{{short description|English cricketer (born 1987)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2016}} {{Use British English|date=February 2016}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = | image = | country = England | fullname = Peter James Wilshaw | nickname = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1987|7|15|df=yes}} | birth_place = Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, England | heightft = | heightinch = | batting = Right-handed | bowling = Right-arm medium | role = | family = | club1 = Oxford University Centre of Cricketing Excellence | year1 = 2006-2008 | clubnumber1 = | club2 = Staffordshire | year2 = 2004-present | clubnumber2 = | club3 = Nottinghamshire Cricket Board | year3 = 2002 | clubnumber3 = | columns = 2 | column1 = FC | matches1 = 7 | runs1 = 361 | bat avg1 = 30.08 | 100s/50s1 = –/3 | top score1 = 63 | deliveries1 = 138 | wickets1 = 2 | bowl avg1 = 34.00 | fivefor1 = – | tenfor1 = – | best bowling1 = 1/20 | catches/stumpings1 = 5/– | column2 = LA | matches2 = 2 | runs2 = 20 | bat avg2 = 10.00 | 100s/50s2 = –/– | top score2 = 20 | deliveries2 = – | wickets2 = – | bowl avg2 = – | fivefor2 = – | tenfor2 = – | best bowling2 = – | catches/stumpings2 = 2/– | date = 21 November | year = 2010 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/22704.html Cricinfo }}
'''Peter James Wilshaw''' (born 15 July 1987) is an English cricketer. Wilshaw is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium-pace. He was born at Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire.
Wilshaw represented the Nottinghamshire Cricket Board in a single List A match against Cumberland in the 1st round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2002.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/75/75286.html Cumberland v Nottinghamshire Cricket Board, 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy (2002)]</ref> He was aged just 15 years.
In 2004, he joined Staffordshire, making his Minor Counties Championship debut for the county against Suffolk. From 2004 to present, he has represented the county in 35 Championship matches.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/45/45365/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Peter Wilshaw]</ref> The following season he made his MCCA Knockout Trophy debut against Hertfordshire. From 2005 to present, he has represented the county in 21 Trophy matches.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/45/45365/Minor_Counties_Trophy_Matches.html Minor Counties Trophy Matches played by Peter Wilshaw]</ref> In that same season, he played his List A match for Staffordshire against Surrey in the 2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/82/82185.html Staffordshire v Surrey, 2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy]</ref> In his 2 career List A matches, he scored 20 runs at a batting average of 10.00, with a high score of 20.
Wilshaw made his debut in first-class cricket for Oxford University against Derbyshire in 2006. From 2006 to 2008, he represented the University in 7 first-class matches, the last of which came against Glamorgan.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/45/45365/First-Class_Matches.html First-Class Matches played by Peter Wilshaw]</ref> In his 7 first-class matches, he scored 361 runs at a batting average of 30.08, with 3 half centuries and a high score of 63. In the field he took 5 catches.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/45/45365/f_Batting_by_Team.html First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Peter Wilshaw]</ref> With the ball he took 2 wickets at a bowling average of 34.00, with best figures of 1/ <ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/45/45365/f_Bowling_by_Team.html First-class Bowling For Each Team by Peter Wilshaw]</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/22704.html Peter Wilshaw] at Cricinfo *[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/45/45365/45365.html Peter Wilshaw] at CricketArchive
{{DEFAULTSORT:Wilshaw, Peter}} Category:1987 births Category:Living people Category:Cricketers from Newcastle-under-Lyme Category:English cricketers Category:Nottinghamshire Cricket Board cricketers Category:Staffordshire cricketers Category:Oxford MCCU cricketers Category:21st-century English sportsmen