Paul Dunkels, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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English cricketer
Date of Birth: 26-Nov-1947
Place of Birth: Marylebone, England, United Kingdom
Profession: cricketer
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius 
About Paul Dunkels
- Paul Renton Dunkels Q.C.
- (born 26 November 1947) is a former English cricketer who is currently a barrister.
- Dunkels was a left-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace.
- He was born in Marylebone, London and was educated at Harrow School, where he represented the school cricket team.
- Standing 6 ft 10in, Dunkels was one of the tallest first-class cricketers of all time.
- Dunkels first played county cricket for Devon in the 1969 Minor Counties Championship against the Somerset Second XI.
- He played Minor counties cricket for Devon from 1969 to 1975, playing 29 matches for the county.
- He additionally played for three first-class teams, playing a single first-class match for each one.
- His first-class debut came for Warwickshire in 1971 against the touring Indians.
- His second first-class match came in the same season for a combined Minor Counties team against the same opposition.
- The following season he played his third and final first-class match, this time for Sussex against Cambridge University.
- Despite his remarkable height, Dunkels was not a bowler who could bowl with great pace or generate steepling bounce, instead bowling medium pace.
- His three first-class matches yielded three wickets at an expensive bowling average of 84.33, with all three of his wickets coming for Sussex.
- He was called to the bar in 1972, and appointed as a Queen's Counsel in 1993.
- He is currently practising on the Western Circuit, and is a door tenant at Albion Chambers in Bristol and a member at Walnut House Chambers, Exeter.
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