Peter Gerard Gillespie was born on 11 May 1974 and is a Northern Irish former cricketer.
13 Facts About Peter Gillespie
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Peter Gillespie played the following day against the MCC at Lord's.
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Peter Gillespie then represented Ireland in the Triple Crown Tournament the following month.
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Peter Gillespie was named in the Ireland squad for the 1997 ICC Trophy and played in nine matches.
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Peter Gillespie represented Northern Ireland in the cricket tournament at the 1998 Commonwealth Games, the only time to date that cricket has featured in the Commonwealth Games.
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Peter Gillespie won the man of the match award for an innings of 66 in the match against Wiltshire.
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Peter Gillespie then played in the European Championship and against the MCC and Berkshire.
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Peter Gillespie was named in the Ireland squad for the 2005 ICC Trophy and warmed up with his first century for Ireland, scoring 102 not out against the MCC in June.
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Peter Gillespie played in five matches in the tournament itself, without much success until the semi-final against Canada, where he scored 64 not out to help lead Ireland to the final, winning the man of the match award in the process.
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Peter Gillespie did not meet with much success in those games however, being dismissed for a duck in each of them.
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Peter Gillespie then played in an Intercontinental Cup game against the UAE before being named in Ireland's squad for the 2007 World Cup.
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Peter Gillespie did not play in Ireland's first round matches as they beat Pakistan and tied against Zimbabwe to reach the Super 8 stage, and missed the first two matches in that stage before playing in the third match against New Zealand.
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Peter Gillespie comes from a cricketing family, with three other members of his family all playing for Strabane, his club side in Ireland.