John Parker (New Zealand cricketer)

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

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.

John Parker

Parker in 2013
Personal information
Born	(1951-02-21) 21 February 1951 (age 74) 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
Years	Team
1971–1975	Worcestershire
1972/73–1983/84	Northern Districts
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA Matches 36 24 207 113 Runs scored 1,498 248 11,254 2,121 Batting average 24.55 12.40 34.84 21.64 100s/50s 3/5 0/1 21/53 1/9 Top score 121 66 195 107 Balls bowled 40 16 903 20 Wickets 1 1 14 1 Bowling average 24.00 10.00 48.64 12.00 5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0 Best bowling 1/24 1/10 3/26 1/10 Catches/stumpings 30/– 11/1 177/5 45/2
Source: Cricinfo, 10 April 2017

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]