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| Full name | Paul John Wiseman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1970-05-04)4 May 1970 (age 55) Auckland, New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm offbreak | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 205) | 27 May 1998 v Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 11 April 2005 v Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI debut (cap 105) | 20 April 1998 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 20 May 2003 v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1991/92–1993/94 | Auckland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1994/95–2000/01 | Otago | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2001/02–2005/06 | Canterbury | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2008 | Durham | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Paul John Wiseman (born 4 May 1970) is a New Zealand former internationalcricketer.[1] "Wiz", as he was nicknamed, was anoff spinner who took nine wickets in an innings forCanterbury againstCentral Districts inChristchurch to record the second best bowling figures in New Zealand domestic cricket. Internationally, however, he was unable to forge a significant career due to the incumbency of first-choice spinnerDaniel Vettori.[2] Wiseman was a member of the New Zealand team that won the2000 ICC KnockOut Trophy.
Wiseman was born atAuckland in 1970 and educated atLong Bay College in the city.[3] He played for Auckland age-group sides during the 1989–90 season before making hisfirst-class cricket debut for theAuckland cricket team in January 1992. He played for the side for three seasons before moving to play forOtago in 1994–95. After 85 matches for Otago across seven seasons, Wiseman moved to play forCanterbury in 2001–02, playing another 85 matches for the side in the five seasons he played.[4]
Having played for several seasons in English club cricket, including forWinchester Cricket Club and forLancashire League sidesRishton andHaslingden, Wiseman spent the 2005 season as the professional with theCentral Lancashire Cricket League sideMilnrow.[4] He made connections withDurham County Cricket Club, playing Second XI cricket for the county in 2005 before making hisCounty Championship debut the following season. He signed for the side for the following two seasons and played 45 top-level matches for the side between 2006 and 2008.[4] At the end of the 2009, having been overlooked for the spinners berth throughout the season in the county First XI, he retired from professional cricket at the age of 39.[5][6]
On his Test Match debut, he took five wickets in the second innings against Sri Lanka in Colombo in 1998.[7]
Wiseman returned to New Zealand taking up the position of Network Coach for Canterbury Cricket in October 2009. He led both the Canterbury Under 17 and Under 19 teams to wins at their National tournaments in the 2009/10 season.
Wiseman is the coach of theNew Zealand national under-19 cricket team for the2020 Under-19 Cricket World Cup in South Africa.[8]
