Peter Parfitt
INTL CAREER: 1961 - 1972
Full Name
Peter Howard Parfitt
Born
December 08, 1936, Billingford, Fakenham, Norfolk
Age
87y 152d
Batting Style
Left hand Bat
Bowling Style
Right arm Offbreak
Playing Role
Top order Batter
Peter Parfitt was a quick-footed left-hander from Norfolk whose voice could make a taxi-driver turn his head several streets away. He was unlucky to be competing for an England place at a time when their batting - with the likes of Geoff Boycott, John Edrich, Colin Cowdrey, Ken Barrington, Tom Graveney and Basil D'Oliveira on call - was at its strongest since the 1920s. Parfitt, who was also a more than respectable offspinner and a brilliant slip, still scored heavily enough to play 37 Tests, more than half of them on tour. Of his seven England hundreds, four were scored against Pakistan in 1962.
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