Full Name
Peter Stephen Patrick Handscomb
Born
26 April 1991
Country
Australia
Role
WK-Batsman
Batting Style
Right Handed Bat
Peter Handscomb
Peter Handscomb
Peter Handscomb
Peter Handscomb (born 26 April 1991) is a reliable Australian middle-order batter and occasional wicketkeeper known for his success in first-class cricket and a 2019 ODI century that helped Australia chase 359 against India. A former Test player (2016-2023), he has captained Leicestershire and Middlesex, with a career-best 281 not out (2023). [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
Table of Content
Stats
| Match | Format | Date | Runs | BF | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victoria vs South Australia · Final | First Class | March 26, 2026 | 36 | 77 | 5 | 0 | 46.75 |
| Victoria vs South Australia · 29th Match | First Class | March 14, 2026 | 48 | 78 | 4 | 0 | 61.54 |
| Tasmania vs Victoria · 25th Match | First Class | March 5, 2026 | 61 | 120 | 7 | 0 | 50.83 |
| Western Australia vs Victoria · 21st Match | List A | February 21, 2026 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Western Australia vs Victoria · 23rd Match | First Class | February 16, 2026 | 47 | 60 | 8 | 0 | 78.33 |
| Victoria vs Queensland · 20th Match | First Class | February 5, 2026 | 101 | 196 | 11 | 0 | 51.53 |
| Series | Format | Date | Runs | BF | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sheffield Shield 2025 | FIRSTCLASS | Oct 4, 2025 - Mar 30, 2026 | 724 | 1438 | 76 | 3 | 50.35 |
| Australia Domestic One-Day Cup 2025 | LISTA | Sep 16, 2025 - Feb 28, 2026 | 271 | 331 | 27 | 2 | 81.87 |
| Metro Bank One Day Cup 2025 | LISTA | Aug 5, 2025 - Sep 20, 2025 | 293 | 326 | 25 | 4 | 89.88 |
| County Championship Division Two 2025 | FIRSTCLASS | Apr 4, 2025 - Sep 27, 2025 | 601 | 1108 | 61 | 1 | 54.24 |
| Big Bash League 2024 | T20 | Dec 15, 2024 - Jan 27, 2025 | 11 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 73.33 |
| Sheffield Shield 2024 | FIRSTCLASS | Oct 8, 2024 - Mar 30, 2025 | 693 | 1387 | 77 | 2 | 49.96 |
| Format | Matches | Innings | Runs | BF | HS | AVG | SR | Not Out | 4s | 6s | 50s | 100s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEST | 20 | 35 | 1079 | 2234 | 110 | 37.2000 | 48.2900 | 6 | 123 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| ODI | 22 | 20 | 632 | 649 | 117 | 33.2600 | 97.3800 | 1 | 46 | 6 | 4 | 1 |
| T20 | 135 | 120 | 2120 | 1810 | 103 | 22.5500 | 117.1200 | 26 | 161 | 43 | 7 | 1 |
| T20I | 2 | 2 | 33 | 33 | 20 | 33.0000 | 100.0000 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| List A | 177 | 166 | 5813 | 6377 | 140 | 40.0800 | 91.1500 | 21 | 520 | 78 | 36 | 9 |
| First Class | 212 | 360 | 13250 | 25077 | 281 | 39.7800 | 52.8300 | 27 | 1542 | 39 | 75 | 30 |
| Format | Matches | Innings | Overs | Balls | Runs | Wkts | AVG | Econ | SR | Bbi | Bbm | 4w | 5w | 10w |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEST | 20 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ODI | 22 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T20 | 135 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T20I | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| List A | 177 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| First Class | 212 | 2 | 11.00 | 66 | 79 | 0 | 0.0000 | 7.1800 | 0.0000 | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Match | Format | Date | Runs | BF | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victoria vs Queensland · 16th Match | List A | February 3, 2026 | 90 | 107 | 6 | 0 | 84.11 |
| New South Wales vs Victoria · 10th Match | First Class | November 10, 2025 | 104 | 212 | 11 | 0 | 49.06 |
Matches
News
Major Teams Represented
- Australia: National team (Tests, ODIs, T20Is) (2016 - 2023)
- Domestic/International: Victoria (current), Melbourne Stars, Melbourne Renegades, Leicestershire, Gloucestershire, Yorkshire, Durham, Rising Pune Supergiant (IPL)
International Debuts
- Test: vs South Africa (Adelaide, Nov 24, 2016)
- ODI: vs Pakistan (Melbourne, Jan 19, 2017)
- T20I: vs India (Bengaluru, Feb 24, 2019)
International Career Statistics (as Of May 2026)
- Test: 20 matches, 1,079 runs @ \(37.20\), 2 centuries, 5 fifties
- ODI: 20 matches, 632 runs @ \(33.26\), 1 century, 4 fifties
- T20I: 2 matches, 34 runs
Records & Awards
- Unique Record: First Test cricketer in 97 years to score fifty or more in each of his first four Test innings.
- Elite Run-Scorer: Between Oct 2022-2025, no one scored more first-class runs than Handscomb.
- Domestic Success: 2023/24 One Day Cup leading scorer, 2025 Div 2 Championship winner as Leicestershire Captain.
- Scored a maiden ODI century (117) to help Australia chase 359 in Mohali.
- Scored 72* on a challenging Delhi pitch in the 2023 Test recall.
