Paul Richard Sawyer (born 26 December 1979) is an English cricketer. Sawyer is a left-handed batsman who bowls leg break. He was born in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. Sawyer made his debut for Buckinghamshire in the 1997 Minor Counties Championship against Staffordshire. Stanway has played Minor counties cricket for Buckinghamshire from 1997 to present, which includes 52 Minor Counties Championship matches and 22 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. In 1997, he made his List A debut against Essex in the NatWest Trophy. He played 10 further List A matches for Buckinghamshire, the last coming against Lancashire in the 2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In his 10 List A matches, he took scored 196 runs at a batting average of 24.50, with a single half century high score which came against Suffolk