Peter Cantrell
Peter Edward Cantrell (born 28 October 1962) is a former Dutch cricketer. He has represented Queensland in the Australian domestic circuit.
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Full name | Peter Edward Cantrell | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Gunnedah, New South Wales, Australia | 28 October 1962||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | Crazy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm offbreak | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Opening Batsman,Coach | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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ODI debut (cap 3) | 17 February 1996 v New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last ODI | 5 March 1996 v South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kampong | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 15 May 2017 |
Domestic career
He also played 33 first class matches for Queensland and once for an Australian XI.
Cantrell is best remembered as a substitute fielder who took two catches during the Australia v England Test match at the Gabba during the 1990-91 Ashes series.[1][2] In spite of the fact that Cantrell had apparently been at a nightclub until 3am that morning, one of these catches, which dismissed one of England's few batsmen in form at the time, Alec Stewart, has been described as a "blinder".[3] England duly collapsed and lost by ten wickets in this the first Test, on their way to another heavy defeat in the series.[4] ESPNCricinfo observes that, in an ironic partial anticipation of the Gary Pratt controversy of 2005, "Cantrell's presence was slightly controversial, given that he was probably the best gully fielder in Australia at the time and that the less sure-fingered Carl Rackemann was the official 12th man".[3]
Two and half years later Cantrell helped to defeat "England" again, this time for a different international team, when he starred in a surprise seven-wicket win for the Netherlands over an England XI which included Darren Gough and then test players Nasser Hussain and Martin McCague, Cantrell scoring 64 and taking 2 for 40.[5]
This however was not in a one-day international and he had to wait another three years for his official international debut.
International career
He played all his five One Day Internationals for The Netherlands during the 1996 World Cup. He has scored 160 runs in his five ODIs with a decent average of 32.
Coaching career
He was coach of the Netherlands for the 2007 World Cup but stood down as head coach after the tournament.[6]
References
- Radha, Sailesh S, "A Tribute to...Five Days in White Flannels: A Trivia Book on Test Cricket", AuthorHouse Publishing, 2009.
- "53 all out". ESPN Cricinfo. 28 October 2005. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
- "Peter Cantrell profile and biography". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
- "Full scorecard of England vs Australia 1st Test 1990/91". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
- "England XI v The Netherlands at Haarlem, 10 July 1993". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
- Cricinfo - Cantrell steps down as Netherlands coach