| Peter Truscott | |
| Fullname: | Peter Bennetts Truscott |
| Birth Date: | 14 August 1941 |
| Birth Place: | Pahiatua, New Zealand |
| International: | true |
| Internationalspan: | 1965 |
| Testcap: | 105 |
| Onetest: | true |
| Country: | New Zealand |
| Testdebutagainst: | Pakistan |
| Testdebutdate: | 12 February |
| Testdebutyear: | 1965 |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Year1: | 1961–62 |
| Year2: | 1964–65 to 1965–66 |
| Columns: | 2 |
| Column1: | Test |
| Matches1: | 1 |
| Runs1: | 29 |
| Bat Avg1: | 14.50 |
| 100S/50S1: | 0/0 |
| Top Score1: | 26 |
| Deliveries1: | 0 |
| Wickets1: | – |
| Bowl Avg1: | – |
| Fivefor1: | – |
| Tenfor1: | – |
| Best Bowling1: | – |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 1/– |
| Column2: | First-class |
| Matches2: | 18 |
| Runs2: | 904 |
| Bat Avg2: | 25.82 |
| 100S/50S2: | 1/4 |
| Top Score2: | 165 |
| Deliveries2: | 204 |
| Wickets2: | 2 |
| Bowl Avg2: | 48.50 |
| Fivefor2: | 0 |
| Tenfor2: | 0 |
| Best Bowling2: | 2/60 |
| Catches/Stumpings2: | 10/– |
| Date: | 1 April 2017 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/newzealand/content/player/38618.html Cricinfo |
Peter Bennetts Truscott (born 14 August 1941) is a former New Zealand cricketer who played one Test against Pakistan in 1965.[1]
Truscott was a right-handed batsman who had a brief first-class career, lasting just five years. He played three matches for Canterbury without great success in 1961–62, and in the next two seasons played only for the New Zealand Under-23 side in one match each season. In 1963–64, he scored 165 when opening the batting for the Under-23s against Auckland,[2] and this remained his only first-class century.
Described during his career as "one of the most elegant and forceful stroke-makers in New Zealand cricket", Truscott played regularly in 1964–65 and 1965–66 for Wellington.[3] In February 1965 he scored 45 and 50 at number three against Otago, taking part in second-wicket partnerships of 84 and 98 with Bruce Murray,[4] and he was selected for the Third Test against Pakistan at Christchurch that followed a few days later. Opening the batting, he scored 3 and 26,[5] [6] but was not picked for the New Zealand team to tour India, Pakistan and England in 1965. He played for a New Zealand Cricket Council President's XI against the touring MCC in 1965–66,[7] but played no more first-class cricket after the end of the season.
In October 1966, Truscott and his family moved to Perth, Western Australia, where he had been transferred in his work as a bank accountant.[3] Later he returned to New Zealand and ran a hotel in Nelson, then a motel in Whangārei, and also worked in the real estate business. He is retired and lives with his wife Sue in Orewa, a suburb of Auckland.[8]