Peter Ranells

{{Short description|English cricketer (born 1954)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}}

{{Use British English|date=February 2016}}

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| country = England

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| fullname = Peter Laurence Ranells

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1954|12|26|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Bramhall, Cheshire, England

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| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm fast-medium

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| club1 = Shropshire

| year1 = 1974–1986

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| columns = 1

| column1 = List A

| matches1 = 2

| runs1 = 13

| bat avg1 = 13.00

| 100s/50s1 = –/–

| top score1 = 13

| deliveries1 = 136

| wickets1 = 3

| bowl avg1 = 35.66

| fivefor1 = –

| tenfor1 = –

| best bowling1 = 3/38

| catches/stumpings1 = –/–

| date = 4 July

| year = 2011

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/19705.html Cricinfo

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Peter Laurence Ranells (born 26 December 1954) is a former English cricketer. Ranells was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. He was born in Bramhall, Cheshire and educated at Adams Grammar School at Newport, Shropshire, Glossop Grammar School and Rossall School.{{cite book|last=Percival|first=Tony|title=Shropshire Cricketers 1844-1998|year=1999|publisher=A.C.S. Publications, Nottingham|page=36|isbn=1-902171-17-9}}Published by Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians.

Ranells made his debut for Shropshire in the 1974 Minor Counties Championship against Staffordshire. Ranells played Minor counties cricket for Shropshire from 1974 to 1986, which included 52 Minor Counties Championship appearances{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/34/34797/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html|title=Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Peter Ranells|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=4 July 2011}} and 4 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/34/34797/Minor_Counties_Trophy_Matches.html|title=Minor Counties Trophy Matches played by Peter Ranells|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=4 July 2011}} He made his List A debut against Surrey in the 1978 Gillette Cup. In this match, took 3 wickets for the cost of 38 runs from 10.4 overs.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/38/38274.html|title=Shropshire v Surrey, 1978 Gillette Cup|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=4 July 2011}} He made a further List A appearance against Northamptonshire in the 1985 NatWest Trophy.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/46/46147.html|title=List A Matches played by Peter Ranells|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=4 July 2011}} He bowled 12 wicket-less overs for the cost of 69 runs, while with the bat he scored 13 runs before being dismissed by Robin Boyd-Moss.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/46/46147.html|title=Shropshire v Northamptonshire, 1985 NatWest Trophy|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=4 July 2011}} He also appeared in Warwickshire's Second XI and played at club level in Shropshire for Newport.