Peter Fulton

Peter Fulton
Personal information
Full name
Peter Gordon Fulton
Born (1979-02-01) 1 February 1979 (age 45)
Christchurch, New Zealand
NicknameTwo-metre Peter
Height1.98[1] m (6 ft 6 in)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
RoleBatsman
RelationsRoddy Fulton (uncle)
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 231)9 March 2006 v West Indies
Last Test8 June 2014 v West Indies
ODI debut (cap 139)2 November 2004 v Bangladesh
Last ODI13 February 2009 v Australia
ODI shirt no.50
T20I debut (cap 18)16 February 2006 v West Indies
Last T20I21 December 2012 v South Africa
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2000/01–2016/17Canterbury
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 23 49 162 180
Runs scored 967 1,334 10,569 5,204
Batting average 25.44 32.53 39.88 34.23
100s/50s 2/5 1/8 19/60 4/38
Top score 136 112 301* 116*
Balls bowled 0 0 751 18
Wickets 11 0
Bowling average 41.36
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 4/49
Catches/stumpings 25/– 18/– 159/– 74/–
Source: Cricinfo, 13 January 2019

Peter Gordon Fulton (born 1 February 1979) is a former New Zealand international cricketer who played for Canterbury at domestic level. He comes from a well recognised cricketing family with his uncle Roddy Fulton playing and captaining both Canterbury, Northern Districts, and New Zealand A from 1972 to 1985. He retired from first-class cricket in April 2017.[2]

  1. ^ Brenkley, Stephen. "Peter Fulton: Two-Metre Peter standing tall in his second coming as Test player". Independent. Archived from the original on 26 May 2022. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
  2. ^ "Peter Fulton retires from first-class cricket". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 April 2017.