Peter Roebuck
Peter Michael Roebuck (6 March 1956 – 12 November 2011) was an English cricketer who later became an Australian newspaper columnist and radio commentator.
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| Full name | Peter Michael Roebuck | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 6 March 1956 Oddington, Oxfordshire, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 12 November 2011 (aged 55) Newlands, Cape Town, South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm off break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batsman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Paul Roebuck (brother) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1974–1991 | Somerset | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1975–1977 | Cambridge University | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1992–2002 | Devon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First-class debut | 21 August 1974 Somerset v Warwickshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last First-class | 23 August 1991 Somerset v Yorkshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| List A debut | 3 May 1975 Combined Universities v Worcestershire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last List A | 13 September 2001 Devon v Bedfordshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 21 August 2009 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
A consistent county performer with over 25,000 runs, and "one of the better English openers of the 1980s", Roebuck captained the English county side Somerset between 1986 and 1988. During 1989, Roebuck also captained an England XI one-day cricket team in two matches. His post-playing career as an erudite writer earned him great acclaim as a journalist with the Sunday Times and later as an author.
Roebuck died by suicide in Cape Town, South Africa, on 12 November 2011 after being asked by police to answer questions about an allegation of sexual assault. A book by Tim Lane and Elliot Cartledge titled Chasing Shadows – The Life and Death of Peter Roebuck was published in October 2015.