Paul Prichard

He played in the Minor Counties Championship Western Division extensively between 2002 and 2006, for Berkshire.

He played for Essex as a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler for seventeen years. He was club captain from 1995–1998 before spending the last three years of his playing career at Berkshire.

He won his Essex cap in 1986, was the club captain 1995–98, and was awarded a benefit year in 1996.

His maiden first-class century came in his debut year, 1984, at Old Trafford against Lancashire. As a schoolboy he was a decent wicket-keeper, but it was as a batsman that he excelled, although his fielding also won him much praise.

On the Essex staff from the age of 16, his first team debut came in 1982, when he played in a 40-over League match, however, he neither batted or bowled during this match, batting lower down the order than was required, and not being called in to bowl at any time. He competed in the Benson and Hedges Cup for the next twelve years, and later in his career in the C&G trophy.

He played in five Youth Test Matches and 4 Youth One-Day Internationals between 1981 and 1983. His first Test for England Young Cricketers against India alongside team-mates such as Steve O'Shaughnessy and Tim Boon.

Paul Prichard (born 7 January 1965) is an English cricket coach and retired cricketer. He currently coaches Dorset.