Paddy Clift

{{Short description|Zimbabwean cricketer (1953–1996)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name =

| country = Zimbabwe

| fullname = Patrick Bernard Clift

| nickname =

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1953|7|12|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Southern Rhodesia, Rhodesia

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1996|9|3|1953|7|12|df=yes}}

| death_place = Durban, KwaZulu-Natal,
South Africa

| heightft = 6

| heightinch = 1

| heightm =

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm medium

| role =

| family =

| club1 = Natal

| year1 = 1980/81–1987/88

| clubnumber1 =

| club2 = Zimbabwe

| year2 = 1979/80

| clubnumber2 =

| club3 = Leicestershire

| year3 = 1975–1987

| clubnumber3 =

| club4 = Rhodesia

| year4 = 1971/72–1978/79

| clubnumber4 =

| columns = 2

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 319

| runs1 = 8,395

| bat avg1 = 23.64

| 100s/50s1 = 2/31

| top score1 = 106

| deliveries1 = 51,972

| wickets1 = 876

| bowl avg1 = 24.66

| fivefor1 = 26

| tenfor1 = 2

| best bowling1 = 8/17

| catches/stumpings1 = 161/–

| column2 = List A

| matches2 = 243

| runs2 = 2,427

| bat avg2 = 19.73

| 100s/50s2 = –/4

| top score2 = 91

| deliveries2 = 11,712

| wickets2 = 295

| bowl avg2 = 25.45

| fivefor2 = –

| tenfor2 = –

| best bowling2 = 4/13

| catches/stumpings2 = 66/–

| date = 20 October

| year = 2012

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/zimbabwe/content/player/55312.html Cricinfo

}}

Patrick Bernard Clift (14 July 1953 – 2 September 1996){{Cite web |title=Paddy Clift Profile - Cricket Player Zimbabwe {{!}} Stats, Records, Video |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/paddy-clift-55312 |access-date=2024-03-24 |website=ESPNcricinfo |language=en}} was a Zimbabwean first class cricketer for Leicestershire County Cricket Club, who was educated at St. George's College, Harare.{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/228764.html|title=Obituaries in 1996|date=6 December 2005|website=Wisden}} He was a right-armed medium bowler and right-handed batsman. Clift died in South Africa after a battle with bone marrow cancer, in the same year that Leicestershire won the County Championship.