- Peter Sleep
Infobox Historic Cricketer
nationality = Australian
country = Australia
country abbrev = AUS
name = Peter Sleep
picture = Cricket_no_pic.png
bowling style = Legbreak googly
tests = 14
test runs = 483
test bat avg = 24.14
test 100s/50s = -/3
test top score = 90
test balls = 2982
test wickets = 31
test bowl avg = 45.06
test 5s = 1
test 10s = -
test best bowling = 5/72
test catches/stumpings = 4/-
FCs = 175
FC runs = 8201
FC bat avg = 34.89
FC 100s/50s = 15/40
FC top score = 182
FC balls = 28063
FC wickets = 363
FC bowl avg = 39.39
FC 5s = 9
FC 10s = -
FC best bowling = 8/133
FC catches/stumpings = 104/1
debut date = 10 March
debut year = 1979
last date = 12 January
last year = 1990
source = http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/7630.htmlPeter Raymond Sleep (born 4 May 1957,
Penola ,South Australia ) is a former Australiancricketer who played 14 Tests for Australia between 1979 and 1990. He was a leg spinner who was in and out of the team, rarely playing two games in succession, though after taking ten wickets in the 1986–87 Ashes he was retained for the next four Tests after the series before falling out of favour again. The 1986–87 series which included his best bowling figures in a Test innings, five for 72 in the second innings as England failed to chase 320 for the win. However, Sleep was part of an Australian generation of spinners with bowling averages above 40 (for comparison, the first choice leg spinners in 2006,Shane Warne andStuart MacGill , both averaged below 30 with the ball), also includingTom Hogan ,Murray Bennett and Tony Mann, and the cricket websiteCricinfo summed up his career as a "relatively anodyne slow bowler".Post-Test career
Sleep was also a regular league professional in England and towards the end of his career was captain of
Lancashire 2nd XI.In more recent years, Sleep was captain coach of
Yahl Cricket Club in theMt. Gambier DCA, and has recently transferred toTea Tree Gully in theAdelaide District Competition .He is the proprietor of a hotel named The Wickets in Rishton, Lancashire.
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