Peter Parker (umpire)

Peter Douglas Parker (born 20 July 1959) is an Australian Test cricket match umpire and former cricketer. He was a member of the International Panel of ICC Umpires between 2003 and 2008.

Peter Parker

Personal information
Full name	Peter Douglas Parker
Born	(1959-07-20) 20 July 1959 (age 65) Herston, Queensland, Australia
Umpiring information
Tests umpired	10 (1993–2008)
ODIs umpired	65 (1993–2008)
T20Is umpired	2 (2007)
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 10 April 2022

Playing career

Parker played junior representative cricket for Queensland before playing in Brisbane Grade Cricket. He gave up playing when he broke his thumb twice in a season.^[1]

Umpiring career

He umpired ten Test matches between 1993 and 2008. His first match was between Australia and New Zealand at Brisbane on 3 December to 7 December 1993, won by Australia by an innings and 96 runs, with Allan Border and Steve Waugh scoring centuries, and Shane Warne and Craig McDermott taking 8 and 6 wickets respectively. Parker's partner was Steve Randell.

Parker's last Test match in Australia was between Australia and the West Indies at Perth on 1 December to 3 December 2000, won by Australia by an innings and 27 runs with Mark Waugh scoring a century, and wickets being shared by Glenn McGrath (who took a hat-trick), Brett Lee, Jason Gillespie and Stuart MacGill. Parker's partner was the English umpire John Hampshire. Parker retired to focus on his career away from the game in October 2008.^[2]

See also

• List of Test cricket umpires
• List of One Day International cricket umpires
• List of Twenty20 International cricket umpires