{{Short description|West Indian cricketer (1937–2023)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Peter Lashley | image = | caption = | fullname = Patrick Douglas Lashley | birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1937|02|11}} | birth_place = Christ Church, Barbados | death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2023|09|04|1937|02|11}} | death_place = Barbados | batting = Left-handed | bowling = Right-arm medium | club1 = Barbados | year1 = 1957–58 to 1974–75 | columns = 2 | column1 = Test | matches1 = 4 | runs1 = 159 | bat avg1 = 22.71 | 100s/50s1 = 0/0 | top score1 = 49 | deliveries1 = 18 | wickets1 = 1 | bowl avg1 = 1.00 | fivefor1 = 0 | tenfor1 = 0 | best bowling1 = 1/1 | catches/stumpings1= 4/– | column2 = FC | matches2 = 85 | runs2 = 4932 | bat avg2 = 41.44 | 100s/50s2 = 8/32 | top score2 = 204 | deliveries2 = 2079 | wickets2 = 27 | bowl avg2 = 35.48 | fivefor2 = 0 | tenfor2 = 0 | best bowling2 = 3/15 | catches/stumpings2= 66/– | international = true | country = West Indies | testdebutfor = | testdebutagainst = Australia | testdebutdate = 9 December | testdebutyear = 1960 | testcap = 112 | lasttestdate = 4 August | lasttestfor = | lasttestagainst = England | lasttestyear = 1966 | source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/peter-lashley-52340 Cricinfo | date = 4 September 2023 }}
'''Patrick Douglas Lashley''' (11 February 1937 – 4 September 2023), known as '''Peter Lashley''', was a Barbadian cricketer. He played four Tests for the West Indies in the 1960s.
==Career== A middle-order batsman who became an opener later in his career, Lashley played domestic cricket for Barbados from 1958 to 1975.<ref>{{cite web |title=First-Class Matches played by Peter Lashley |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/1/1143/First-Class_Matches.html |website=CricketArchive |accessdate=19 November 2019}}</ref> His top score was 204 against Guyana in 1966-67.<ref>{{cite web |title=Guyana v Barbados 1966-67 |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/28/28633.html |website=CricketArchive |accessdate=19 November 2019}}</ref>
Lashley toured Australia in 1960-61 and England in 1966 with the West Indian team, but was not able to establish himself in the Test side.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Williamson |first1=Martin |title=Peter Lashley |url=http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/52340.html |website=Cricinfo |accessdate=19 November 2019}}</ref> Geoffrey Boycott stated that Lashley was the worst bowler ever to dismiss him in Test cricket – Boycott was his only Test victim, in the Fourth Test at Leeds in 1966.<ref>Test Match Special, 7 July 2017</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=4th Test, West Indies tour of England at Leeds, Aug 4-8 1966 |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/17312/scorecard/62994/england-vs-west-indies-4th-test-west-indies-tour-of-england-1966 |website=Cricinfo |accessdate=19 November 2019}}</ref>
==Death== Peter Lashley died in Barbados on 4 September 2023, at the age of 86.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-09-06 |title=Former Windies batsman Peter Lashley dies |url=https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/sports/20230906/former-windies-batsman-peter-lashley-dies |access-date=2023-09-06 |website=jamaica-gleaner.com |language=en}}</ref><ref name="j952">{{cite web | title=Lashley and White play their final innings | website=Barbados Today | date=2023-09-06 | url=https://barbadostoday.bb/2023/09/06/lashley-and-white-play-their-final-innings/ | access-date=2025-02-18}}</ref>
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==External links== * {{cricinfo|id=52340}}
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