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Full name | Peter Bennetts Truscott | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Pahiatua, New Zealand | 14 August 1941|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Only Test(cap 105) | 12 February 1965 v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1961–62 | Canterbury | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1964–65 to 1965–66 | Wellington | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:Cricinfo,1 April 2017 |
Peter Bennetts Truscott (born 14 August 1941) is a former New Zealand cricketer who played one Test against Pakistan in 1965. [1]
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,and 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, [2] and this remained his only first-class century.
Described during his career as "one of the most elegant and forceful stroke-makers in New Zealand cricket",Truscott played regularly in 1964–65 and 1965–66 for Wellington. [3] In February 1965 he scored 45 and 50 at number three against Otago,taking part in second-wicket partnerships of 84 and 98 with Bruce Murray, [4] and he was selected for the Third Test against Pakistan at Christchurch that followed a few days later. Opening the batting,he scored 3 and 26, [5] [6] but was not picked for the New Zealand team to tour India,Pakistan and England in 1965. [7] He played for a New Zealand Cricket Council President's XI against the touring MCC in 1965–66, [8] but played no more first-class cricket after the end of the season.
In October 1966,Truscott and his family moved to Perth,Western Australia,where he had been transferred in his work as a bank accountant. [3] Later he returned to New Zealand and ran a hotel in Nelson,then a motel in Whangārei,and also worked in the real estate business. He is retired and lives with his wife Sue in Orewa,a suburb of Auckland. [7]
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