Paul Prashad (born 23 September 1967) is a Canadian former

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, who played his last international game on 17 October 2000. He was a right-handed batsman. His first known game for

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was on 11 June 1986 against the

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in the

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. He was one of Canada's most successful batsmen in

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, scoring more runs in the tournament than any other Canadian batsman. He also scored three of Canada's centuries in the tournament, including the highest two scores, the highest being an unbeaten 164 against

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1967 births Living people Canadian cricketers Guyanese cricketers Cricketers at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Canadian sportspeople of Indian descent People from East Berbice-Corentyne Guyanese emigrants to Canada Indo-Guyanese people Canadian people of Indo-Guyanese descent Commonwealth Games competitors for Canada {{Canada-cricket-bio-stub