Peter Toohey

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Peter Toohey
Australia
Personal information
Batting style	Right-hand bat
Bowling style	-
Career statistics
	Tests	ODIs
Matches	15	5
Runs scored	893	105
Batting average	31.89	52.50
100s/50s	1/7	-/1
Top score	122	54*
Balls bowled	2	-
Wickets	-	-
Bowling average	-	-
5 wickets in innings	-	-
10 wickets in match	-	n/a
Best bowling	-	-
Catches/stumpings	9/-	-/-
As of 12 December 2005 Source: Cricinfo

Peter Michael Toohey (born April 20, 1954, Blayney, New South Wales) is a former Australian cricketer who played in 15 Tests and 5 ODIs from 1977 to 1979.

Toohey was one of the cricketers who came to the fore when the bulk of Australia's top cricketers defected to Kerry Packer's World Series Cricket. During that defection period, Toohey was probably the mainstay of the Australian batting lineup, along with Graham Yallop and Graeme Wood.

During his prime playing years in the Australian Test team, some media commentators referred to Toohey as "Australia's master batsman", such was Toohey's pivotal role in the Australian Test team during the absence of the defecting World Series players.

When the World Series cricketers returned to mainstream Test cricket to reclaim their places in the Australian Test team, most of those players, who had sustained Australian cricket during the World Series years, were unable to retain their places in the Test side. Among those who did retain their places were Toohey and Graeme Wood.

Toohey thereafter lost his place in the Australian Test team after a series of poor performances. Some commentator's believed that his batting stance was too rigid, in the sense that he tended to lock his knees back, which hindered his mobility.

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