Paul Sheahan

Andrew Paul Sheahan AM (an haife shi a ranar 30 ga Satumba, 1946) tsohon ɗan wasan kurket ne na ƙasar Australiya wanda ya buga wasanni 31 na gwaji da kuma wasanni uku na One Day Internationals a matsayin ɗan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa na farko da na tsakiya tsakanin 1967 da 1973.

Ya fara buga wasa a matsayin ɗan wasa na farko a shekarar 1965 a ƙungiyar Victorian Sheffield Shield da New South Wales inda ya zira kwallaye 62 da 5. Kwararren mai yin bugun ƙwallo kuma mai tsaron gida, mafi girman maki da ya ci a aji ɗaya shine 202 a wasansa da ƙungiyar Victoria da South Australia a shekarar 1966.

Ya fara buga wasansa na farko a Test a shekara mai zuwa a kan ƙungiyar Indiya da ke yawon buɗe ido, inda ya zira kwallaye 81 da 35 a Adelaide inda ya zira kwallaye uku. Karni na farko na Test shine 114 da ba shi da wata dama a kan Indiya a Kanpur a 1969 a matsayin ɗan wasan tsakiya. Ya ziyarci Ingila sau biyu ( 1968 da 1972 ) da kuma Indiya da Afirka ta Kudu a 1969–70.

Kwarewarsa ta ragu bayan dawowa daga yawon shakatawa na Afirka ta Kudu kuma an kore shi daga ƙungiyar Australiya bayan Gwaji na 2 da ƙungiyar Ingila mai yawon buɗe ido a 1970–71. Duk da haka, a matsayinsa na ɗan wasan farko da ya fara buga ƙwallon ƙafa ne ya nuna dawowarsa a matsayin ɗan wasan kurket na gwaji, kuma ya zira kwallaye 127 a kan Pakistan a Gwajin Melbourne na 1972–73. Da alama yana gab da zama ɗan wasan farko na gasar cin kofin ƙwallon ƙafa ta Australiya, ya yi ritaya daga wasan kurket na gwaji yana da shekaru 26 don mai da hankali kan aikinsa na koyarwa. Ya sake buga kakar wasa ta gaba a wasan kurket na tsakiya, inda ya zira kwallaye 783 a 52.20 don taimakawa Victoria ta yi nasara a Sheffield Shield a 1973–74.

Dan uwan ɗan jaridar ƙwallon ƙafa ne Mike Sheahan.

 Manazarta 
Sheahan, P. "Cricket at the Crossroads", Cathedral End, Australian Cricket Society, Adelaide Branch, Adelaide, p. 33.
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