14 Facts About Peter Nevill

Peter Michael Nevill was born on 13 October 1985 and is an Australian former cricketer who played 17 Tests and 9 T20 internationals for Australia.

Peter Nevill represented New South Wales and the Melbourne Stars, having previously played for the Melbourne Renegades and the Sydney Sixers.

Peter Nevill was Australia's regular Test wicket-keeper from the second test of 2015 Ashes series until being dropped in November 2016.

Peter Nevill made his Twenty20 International debut for Australia against South Africa on 4 March 2016.

In that match, Peter Nevill made 18 and 0 and took one catch.

The bat slipped out of the hands of Brad Hodge and hit Peter Nevill breaking his cheekbone.

Peter Nevill was New South Wales most capped Sheffield Shield captain.

Peter Nevill was selected to go to England for the 2015 Ashes series, and made his Test debut for the second Test at Lord's after Brad Haddin made himself unavailable for selection due to family reasons.

Peter Nevill finished with seven catches on debut, and seven dismissals overall, to be tied for second for catches overall, but an Ashes debut record.

Peter Nevill scored 45 runs in the first innings, just missing his first half-century on debut, however he went on to score 57 in the second innings of his third Test at Edgbaston.

On 9 January 2016, Peter Nevill made his debut for Melbourne Renegades as teammate Matthew Wade, Australia's limited-overs wicket-keeper was called up for international duties.

Peter Nevill ran himself out after Adam Zampa was hit on the nose off his deflection from a shot from Dwayne Bravo, as it went on to hit the stumps.

On 9 February 2016, a day after Australia lost the Chappell-Hadlee series to New Zealand, Peter Nevill was named as the wicketkeeper of choice for ICC World T20 after Matthew Wade was dropped for poor glovesmanship.

In November 2016, Peter Nevill was dropped from the Test side after the second Test of the South Africa series and replaced with Matthew Wade.