Paul-Jan Bakker

Paul-Jan Bakker

Personal information
Full name	Paul-Jan Bakker
Born	(1957-09-19) 19 September 1957 Vlaardingen, South Holland, Netherlands
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium-fast
International information
National side	Netherlands (1996)
ODI debut (cap 2)	17 February 1996 v New Zealand
Last ODI	5 March 1996 v South Africa
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1986–1992	Hampshire
Career statistics
Competition ODI FC LA Matches 5 69 68 Runs scored 1 333 59 Batting average – 9.51 8.42 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 Top score 1* 22 14 Balls bowled 258 11,525 3,377 Wickets 3 193 80 Bowling average 71.66 28.01 28.27 5 wickets in innings 0 7 2 10 wickets in match 0 0 0 Best bowling 2/51 7/31 5/17 Catches/stumpings 0/0 9/0 4/0
Source: Cricinfo, 14 May 2017

Paul-Jan Bakker (born 19 August 1957) is a former Dutch cricketer. Bakker was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler.

International career

An accurate seam bowler, Bakker made his ICC Trophy debut in 1986, taking 5/18 against Papua New Guinea. In 1989 he took an impressive 3/20 for the Netherlands in a limited-over match against a strong touring Australia side, his wickets including Mark Taylor and Dean Jones, who had both just dominated England bowlers in a test match series. (This game did not have full One Day International status.) He played all five One Day Internationals for The Netherlands during the 1996 Cricket World Cup, including his country's first official ODI against New Zealand at the advanced age of 38. Quirkily, his solitary ODI run was an umpiring error against UAE at Lahore. The final delivery of the Dutch innings yielded a scampered bye to keeper Abbasi but without an umpire signal – with contact he would have been caught behind! After the 1996 World Cup Bakker retired from cricket.

Career in England

Between 1986 and 1992 Bakker played for Hampshire in the English County Championship (being their leading wicket taker in 1989).

References

• Paul-Jan Bakker on Cricinfo