Peter Heseltine

Peter Anthony William Heseltine (born 5 April 1965) is a former English cricketer. Heseltine was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born at Barnsley, Yorkshire.

Peter Heseltine

Personal information
Full name	Peter Anthony William Heseltine
Born	(1965-04-05) 5 April 1965 (age 59) Barnsley, Yorkshire, England
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm off break
Relations	Phillip Heseltine (brother)
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1991	Durham
1987–1988	Sussex
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A Matches 20 4 Runs scored 186 11 Batting average 10.94 – 100s/50s –/– –/– Top score 26 6* Balls bowled 2,066 132 Wickets 22 5 Bowling average 48.59 18.20 5 wickets in innings – – 10 wickets in match – – Best bowling 3/33 2/12 Catches/stumpings 3/– 1/–
Source: Cricinfo, 1 January 2012

Heseltine made his first-class debut for Sussex against the touring Pakistanis in 1987. He made nineteen further first-class appearances for the county, the last of which came against Surrey in the 1988 County Championship.^[1] In his twenty first-class appearances, he took 22 wickets at an average of 48.59, with best figures of 3/33.^[2] With the bat, he scored a total of 186 runs at a batting average of 10.94, with a high score of 26.^[3] He made three List A appearances for Sussex during the course of the 1987 season, twice against Surrey and once against Northamptonshire.^[4] He took four wickets in his three List A matches for the county, which came at an average of 13.50, with best figures of 2/12.^[5] He left Sussex at the end of the 1988 season.

He later joined Durham in 1991, playing a single List A match against Glamorgan in the NatWest Trophy,^[4] in which he took the wicket of Ravi Shastri, to finish with figures of 1/37 from 12 overs in Glamorgan's total of 345/2. In Durham's innings of 305/9, he ended the innings unbeaten on 5 runs, with Glamorgan winning by 40 runs.^[6] He also played a single Minor Counties Championship match that season against Staffordshire.^[7] Durham gained first-class status and were admitted to the County Championship for the 1992 season, though Heseltine wasn't retained by Durham.

His brother, Phillip, has also played first-class cricket.

References

1. "First-Class Matches played by Peter Heseltine". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
2. "First-class Bowling For Each Team by Peter Heseltine". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
3. "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Peter Heseltine". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
4. "List A Matches played by Peter Heseltine". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
5. "List A Bowling For Each Team by Peter Heseltine". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
6. "Durham v Glamorgan, 1991 NatWest Trophy". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
7. "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Peter Heseltine". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 January 2012.

External links

• Peter Heseltine at ESPNcricinfo