John Parker (cricketer, born 1951)

John Parker

Parker in 2013
Personal information
Born	21 February 1951 (1951-02-21) (age 66) Dannevirke, New Zealand
Batting style	Right-hand bat
Bowling style	Legbreak googly
International information
National side	New Zealand (1973-1981)
Test debut (cap 124)	2 February 1973 v Pakistan
Last Test	26 December 1980 v Australia
ODI debut (cap 17)	31 March 1974 v Australia
Last ODI	3 February 1981 v Australia
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1971-75	Worcestershire
1972-84	Northern Districts
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA Matches 36 24 207 113 Runs scored 1498 248 11,254 2,121 Batting average 24.55 12.40 34.84 21.64 100s/50s 3/5 0/1 21/53 1/9 Top score 121 66 195 107 Balls bowled 40 16 903 20 Wickets 1 1 14 1 Bowling average 24.00 10.00 48.64 12.00 5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 0 10 wickets in match 0 n/a 0 0 Best bowling 1/24 1/10 3/26 1/10 Catches/stumpings 30/- 11/1 177/5 45/2
Source: Cricinfo, 10 April 2017

John Morton Parker (born 21 February 1951) is a former New Zealand Test and ODI cricketer. He also served as interim captain in the third Test against Pakistan in 1976/77.

He played 36 Test matches and 24 ODIs for New Zealand. Parker scored three test hundreds and 21 first class hundreds in a career that spanned 14 years.

He was the youngest of three brothers to play first-class cricket, the other two being Kenneth and Murray Parker.