Peter Parfitt

Personal information

Full name

Peter Howard Parfitt

Born

8 December 1936 (age 80)
Billingford, Breckland, Norfolk, England

Batting style

Left-hand bat

Bowling style

Right-arm offbreak

International information

National side

English

Career statistics

Competition	Tests	First-class
Matches	37	498
Runs scored	1882	26924
Batting average	40.91	36.33
100s/50s	7/6	58/144
Top score	131*	200*
Balls bowled	1326	18385
Wickets	12	277
Bowling average	47.83	30.32
5 wickets in innings	–	5
10 wickets in match	–	–
Best bowling	2/5	6/45
Catches/stumpings	42/–	565/–

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Peter Parfitt (born Peter Howard Parfitt, 8 December 1936 in Billingford, Breckland, Norfolk, England) is an English former cricketer. He attended Fakenham Grammar School, and King Edward VII Grammar School, in Kings Lynn, Norfolk.

The cricket correspondent Colin Bateman noted, "he was a stocky, powerful left-handed batsman, happy to take on the quicks, and he made a dramatic impact in Test cricket despite his misgivings".

Parfitt was an all round sportsman, playing for Norwich City reserves at football, and cricket at Minor Counties level, before Middlesex offered him a playing contract.

Parfitt played for Middlesex between 1956 and 1972, captaining the team from 1968 to 1970. He played in thirty seven Tests for England between 1962 and 1972, and was one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 1963. He made four centuries in five consecutive Tests against Pakistan in 1962, but was used as a makeshift opener in the 1962-63 Ashes series in Australia and failed.

A left-handed batsman, right-arm off-break bowler and fine fielder, he was judged to be one of the most exciting strokemakers of his generation. Parfitt took over the captaincy at Middlesex when Fred Titmus stood down, but was not pleased to have only two seasons in charge, before Mike Brearley took over the role. He scored almost 27,000 runs in first-class cricket.

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