Peter Douglas Parker (born 20 July 1959) is an Australian Test cricket match umpire. He was member of the International Panel of ICC Umpires between 2003 and 2008.
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Peter Douglas Parker |
| Born | (1959-07-20) 20 July 1959 (age 63) Herston, Queensland, Australia |
| Umpiring information | |
| Tests umpired | 10 (1993–2008) |
| ODIs umpired | 65 (1993–2008) |
| T20Is umpired | 2 (2007–2007) |
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 10 April 2022 | |
Parker played junior representative cricket for Queensland before playing in Brisbane Grade Cricket. He gave up playing when he broke his thumb twice in a season.[1]
He umpired ten Test matches between 1993 and 2008. His first match was between Australia and New Zealand at Brisbane on 3 December to 7 December 1993, won by Australia by an innings and 96 runs, with Allan Border and Steve Waugh scoring centuries, and Shane Warne and Craig McDermott taking 8 and 6 wickets respectively. Parker's partner was Steve Randell.
Parker's last Test match in Australia was between Australia and the West Indies at Perth on 1 December to 3 December 2000, won by Australia by an innings and 27 runs with Mark Waugh scoring a century, and wickets being shared by Glenn McGrath (who took a hat-trick), Brett Lee, Jason Gillespie and Stuart MacGill. Parker's partner was the English umpire John Hampshire. Parker retired to focus on his career away from the game in October 2008.[2]