Peter James Petherick (25 September 1942 – 7 June 2015) was a New Zealand cricketer who represented New Zealand in six Test cricket matches between October 1976 and March 1977 as an off-spinner. He is one of two New Zealand bowlers to achieve a hat-trick in Test matches. He is one of only three players, along with Maurice Allom and Damien Fleming, to have taken a hat-trick on Test debut.
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| Full name | Peter James Petherick | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 25 September 1942 Ranfurly, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 7 June 2015 (aged 72) Perth, Western Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm offbreak | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 136) | 9 October 1976 v Pakistan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 25 February 1977 v Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1975/76–1977/78 | Otago | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1978/79–1980/81 | Wellington | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Domestic career edit
Making his first-class debut at 33,[1] he played for Otago from 1975–76 to 1977–78, and for Wellington from 1978–79 to 1980–81. In his fifth match he took 9 for 93 in the first innings against Northern Districts,[2] and he finished the 1975–76 season with 42 wickets at 20.13.
After cricket edit
After his retirement from cricket, Petherick took up lawn bowls, and skippered a two-man team to the final of the New Zealand national bowls championship in 2006.[3] He died in Perth, Australia, on 7 June 2015.[4][5]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Former NZ offspinner Petherick dies aged 72". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 8 June 2015.
- ^ Otago v Northern Districts 1975-76
- ^ "Upsets at bowls champs". One Sport. 3 January 2006. Retrieved 2 November 2011.
- ^ NZ Newswire via Yahoo!7 sports 8 June 2015 Off spinner Peter Petherick dies Archived 8 June 2015 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Former New Zealand spinner Peter Petherick dies at 72". Yahoo! News. Associated Press. 9 June 2015. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
External links edit
- Peter Petherick at ESPNcricinfo
- "Greatest moments in Otago sport, number 54: Petherick bamboozles the Pakistanis" Otago Daily Times, 12 September 2011.