title: Paul Johnson (cricketer)
text: # Paul Johnson (cricketer)
  
  Paul Johnson (born 24 April 1965) is a former English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler. He is most well known for a 22-year career with Nottinghamshire. He was also the club's captain between 1996 and 1998.
  
  Having appeared for the Nottinghamshire second XI as early as 1981, Johnson appeared in three Youth Test matches between 1982 and 1983, scoring a half-century in his second Youth test. Amongst Johnson's accolades are victories in the 1993 and 1995 Tetley Bitter cup. Johnson retired from cricket in 2002, two years before Nottinghamshire's year-long stint in the Second Division in 2004.
  
  