Full Name

Paul Farbrace

Born

July 07, 1967, Ash-next-Sandwich, Kent

Age

56y 265d

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Fielding Position

Wicketkeeper

Other

Coach

Paul Farbrace had a brief first-class career as a wicketkeeper with Kent and then Middlesex and Kent, a very sound gloveman but not good enough with the bat at a time the game was moving towards batsmen who could keep. He only played one full season, in 1991, when he held 46 catches and made eight stumpings. After finishing with Middlesex he moved into coaching, initially with the England women's team and then the Under-19s before returning to Kent. In July 2007 he was appointed Trevor Bayliss' assistant as Sri Lanka coach, and later took over as head coach, winning the World T20 in 2012. In 2015, Farbrace and Bayliss were reunited in the England coaching set-up with dramatic impact. Farbrace, initially appointed as interim coach for the visit of New Zealand in 2015, helped set in motion a new more liberated approach to one-day cricket that put the misery of that year's World Cup swiftly out of mind. When Bayliss came on board in time for that summer's arrival of Australia, England embarked on an upturn in their white-ball fortunes that would culminate in the 2019 World Cup win. Farbrace, however, didn't quite see England over the line in that competition. He quit his role early in the year to take up a new post as Sports Director at Edgbaston.
Martin Williamson

Paul Farbrace Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAve100s50sCtSt
FC4050117117918.23048912
List A2820616026*11.42001812

Bowling

FormatMatBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
FC40316411/64-64.0012.3831.0-00
List A28000-----000

Debut/Last Matches of Paul Farbrace

FC Matches

Span
1987 - 1995

List A Matches

Span
1987 - 1995

Photos of Paul Farbrace

Paul Farbrace is supervising a Sussex upturn
Paul Farbrace is looking to lighten the mood at Sussex
Paul Farbrace and Rob Andrew address the press
Paul Farbrace is head coach of Team Abu Dhabi
Paul Farbrace became Warwickshire's sport director in 2019
Warwickshire's head coach Jim Troughton and sport director Paul Farbrace