Paul Horton

Quick Facts

Full Name	Paul Horton
Occupation	Cricketer
Date Of Birth	Sep 20, 1982(1982-09-20)
Age	42
Country	Australia
Birth City	Sydney
Horoscope	Virgo

Paul Horton Biography

Paul Horton is one of the most popular and richest Cricketer who was born on September 20, 1982 in Sydney, Australia. Born on the 20th of September, 1982, in Sydney, Australia, Horton was raised in Sydney prior to moving Liverpool, England, (the birthplace of both his parents) when he was an teen. The first year of his cricket career during his time in England took place by Winstanley Park, a team located at Billinge, Wigan, with whom he did well and was notice by Lancashire. In the following season, the club played in Sefton Park, a CC located in Liverpool in the hope that this league was of a better quality. He was then a part of the Lancashire youth team and captained the U17 as well as the U19 teams.

Horton scored 108 runs in the month of May 2008. Horton recorded 108 runs against an Durham bowling attack that included Steve Harmison, who had been removed from the England team, only to be removed. Horton’s century was part of an Lancashire victory of the score of 232 when James Anderson and Andrew Flintoff took 16 wickets in the game. Horton recorded his sixth century of the first class and also his second against Yorkshire in May 2008. Horton scored 152, which was his previous best score. He made a team of 258 together with Mohammad Yousuf who went on to score 205* when the match ended in a draw which was the same as Lancashire’s record for any team against Yorkshire. The summer of 2008 saw Lancashire Captain Stuart Law declared that Horton was performing good enough to make it to England however, his batting was not yet at the level that he wanted to be. Following a string of impressive performances by the Lancashire’s first-class team, Horton stated that he wanted to continue playing one day cricket. On the 25th of August, the same year, Horton made his debut on the list. A half-century. At number three Horton scored the most points in the county of Lancashire with 56 runs from 75 balls in the match against Sussex.

In late 2010, Horton was signed by Zimbabwean side Matabeleland Tuskers. He described his role in the squad as “… to get runs in all forms of the game and also bring an approach and a dedication to the game that rubs off on the rest of the squad. To have that added responsibility on my shoulders can only make me a better person and a better cricketer in the forthcoming season for Lancashire.” In a match against the Mountaineers in November, Horton scored his first T20 half-century, beating his previous best of 44. He set another personal best two months later in a match against Southern Rocks; Horton scored his maiden first-class double-century. The innings of 209 beat his previous highest score of 173.

In September 2015, it was announced that Horton had signed a three-year deal with Leicestershire.

In May 2007, Horton scored his maiden hundred for Lancashire with 139 runs in the County Championship match against Worcestershire His feat came on the last day of a draw and he was being stranded throughout the 90s. In the month of August Horton improved his score to the score of 149 against their greatest adversaries Yorkshire This was 258 in a partnership and Stuart Law for Lancashire’s highest team for any wicket of the first class against Yorkshire and beat previously set records of 247 held by Graham Lloyd and Ian Austin in 1997. In August of that same season, Horton set another career record with a score in 152 over Hampshire in a draw. An impressive 2007 season for Horton was recognized at the end of 2007 when his club was awarded the Lancashire Cap in addition to being selected as the Lancashire The Player of the Year in the close year. Horton ended his season with 1,034 runs in the championship, at the rate of 49.23. In recognition of his performances on the field, Horton was named the BBC North West Sports Awards Newcomer for 2007.

Paul Horton Net Worth

Paul Horton is one of the richest Cricketer from Australia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Paul Horton 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Paul James Horton (born 20 September 1982 in Sydney, Australia) is an Australian cricketer who plays who plays for Leicestershire County Cricket Club in England and Matabeleland Tuskers in Zimbabwe.

Horton was a member of Horton joined the Lancashire first team in 2003 when he joined the Lancashire first team squad. Horton was very close to scoring his first first-class century in the month of July 2005, when he scored 99 while playing at number 4 in a match against Essex in a draw but was exiled in the first over by Grant Flower two overs before the final whistle. In the end, he was not able to secure an appearance in the Lancashire team, Horton went on to spend his winter playing Grade cricket in Australia to enhance his ability to bat. He was a player in the Ginninderra Cricket Club in Canberra. Horton also represented his team Canberra Comets in the second third Cricket Australia Cup which is an official second XI tournament in the state of Australia one level lower than first-class classification. After several years of dazzling playing second-XI cricket Horton finally made his mark and made his way into the team of first choice.

Over the 2008/09 winter season, Horton played club cricket in Australia; he captained Gosnells cricket team in Western Australia. In March, Horton was part of the Lancashire squad which toured the United Arab Emirates and took part in the Pro ARCH Trophy. He scored a century against Sussex, and finished as the third-highest run-scorer of the tournament. Horton began the 2009 English season by scoring a century in Lancashire’s opening first-class match. Opening the batting against Durham University, he scored 105 runs from 182 balls before being stumped. On 26 April 2009, Horton scored his maiden list A century after missing the first one-day game of the season through injury; opening the batting with Tom Smith, he scored 100 off 108 balls as Lancashire won by 6 wickets. Despite registering several low scores in the opening matches of Lancashire’s county championship campaign, Horton’ one-day form was good and he scored his second listA century on 4 May. Becoming only the fourth Lancashire player to score centuries in successive one-day matches, Horton scored 111 not out from 144 balls as Lancashire beat Derbyshire by 8 wickets.

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