Peter Sleep
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Peter Raymond Sleep is a former Australian cricketer
who played 14 Tests
for Australia between 1979 and 1990. He was a leg spinner
who was in and out of the team, rarely playing two games in succession, though after taking ten wickets in the 1986–87 Ashes
he was retained for the next four Tests after the series before falling out of favour again. The 1986–87 series which included his best bowling figures in a Test innings, five for 72 in the second innings as England
failed to chase 320 for the win. However, Sleep was part of an Australian generation of spinners with bowling averages above 40 (for comparison, the first choice leg spinners in 2006, Shane Warne
and Stuart MacGill
, both averaged below 30 with the ball), also including Tom Hogan
, Murray Bennett
and Tony Mann
, and the cricket website Cricinfo
summed up his career as a "relatively anodyne slow bowler".
2nd XI.
In more recent years, Sleep was captain coach of Yahl Cricket Club in the Mt. Gambier DCA, and has recently transferred to Tea Tree Gully in the Adelaide District Competition.
He was the proprietor of a hotel named The Wickets in Rishton
, Lancashire until 2009.
Cricketer
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who played 14 Tests
Test cricket
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for Australia between 1979 and 1990. He was a leg spinner
Leg break
A leg break is a type of delivery in the sport of cricket. A delivery of a right-handed leg spin bowler. Leg breaks are also colloquially known as leggies or wrist spinners, as the wrist is the body part which is primarily used to impart spin on the ball, as opposed to the fingers in the case of...
who was in and out of the team, rarely playing two games in succession, though after taking ten wickets in the 1986–87 Ashes
English cricket team in Australia in 1986-87
The England cricket team toured Australia in 1986/7 and retained the Ashes with a 2-1 series win.- Lead-up to the series :Both England and Australia begun this series at a low ebb. England had lost 5-0 against the West Indies the previous year, then lost 2-0 and 1-0 to India and New Zealand...
he was retained for the next four Tests after the series before falling out of favour again. The 1986–87 series which included his best bowling figures in a Test innings, five for 72 in the second innings as England
English cricket team
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failed to chase 320 for the win. However, Sleep was part of an Australian generation of spinners with bowling averages above 40 (for comparison, the first choice leg spinners in 2006, Shane Warne
Shane Warne
Shane Keith Warne is a former Australian international cricketer widely regarded as one of the greatest bowlers in the history of the game. In 2000, he was selected by a panel of cricket experts as one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Century, the only specialist bowler selected in the quintet...
and Stuart MacGill
Stuart MacGill
Stuart Charles Glyndwr MacGill is a former right-arm leg spin bowler of the Australian cricket team, with a domestic career at Western Australia, New South Wales, Nottinghamshire, Devon and Somerset...
, both averaged below 30 with the ball), also including Tom Hogan
Tom Hogan
Tom George Hogan is a former Australian cricketer.Hogan was a left arm spinner who played in 7 Tests and 16 One Day Internationals for Australia from 1983 to 1984....
, Murray Bennett
Murray Bennett
Murray John Bennett is a former Australian cricketer who played in 3 Tests and 8 ODIs from 1984 to 1985.- Early career :...
and Tony Mann
Tony Mann (cricketer)
Anthony Longford Mann is a former Australian cricketer who played in 4 Tests from 1977 to 1978....
, and the cricket website Cricinfo
Cricinfo
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summed up his career as a "relatively anodyne slow bowler".
Post-Test career
Sleep was also a regular league professional in England and towards the end of his career was captain of LancashireLancashire
Lancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England. It takes its name from the city of Lancaster, and is sometimes known as the County of Lancaster. Although Lancaster is still considered to be the county town, Lancashire County Council is based in Preston...
2nd XI.
In more recent years, Sleep was captain coach of Yahl Cricket Club in the Mt. Gambier DCA, and has recently transferred to Tea Tree Gully in the Adelaide District Competition.
He was the proprietor of a hotel named The Wickets in Rishton
Rishton
Rishton is a small town in the Hyndburn district of Lancashire, England, about west of Clayton-le-Moors and north-east of Blackburn. It was an urban district from 1894 to 1974....
, Lancashire until 2009.