Peter Gordon Fulton (born 1 February 1979) is a New Zealand cricketer who represents Canterbury at domestic level and has also represented New Zealand. He comes from a well recognised cricketing family with his uncle Roddy Fulton playing and captaining both Canterbury and Northern Districts from 1972–1985. He retired from first-class cricket in April 2017.[1]
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Full name | Peter Gordon Fulton | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Christchurch, New Zealand | 1 February 1979|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | Two-metre Peter | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed batsman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Batsman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Relations | Roddy Fulton (uncle) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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National side |
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Test debut (cap 231) | 9 March 2006 v West Indies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Test | 8 June 2014 v West Indies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ODI debut (cap 139) | 2 November 2004 v Bangladesh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last ODI | 13 February 2009 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ODI shirt no. | 50 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
T20I debut (cap 18) | 16 February 2006 v West Indies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last T20I | 21 December 2012 v South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2000–present | Canterbury | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 23 March 2017 |
Domestic career
Fulton's career highlights include scoring 301 not out against Auckland at the Hagley Oval in Christchurch over 11/12 March 2003, which is the highest maiden first-class century by any New Zealand batsman. Another career highlight was when he scored 112 against Sri Lanka in Napier, New Zealand, on 8 January 2006. In the same series he also scored two half-centuries.
In the final of the 2016–17 Ford Trophy, Fulton scored the fastest century in a List A cricket match in New Zealand.[2]
International career
In March 2006, he made his Test debut against the West Indies.
In March 2013 he made his first International Test century playing against England, and scored his second Test hundred in the match's second innings. In doing so he became the fourth New Zealander to score a hundred in both innings of a Test match.[3]
International centuries
Test centuries
Test centuries of Peter Fulton | |||||||
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# | Runs | Match | Against | City/Country | Venue | Year | Result |
1 | 136 | 13 | England | Auckland, New Zealand | Eden Park | 2013 | Drawn |
2 | 110 | 13 | England | Auckland, New Zealand | Eden Park | 2013 | Drawn |
One Day International centuries
ODI centuries of Peter Fulton | |||||||
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# | Runs | Match | Against | City/Country | Venue | Year | Result |
1 | 112 | 5 | Sri Lanka | Napier, New Zealand | McLean Park | 2006 | Lost |
International awards
One Day International Cricket
Man of the Match Awards
S No | Opponent | Venue | Date | Match Performance | Result |
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1 | Sri Lanka | Queenstown Events Centre, Queenstown | 31 December 2005 | 70* (79 balls: 7×4, 1×6) | New Zealand won by 7 wickets.[4] |
References
- ^ "Peter Fulton retires from first-class cricket". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
- ^ "Fulton's record ton takes Canterbury to title". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
- ^ Alderson, Andrew (26 March 2013). "Cricket: Peter Fulton – The unlikely hero". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
- ^ "2005-2006 New Zealand v Sri Lanka - 1st Match - Queenstown". HowStat. 18 February 2007. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
External links
- Peter Fulton at ESPNcricinfo
- Peter Fulton at CricketArchive (subscription required)
- Peter Fulton at New Zealand Cricket Players Association (Archived 2010-05-14 at the Wayback Machine)