Paul Farbrace
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| Full name | Paul Farbrace | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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7 July 1967 Ash-next-Sandwich, Kent, England |
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| Nickname | Farby | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting style | Right-hand batsman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Wicketkeeper | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1990–1995 | Middlesex | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1987–1989 | Kent | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First-class debut | 6 May 1987 Kent v Pakistanis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last First-class | 20 June 1995 Middlesex v Oxford University | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| List A debut | 24 June 1987 Kent v Scotland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last List A | 16 July 1995 Middlesex v Warwickshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: CricketArchive, 2 December 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Paul Farbrace (born 7 July 1967) is a former English First-Class cricketer, and is currently England assistant cricket coach following Peter Moores's sacking.
He enjoyed considerable success as head coach of the Sri Lankan Cricket Team, winning the ICC World Twenty20 2014 and Asia Cup 2014.
Farbrace, nicknamed "Farbie", was a capable wicket-keeper and right-handed batsman who represented Kent (1987–1989) and Middlesex (1990–1995) in 40 first-class matches and 28 List A matches.
His peak season in county cricket was 1991, when he played 20 first class matches, made 54 dismissals, but he only averaged 14.81 with the bat,. With an overall career average of 18.23 he only made another four appearances in first-class cricket, all of which were matches against universities, rather than County Championship matches. He was replaced as wicket-keeper by longstanding Middlesex player Keith Brown, who had played as a specialist batsman while Farbrace was in the side.
Farbrace's early forays into a coaching career saw him spend two years coaching U15 football at Hampton School. Despite some mediocre results, Hampton's style of football was widely admired throughout the London Schools football scene. Following Hampton, he led England's Under 19 side, and the national women's team in 2000. Following a spell running the Kent Academy, he was appointed as the assistant coach to Trevor Bayliss for Sri Lanka in July 2007. He sustained a minor injury when the Sri Lankan team was attacked by terrorists in Lahore in March 2009.
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