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
- ^ 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
Media related to John Parker (New Zealand cricketer) at Wikimedia Commons- John Parker at ESPNcricinfo
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