Paul Wilson (cricketer)

Paul Wilson
Personal information
Full name
Paul Wilson
Born (1972-01-12) 12 January 1972 (age 52)
Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
NicknameBlocker[1]
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
RoleBowler
International information
National side
Only Test (cap 376)18 March 1998 v India
ODI debut (cap 136)17 December 1997 v New Zealand
Last ODI14 February 1998 v New Zealand
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1993/94–2001/02South Australia
2002/03–2003/04Western Australia
Umpiring information
Tests umpired8 (2019–2023)
ODIs umpired36 (2014–2022)
T20Is umpired26 (2014–2022)
WTests umpired1 (2011)
WODIs umpired8 (2017–2022)
WT20Is umpired1 (2011)
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 1 11 51 84
Runs scored 0 4 405 161
Batting average 1.33 9.41 7.66
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score 0* 2 32* 16
Balls bowled 72 562 11,095 4,542
Wickets 0 13 151 114
Bowling average 34.61 30.77 26.63
5 wickets in innings 0 4 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0
Best bowling 3/39 6/76 4/23
Catches/stumpings 0/– 1/– 8/– 8/–
Source: Cricinfo, 1 June 2023

Paul Wilson (born 12 January 1972) is an Australian cricket umpire and former cricketer who played one Test match and 11 One Day Internationals (ODIs) for the Australian national cricket team, as well as domestically represented South Australia and Western Australia.

Born in Newcastle, New South Wales, Wilson moved to Adelaide to attend the Australian Cricket Academy, and went on to debut for South Australia during the 1995–96 season. A solidly-built right-arm fast bowler, all of his matches at international level came during the 1997–98 season, with his single Test coming during Australia's tour of India. Wilson remained active at the domestic level until the early 2000s, switching to Western Australia for the 2002–03 season. Retiring at the end of the 2003–04 season, for a time he served as the coach of the Western Fury in the Women's National Cricket League. Wilson later became an umpire, and currently sits on Cricket Australia's national umpires panel.