Paul Weekes

Paul Weekes

Personal information
Full name	Paul Nicholas Weekes
Born	8 July 1969 Hackney, London, England
Nickname	Weekesy, Twidds
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Batting style	Left-handed
Bowling style	Right-arm off break
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1990–2006	Middlesex (squad no. 9)
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20 Matches 236 323 23 Runs scored 11,060 7,632 516 Batting average 34.88 30.77 30.35 100s/50s 20/55 9/46 –/2 Top score 171* 143* 56 Balls bowled 25,909 11,968 390 Wickets 304 329 10 Bowling average 41.97 29.23 52.70 5 wickets in innings 5 – – 10 wickets in match – – – Best bowling 8/39 4/17 3/29 Catches/stumpings 210/– 138/– 5/–
Source: Cricinfo, 2 September 2012

Paul Nicholas Weekes (born 8 July 1969) is a former English cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and a right-arm offspin bowler.

Born in Hackney, Weekes made his first-class debut for Middlesex in 1990. He is the only English cricketer to have scored more than 150 runs in both innings of a first class game. He has twice made over 1,000 runs in 1996 and 2004. He helped Middlesex finish the 2005 National League as runners-up to Essex.

He retired from first class cricket following Middlesex's relegation at the end of the 2006 county season, having stated his desire to play regular first team cricket earlier in the season. He finished his career with a first class batting average of 34.88 and a first class bowling average of 41.97, with 304 wickets to his name.

He plays club cricket for Hornsey Cricket Club and has been a key part of the Hackney Community College Cricket Academy coaching team since 2002. Paul also coaches twice a week at Westminster School.

External links

• Paul Weekes at Cricinfo
• Paul Weekes at Cricket Archive