Paul Ridgway

Paul Matthew Ridgway (born 13 February 1977) is a former English cricketer. Ridgway is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm fast-medium. He was born at Airedale, Yorkshire.

Ridgway made his first-class debut for Lancashire against Kent at Old Trafford in the 1997 County Championship. He made just four further first-class appearances for the county, the last of which came against Warwickshire at the Trafalgar Road Ground, Southport in the 1999 County Championship. In his five first-class appearances, he scored a total of 48 runs at an average of 12.00, with a high score of 35. With the ball, he took 6 wickets at a bowling average of 50.16, with best figures of 3/51.

Outside of the first-class game he played club cricket for East Lancashire and Enfield in the Lancashire League.