John Parker (New Zealand cricketer)

John Parker
	Parker in 2013
Personal information
Born	21 February 1951 (age 73); Dannevirke, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Legbreak googly
Relations	Murray Parker (brother); Ken Parker (brother); Mark Parker (nephew);
International information
National side	New Zealand (1973–1981);
Test debut (cap 124)	2 February 1973 v Pakistan
Last Test	26 December 1980 v Australia
ODI debut (cap 17)	31 March 1974 v Australia
Last ODI	3 February 1981 v Australia
Domestic team information
1971–1975	Worcestershire
1972/73–1983/84	Northern Districts
Career statistics
	Source: Cricinfo, 10 April 2017

John Morton Parker (born 21 February 1951) is a former New Zealand international cricketer who played first-class cricket between 1971 and 1984.^[1] He captained New Zealand in the third Test against Pakistan in 1976–77.

Parker played cricket in England when young, and helped Imran Khan at this time.^[2] He was the youngest of three brothers to play first-class cricket, the other two being Kenneth and Murray Parker.^[3]

He played 36 Test matches and 24 One Day International for New Zealand. Parker scored three Test hundreds and 21 first-class hundreds in a career that spanned 14 years.^[1]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b John Parker, CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 November 2023. (subscription required)
^ Kelly F (2016) Schoolboy Imran, The Cricket Monthly, CricInfo, August 2016. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
^ McCarron A (2010) New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010, pp. 103–104. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. ISBN 978 1 905138 98 2 (Available online at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 5 June 2023.)

External links[edit]

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John Parker at ESPNcricinfo

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[ca-1] John Parker, CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 November 2023. (subscription required)

[2] Kelly F (2016) Schoolboy Imran, The Cricket Monthly, CricInfo, August 2016. Retrieved 30 November 2023.

[mc-3] McCarron A (2010) New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010, pp. 103–104. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. ISBN 978 1 905138 98 2 (Available online at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 5 June 2023.)

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