Paul Prichard

Who is Paul Prichard?

Paul Prichard is an English cricketer 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 team-mates such as Steve 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.