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Peter Cantrell

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Peter Cantrell
Personal information
Full name
Peter Edward Cantrell
Born (1962-10-28) 28 October 1962 (age 62)
Gunnedah, New South Wales, Australia
NicknameCrazy
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm offbreak
RoleOpening Batsman,Coach
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 3)17 February 1996 v New Zealand
Last ODI5 March 1996 v South Africa
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
Kampong
Queensland
Career statistics
Competition ODI FC LA
Matches 5 34 20
Runs scored 160 1,827 542
Batting average 32.00 32.62 27.10
100s/50s 0/0 3/11 1/0
Top score 47 176* 100
Balls bowled 186 3,411 643
Wickets 3 27 10
Bowling average 56.66 63.00 50.40
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0
Best bowling 1/18 4/52 2/39
Catches/stumpings 0/0 43/0 6/0
Source: Cricinfo, 15 May 2017

Peter Edward Cantrell (born 28 October 1962) is a Dutch former cricketer. He has represented Queensland in the Australian domestic circuit.

Domestic career

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He also played 33 first class matches for Queensland and once for an Australian XI.

Cantrell is best remembered as a substitute fielder who took two catches during the Australia v England Test match at the Gabba during the 1990-91 Ashes series.[1][2] In spite of the fact that Cantrell had apparently been at a nightclub until 3am that morning, one of these catches, which dismissed one of England's few batsmen in form at the time, Alec Stewart, has been described as a "blinder".[3] England duly collapsed and lost by ten wickets in this the first Test, on their way to another heavy defeat in the series.[4] ESPNCricinfo observes that, in an ironic partial anticipation of the Gary Pratt controversy of 2005, "Cantrell's presence was slightly controversial, given that he was probably the best gully fielder in Australia at the time and that the less sure-fingered Carl Rackemann was the official 12th man".[3]

Two and a half years later, Cantrell helped to defeat "England" again, this time for a different international team, when he starred in a surprise seven-wicket win for the Netherlands over an England XI which included Darren Gough and then test players Nasser Hussain and Martin McCague, Cantrell scoring 64 and taking 2 for 40.[5]

This however was not in a one-day international and he had to wait another three years for his official international debut.

International career

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He played all five of his One Day Internationals for The Netherlands during the 1996 World Cup. He scored 160 runs in the five ODIs, with a decent average of 32.

Coaching career

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He was coach of the Netherlands for the 2007 World Cup but stood down as head coach after the tournament.[6]

References

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  1. ^ Radha, Sailesh S, "A Tribute to...Five Days in White Flannels: A Trivia Book on Test Cricket", AuthorHouse Publishing, 2009.
  2. ^ "53 all out". ESPN Cricinfo. 28 October 2005. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  3. ^ a b "Peter Cantrell profile and biography". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
  4. ^ "Full scorecard of England vs Australia 1st Test 1990/91". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
  5. ^ "England XI v The Netherlands at Haarlem, 10 July 1993". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
  6. ^ Cricinfo - Cantrell steps down as Netherlands coach
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