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| Full name | Patrick Anthony Hector | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 29 July 1958 Islington, London, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1977 | Essex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:Cricinfo,28 September 2014 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Patrick Anthony Hector (born 29 July 1958) is an English former first-class cricketer. He played in three matches for Essex in the 1977 English cricket season. He also appeared for the England Under-19 cricket team in two One-Day International matches against Australia in England in the same cricket season.
Hector was a right-handed lower-order batsman,though in his first first-class match against Cambridge University he batted in the Essex middle order and scored 40 runs,his career-best score. [1] He was also a right-arm fast-medium pace bowler who opened the bowling. His best bowling performance came in his last match,with three for 56 against Leicestershire. [2]
Wisden wrote in 1978 that Hector was "highly thought of by the senior players" at Essex, [3] but he did not appear for the county again,although he played second eleven cricket for a further season.
Pat was born in England and is of Jamaican descent. [4] His son Michael is a professional footballer with Dagenham and Redbridge and is an international footballer for the Jamaica national football team.