Peter Truscott
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Peter Truscott New Zealand (NZ) |
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Batting style | Right-hand bat | |
Bowling type | - | |
Tests | First-class | |
Matches | 1 | 18 |
Runs scored | 29 | 904 |
Batting average | 14.50 | 25.82 |
100s/50s | 0/0 | 1/4 |
Top score | 26 | 165 |
Balls bowled | - | 204 |
Wickets | - | 2 |
Bowling average | - | 48.50 |
5 wickets in innings | - | 0 |
10 wickets in match | - | 0 |
Best bowling | - | 2/60 |
Catches/stumpings | 1/- | 10/- |
Test debut: 12 February 1965 |
Peter Bennetts Truscott, born at Pahiatua, Manawatu, New Zealand on 14 August 1941, was a cricketer who played one Test for New Zealand in 1965.
Truscott was a right-handed batsman who had a brief first-class career, lasting just five years. He played three matches for Canterbury without great success in 1961-62, but in the next two seasons played only for the New Zealand Under-23 side in one match each season. In 1963-64, he scored 165 when opening the batting for the Under-23s against Auckland, and this remained his only first-class century.
For two seasons from 1964-65, Truscott played regularly but unspectacularly for Wellington, and in February 1965 he was unexpectedly called up for the third Test against Pakistan at Christchurch. He scored 3 and 26, but was not picked for the New Zealand team to tour India, Pakistan and England in 1965 and, after another modest season for Wellington, he retired.