John Parker (New Zealand cricketer)

{{Short description|New Zealand cricketer (born 1951)}}

{{Other people|John Parker}}

{{Use New Zealand English|date=July 2013}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = John Parker

| image = John Morton Parker, cricketer.jpg

| caption = Parker in 2013

| country = New Zealand

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1951|02|21|df=y}}

| birth_place = Dannevirke, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand

| family = {{ubl|Murray Parker (brother)|Ken Parker (brother)|Mark Parker (nephew)}}

| international = true

| internationalspan = 1973–1981

| testdebutdate = 2 February

| testdebutyear = 1973

| testdebutagainst = Pakistan

| testcap = 124

| lasttestdate = 26 December

| lasttestyear = 1980

| lasttestagainst = Australia

| odidebutdate = 31 March

| odidebutyear = 1974

| odidebutagainst = Australia

| odicap = 17

| lastodidate = 3 February

| lastodiyear = 1981

| lastodiagainst = Australia

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Legbreak googly

| club1 = Worcestershire

| year1 = 1971–1975

| club2 = Northern Districts

| year2 = {{nowrap|1972/73–1983/84}}

| columns = 4

| column1 = Test

| matches1 = 36

| runs1 = 1,498

| bat avg1 = 24.55

| 100s/50s1 = 3/5

| top score1 = 121

| deliveries1 = 40

| wickets1 = 1

| bowl avg1 = 24.00

| fivefor1 = 0

| tenfor1 = 0

| best bowling1 = 1/24

| catches/stumpings1 = 30/–

| column2 = ODI

| matches2 = 24

| runs2 = 248

| bat avg2 = 12.40

| 100s/50s2 = 0/1

| top score2 = 66

| deliveries2 = 16

| wickets2 = 1

| bowl avg2 = 10.00

| fivefor2 = 0

| tenfor2 = 0

| best bowling2 = 1/10

| catches/stumpings2 = 11/1

| column3 = FC

| matches3 = 207

| runs3 = 11,254

| bat avg3 = 34.84

| 100s/50s3 = 21/53

| top score3 = 195

| deliveries3 = 903

| wickets3 = 14

| bowl avg3 = 48.64

| fivefor3 = 0

| tenfor3 = 0

| best bowling3 = 3/26

| catches/stumpings3 = 177/5

| column4 = LA

| matches4 = 113

| runs4 = 2,121

| bat avg4 = 21.64

| 100s/50s4 = 1/9

| top score4 = 107

| deliveries4 = 20

| wickets4 = 1

| bowl avg4 = 12.00

| fivefor4 = 0

| tenfor4 = 0

| best bowling4 = 1/10

| catches/stumpings4 = 45/2

| date = 10 April

| year = 2017

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/newzealand/content/player/38113.html Cricinfo

}}

John Morton Parker (born 21 February 1951) is a former New Zealand international cricketer who played first-class cricket between 1971 and 1984.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/1/1408/1408.html John Parker], CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 November 2023. {{subscription required}} He captained New Zealand in the third Test against Pakistan in 1976–77.

Parker played cricket in England when young, and helped Imran Khan at this time.Kelly F (2016) [https://www.thecricketmonthly.com/story/1032793/schoolboy-imran Schoolboy Imran], The Cricket Monthly, CricInfo, August 2016. Retrieved 30 November 2023. He was the youngest of three brothers to play first-class cricket, the other two being Kenneth and Murray Parker.McCarron A (2010) New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010, pp. 103–104. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. {{isbn|978 1 905138 98 2}} ([https://archive.acscricket.com/cricketers_series/new_zealand_cricketers_1863-64_2010/index.html Available online] at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 5 June 2023.)

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