Paul William Harrison (born 22 May 1984) is an English

cricket Cricket is a Bat-and-ball games, bat-and-ball game played between two Sports team, teams of eleven players on a cricket field, field, at the centre of which is a cricket pitch, pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two Bail (cr ...

er who most recently played first-class cricket for

Northamptonshire Northamptonshire ( ; abbreviated Northants.) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England. It is bordered by Leicestershire, Rutland and Lincolnshire to the north, Cambridgeshire to the east, Bedfordshi ...

. He is a middle-order batsman who can also keep wicket.

Career

Harrison was signed by

Leicestershire Leicestershire ( ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England. It is bordered by Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire to the north, Rutland to the east, Northamptonshire to the south-east, Warw ...

in 2006 after impressing at Loughborough UCCE and graduating from the university in 2006. He has previously had spells at Sussex between 2002 and 2004, then

Warwickshire Warwickshire (; abbreviated Warks) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the West Midlands (region), West Midlands of England. It is bordered by Staffordshire and Leicestershire to the north, Northamptonshire to the east, Ox ...

in 2005. Harrison was released by Leicestershire at the end of the 2007 season. In 2008, he played Second XI cricket for

Surrey Surrey () is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Greater London to the northeast, Kent to the east, East Sussex, East and West Sussex to the south, and Hampshire and Berkshire to the wes ...

and

Worcestershire Worcestershire ( , ; written abbreviation: Worcs) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the West Midlands (region), West Midlands of England. It is bordered by Shropshire, Staffordshire, and the West Midlands (county), West ...

before joining

until the end of the season. He made his debut for Northamptonshire against one of his former trialist clubs, Surrey on 8 September.Harrison poser for Northants
''ECB Website.'' 2009-09-08. Retrieved 9 November 2009. At the start of the 2010 season, Harrison was a first team regular and kept wicket due to Niall O'Brien being on international duty and David Murphy still at University.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Harrison, Paul Leicestershire cricketers Warwickshire cricketers Northamptonshire cricketers 1984 births Living people Alumni of Loughborough University Cricketers from Cuckfield English cricketers Loughborough MCCU cricketers British Universities cricketers Wicket-keepers