John Parker (New Zealand cricketer)

For other people named John Parker, see John Parker (disambiguation).

John Parker

Cricket information
Batting	Right-hand bat
Bowling	Legbreak googly
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1971 to 1975	Worcestershire
1972-73 to 1983-84	Northern Districts
Career statistics
Competition Tests ODIs FC Matches 36 24 207 Runs scored 1498 248 11,254 Batting average 24.55 12.40 34.84 100s/50s 3/5 0/1 21/53 Top score 121 66 195 Balls bowled 40 16 903 Wickets 1 1 14 Bowling average 24.00 10.00 48.64 5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 10 wickets in match 0 n/a 0 Best bowling 1/24 1/10 3/26 Catches/stumpings 30/- 11/1 177/5
Source: Cricinfo, 10 December 2014

John Morton Parker (born 21 February 1951, Dannevirke) is a former New Zealand cricketer. He played 36 Test matches and 24 ODIs for New Zealand, also serving as interim captain in the third Test against Pakistan in 1976/77. John Parker scored three test hundreds and 21 first class hundreds in a career that spanned 14 years. He was the youngest of three brothers to play first-class cricket, the other two being Kenneth and Murray Parker.

External links

• John Parker at CricketArchive (subscription required)
• John Parker at ESPNcricinfo