Paul Dominic McKeown (born 3 May 1962) is a former English

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er. McKeown was a right-handed

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who bowled right-arm fast-medium. He was born in

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, Lancashire. McKeown made his debut for

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in the 1987

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against

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. McKeown played

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cricket for Lincolnshire from 1989 to 1993, which included 18 Minor Counties Championship matches and 2

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matches. He made his

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debut against

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in the

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. He bowled 12 wicket-less overs in the Gloucestershire innings, which cost 84 runs. With the bat, he scored 3 unbeaten runs. He played a further List A match for Lincolnshire against

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in the

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. In this match, he took 3 wickets for the cost of 52 runs from 12 overs, while with the bat he remained unbeaten on one at the end of the Lincolnshire innings.

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