Full name Clinton John Peake Name Clinton Peake 1995/96–2000/01 Victoria | Batting style Left-handed Role Cricket Player | |
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Born 25 March 1977 (age 46) ( 1977-03-25 ) Geelong, Victoria, Australia First-class debut 24 November 1995 Victoria v Pakistan Last First-class 4 January 2001 Victoria v Western Australia | ||
Bowling style Slow left-arm orthodox | ||
Clinton John Peake (born 25 March 1977 in Geelong, Victoria) is a former Australian first-class cricketer.
In his early career, Peake, a batsman, was selected as part of the Australian under-19s cricket team, which he captained in the 1994/95 season at 17 years of age. He scored 304 against Indian Youth in a match in Melbourne that season.
In the 1995/96 season, Peake made his first-class debut with the Victorian Bushrangers at just 18 years of age. He played six matches (and one List A match) but did not live up to the potential of his under-19s performances and was soon dropped. He did not play a Sheffield Shield match in 1996/97, with only one List A performance to his name.
Peake then spent three seasons in the wilderness before returning to the Bushrangers in the 1999/2000 season, still only 22 years of age. He played one first-class match that season, where he again failed, making scores of 1 and 4. He was retained for 2000/01, but again struggled, averaging 6.33 with the bat over three one-day matches, and 17.66 in four first-class innings.
These performances effectively ended his first-class career, and he headed back to his hometown of Geelong to play for the Geelong Cricket Club in Victorian Premier Cricket, where he is currently captain.