87 with his brother for the 9th wicket. He also took 5 wickets in Pakistan's 1st innings in the same match. Strang's achievement was overshadowed by a double century, 257 not out, scored by Wasim Akram, and the match was drawn.

He played in the 1999 Cricket World Cup in England, where Zimbabwe beat Kenya, India and South Africa to qualify for the "Super Six" stage. His best Test bowling figures of 8–109 came against New Zealand in the 1st innings at Bulawayo in 2000–1, although Zimbabwe lost the match by 7 wickets. His remain the best bowling figures by a Zimbabwean in an innings in Test cricket (the best match figures belong to Adam Huckle). He only played in three further Tests, with his international career curtailed in 2000 by a chronic injury to the muscles of his right hand.

Records

Strang is the only Zimbabwean Test cricketer to take ten wickets in a match and still end up on the losing side of a test match.

References

"Strang joins Auckland as high performance coach". ESPNcricinfo.
"Paul Strang fills in as Auckland coach". ESPNcricinfo.
"1st Test, Zimbabwe tour of Pakistan at Sheikhupura, Oct 17-21 1996 {{!}} Match Summary {{!}} ESPNCricinfo". ESPNcricinfo.
"1st Test, New Zealand tour of Zimbabwe at Bulawayo, Sep 12-16 2000 {{!}} Match Summary {{!}} ESPNCricinfo". ESPNcricinfo.
"Bowling records {{!}} Test matches {{!}} Cricinfo Statsguru {{!}} ESPN Cricinfo". ESPNcricinfo.

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