Legspinner Peter Sleep was one of the many relatively anodyne slow bowlers given a chance before Shane Warne arrived. He was rather innocuous at Test level, as a strike rate of a wicket every 96 balls suggests. He did win an Ashes Test, though, at Sydney in 1986-87, taking his only five-for in the second innings of a match better remembered for Peter Taylor's debut exploits. Sleep, who was wittily nicknamed "Sounda", also made three Test fifties, and was a Lancashire League regular for many years, before becoming captain and then coach of Lancashire's 2nd XI.
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Peter Sleep Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

Format	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100s	50s	4s	6s	Ct	St
Tests	14	21	1	483	90	24.15	1323	36.50	0	3	35	0	4	0
FC	175	285	50	8201	182	34.89	-	-	15	40	-	-	104	1
List A	33	30	5	956	109	38.24	-	-	1	4	-	-	12	0

Bowling

Format	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w
Tests	14	23	2982	1397	31	5/72	5/99	45.06	2.81	96.1	1	1
FC	175	-	28063	14299	363	8/133	-	39.39	3.05	77.3	-	9
List A	33	-	168	177	4	2/58	2/58	44.25	6.32	42.0	0	0

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Recent Matches of Peter Sleep

Match	Bat	Bowl	Date	Ground	Format
South Aust vs West Aust	3	0/37 & 7/79	18-Mar-1993	Adelaide	FC
South Aust vs NSW	27 & 36	0/22 & 0/24	11-Mar-1993	Sydney	FC
South Aust vs Victoria	4 & 41	0/45	05-Mar-1993	Adelaide	FC
South Aust vs Victoria	29	--	07-Feb-1993	Melbourne	List A
South Aust vs Victoria	17 & 6	0/60	03-Feb-1993	Melbourne	FC