John Parker (New Zealand cricketer)

John Morton Parker (born 21 February 1951) is a former New Zealand international cricketer who played first-class cricket between 1971 and 1984. He captained New Zealand in the third Test against Pakistan in 1976/77.

John Parker

Parker in 2013
Personal information
Born	(1951-02-21) 21 February 1951 Dannevirke, New Zealand
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	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
1971–1975	Worcestershire
1972/73–1983/84	Northern Districts
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA Matches 36 24 207 113 Runs scored 1,498 248 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 0 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

Parker played cricket in England when young, and helped Imran Khan at this time.[1] He was the youngest of three brothers to play first-class cricket, the other two being Kenneth and Murray Parker.

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.