Peter Edward McIntyre (born 27 April 1966) is a former Australian

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er who played in two Test matches in the 1990s. He was a leg-spin bowler, unlucky to have arrived at the same time as fellow spin bowlers

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and Stuart MacGill; consequently he never managed to establish himself in the national side. He played in two

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, one against England in

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in 1995 and another against India at

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in 1996. McIntyre dismissed

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in Tendulkar's first Test match as captain, caught for 10 by Mark Waugh with the second ball McIntyre bowled to him. He went on to take 3 for 103 but, according to ''Wisden'', "bowled steadily but without variation or much imagination". This was his second Test – and he did not play another one, once Warne returned. In the 1995–96 Sheffield Shield final, he and Shane George, South Australia's last two batsmen, held out the

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bowlers for 40 minutes to ensure a draw and, as a result, victory for South Australia in the season's Shield competition. He retired from

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in 2002, having debuted in 1988.

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