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Peter Petherick

Peter James Petherick 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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Personal information
Full name
Peter James Petherick
Born(1942-09-25)25 September 1942
Ranfurly, New Zealand
Died7 June 2015(2015-06-07) (aged 72)
Perth, Western Australia
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm offbreak
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 136)9 October 1976 v Pakistan
Last Test25 February 1977 v Australia
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1975/76–1977/78Otago
1978/79–1980/81Wellington
Career statistics
Competition Test FC LA
Matches 6 52 2
Runs scored 34 200 2
Batting average 4.85 5.88 2.00
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score 13 19* 2
Balls bowled 1,305 4,625 74
Wickets 16 189 1
Bowling average 42.56 24.44 53.00
5 wickets in innings 0 9 0
10 wickets in match 0 2 0
Best bowling 3/90 9/93 1/39
Catches/stumpings 4/– 27/– 1/–
Source: Cricinfo, 1 April 2017

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.

Domestic career

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

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 2015.45

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