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Paul Baker (cricketer)

New Zealand cricketer

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 8, 2026
Entity authorityQ101080267 ↗
Source-derived summary

Paul Baker (born 19 August 1968) is a New Zealand cricketer. He played in one first-class match for the Central Districts in 1988/89.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Paul Baker (cricketer)” as new Zealand cricketer. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1968, 1988—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1968-08-19. The account is most persuasive where Paul, Baker and cricketer can be independently traced.
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The subject matters to the general reference register because the source frames it as new Zealand cricketer. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

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Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 8, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q101080267. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1968 and 1988.

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This entry incorporates text from “Paul Baker (cricketer)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.