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Full name Paul John Walter Allott
Born September 14, 1956, Altrincham, Cheshire
Current age 51 years 358 days
Major teams England,Lancashire,Staffordshire,Wellington
Nickname Wally, Walt, Wal
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium
Other Commentator
Height
6 ft 4 in
Education Altringham Grammar School; Bede College, Durham
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
13
18
3
213
52*
14.20
535
39.81
0
1
20
1
4
0
ODIs
13
6
1
15
8
3.00
25
60.00
0
0
1
0
2
0
First-class
245
262
64
3360
88
16.96
0
10
136
0
List A
291
126
50
878
43
11.55
0
0
56
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
13
22
2225
1084
26
6/61
6/85
41.69
2.92
85.5
0
1
0
ODIs
13
13
819
552
15
3/41
3/41
36.80
4.04
54.6
0
0
0
First-class
245
38927
16665
652
8/48
25.55
2.56
59.7
30
0
List A
291
13939
8253
321
4/12
4/12
25.71
3.55
43.4
8
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
England v Australia at Manchester, Aug 13-17, 1981 scorecard
Last Test
England v Australia at Manchester, Aug 1-6, 1985 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
Sri Lanka v England at Colombo (SSC), Feb 13, 1982 scorecard
Last ODI
England v Australia at Lord's, Jun 3, 1985 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span
1978 - 1991
List A span
1978 - 1993
Profile
The world turned up at Northampton in 1981 to watch the great fast bowler Michael Holding make his debut for Lancashire. His thunder was stolen by a tall, blond, bespectacled unknown at the other end, who took 8 for 48 with unpretentious late outswing. Barely three months later, Paul Allott was an England cricketer and Lancashire thought they might have their new Brian Statham. Allott shed the specs but never quite became the new Statham. In the less forgiving conditions of Test cricket, he often struggled but remained a mainstay for Lancashire throughout the decade before finding an afterlife as one of Sky TV's more perceptive and agreeable commentators.
Matthew Engel
