John Parker - Age, Career Info & Stats

Among all of the New Zealand players to have played during the infamous 70s, John Parker is especially known as one of the very foundations of cricketing in New Zealand. Parker was known throughout nations as one of the finest cricketers to have been active in that era and was definitely the biggest challenge that had to be faced by visiting teams. He was an ODI First Class Cricketer, a fact that is a testament to his immense playing ability. He was a right-handed batter and followed the leg break googly Bowling style.

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Batting and Fielding Averages of John Parker

	Mat	Inns	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	6s	Ct	St
Tests	36	63	1498	121	24.55	–	–	3	5	0	30	0
ODIs	24	20	248	66	12.4	403	61.53	0	1	–	11	1
First-class	207	362	11254	195	34.84	–	–	21	53	–	177	5
List A	113	106	2121	107	21.64	–	–	1	9	–	45	2

Early Life

John Parker comes from one of the most famous cricketing families. Both of his other two brothers went into cricketing and made a name for themselves, their names being Kenneth and Murray Parker.

Match History

Being one of the most active cricketers of the last century, John played no less than 36 Test Matches, almost all of which were in his favor, and 24 ODIs for New Zealand, a match count that only brought him increasing fame. A Career that spanned 14 years is one of the most amazing facts about this man, as he managed to stay one of the very best cricketers in all of his playing years.

Parker was known as one of the best scorers of the 70s, and managed to score three Test hundreds, all of them amazing crowds both domestic and abroad, along with 21 ODI hundreds. This scoring history is well known throughout the entirety of Cricketing History as one of the very best of the last era. It was through the efforts of John Parker that New Zealand became one of the best nations of Cricket.

Honors

Being one of the best crickets of the entire 70s, he was selected as the interim captain for the Third Test Match against Pakistan in 1976.

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