South African born Patrick Anthony Howard 'Paddy' Upton was born on 5 November 1968 and is a Cricket Coach specialising as Head Coach in Professional T20 cricket, Mental Coach to professional athletes, Sports Scientist Executive Coach and Professor of Practice at Deakin University.
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Paddy Upton worked as the Strength and Conditioning coach for the South Africa cricket team and the Western Province rugby team.
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Between 2012 and 2018 Paddy Upton has been head coach in 12 professional T20 cricket seasons, for five different teams across three tournaments, including the Indian Premier League, Australian Big Bash League and the Pakistan Super League.
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Paddy Upton joined the Sydney Thunder team after they had lost 21 out of 22 matches in the first three seasons of the Big Bash League, leading them to Big Bash League Champions two seasons later, in BBL05.
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Paddy Upton has degrees from four different Universities, including two Master's degrees.
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Paddy Upton was born on 5 November 1968 in Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa.
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Paddy Upton represented the Western Province Schools U19 cricket team from grade 10 to grade 12, captaining the team in 1986.
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Paddy Upton played rugby for Maties, for the first XV at University of Port Elizabeth, as well as for the University of Cape Town.
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Paddy Upton was involved as a key strategist with the team coach Bob Woolmer and then-captain Hansie Cronje.
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Paddy Upton has served as personal Mental Coach to over 100 professional athletes from 11 different sports, and across five continents, including cricket, rugby, soccer, golf, tennis, swimming and World Tour surfing.
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Paddy Upton worked for one season as Mental Coach and Performance Consultant to the Eastern Province Kings Currie Cup rugby team, under coach Carlos Spencer.
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The duo of Kirsten and Paddy Upton spent three years with the Indian team, during which time the team attained the top test ICC team ranking for their first time, and went on to win the ICC World Cup in 2011 – with India having last won that tournament 28 years prior.
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Paddy Upton was brought back to the Indian team as a mental conditioning expert in July 2022, during the India tour of West Indies.
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Paddy Upton was appointed head coach of a 6th team, the Durban Qalandars in South Africa's T20 Global League, before the tournament was postponed.
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Paddy Upton was head coach of Pune Warriors in 2012, of Rajasthan Royals for three seasons and then Delhi Daredevils for two seasons in the Indian Premier League.
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Paddy Upton got appointed as Team Catalyst of Rajasthan Royals for IPL 2022 ediiton.
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Paddy Upton was head coach of the Sydney Thunder cricket team in the Australian Big Bash League for four seasons, from 2014 to 2018.
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Paddy Upton's appointment came after the team had lost 21 out of 22 matches in the first three seasons of the Big Bash League.
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Paddy Upton was head coach of Lahore Qalandars in the inaugural two seasons of the Pakistan Super League, hosted in Dubai.
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Paddy Upton has degrees from four different universities, including two master's degrees.
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