Peter Deakin

Who is Peter Deakin?

Peter James Deakin is a former English cricketer. Deakin was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break.

He was a former geography teacher at Charterhouse school, Surrey.

Deakin made his first-class debut for Cambridge University in 1996 against Derbyshire. Deakin represented the University in 6 first-class matches during the 1996 season, with his final first-class match for the University coming against Oxford University. In his 6 matches for the University he scored 100 runs at a batting average of 20.00 and a high score of 23*. With the ball he took 9 wickets at a bowling average of 27.66, with best figures of 2/17.

In 1999 Deakin made his debut for Dorset in the 1999 NatWest Trophy 2nd round against Scotland, which was also Deakin's debut List-A match. Deakin played a further 5 List-A matches for Dorset from 1999 to 2004, with his final List-A match for Dorset coming against Yorkshire in the 2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In his 6 List-A matches for Dorset he took 4 wickets at an average of 15.50, with best figures of 2/6.

In 1999 Deakin also made his Minor Counties Championship debut for Dorset against Herefordshire.