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Full name
  
Patrick Bernard Clift

1980/81–1987/88
  
Natal

Height
  
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)

1979/80
  
Zimbabwe


Batting style
  
Right-handed

Name
  
Paddy Clift

Bowling style
  
Right-arm medium

Role
  
Cricket Player

Paddy Clift Paddy Clift passes away Cricket Country

Born
  
12 July 1953 (
1953-07-12
)
Southern Rhodesia, Rhodesia

Died
  
September 1996, Durban, South Africa

Patrick Bernard Clift (July 14, 1953 – September 2, 1996) was a Zimbabwean first class cricketer for Leicestershire County Cricket Club, who was educated at St. George's College, Harare. He was a right-armed medium bowler and handy right-handed batsman. Clift died in South Africa after a battle with bone marrow cancer, in the same year that Leicestershire won the County Championship.

Career highlights

  • In April 1976 he took 8 for 17 for Leicestershire against Marylebone Cricket Club at Lord's. He finished the season with 74 wickets at 20.18. This tally included a hat-trick against Yorkshire at Grace Road.
  • Won the Benson & Hedges Cup in 1985, taking 2 for 40.
  • Made 100 not out in just 50 minutes against Sussex at Hove in 1983. It was the fastest century ever scored by a player for Leicestershire.
  • Holds Rhodesia's eighth and ninth wicket records.
  • Took 5 catches in an innings at Worcester in 1976.
  • In 1984 he took 8 for 26 at Edgbaston.

    • References

    Paddy Clift Wikipedia
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