A left-handed batsman and a slow left-arm bowler, Peploe played at first-class cricket level for Middlesex.

However, it was his bowling that led to him playing 26 County Championship games for Middlesex as well as 17 in the various forms of limited-overs cricket and 15 in the Twenty20 Cup.

The statistics would say his best performances came in limited-overs matches, in which he took 26 wickets at an average of 22.92 and strike rate of 31.38.

He twice took four-wicket hauls in this form of the game, one of which came in front of the Sky cameras against Glamorgan in 2005.

However, the signing of Murali Kartik in 2007 pushed him further down the pecking order – Peploe only played three matches that year – while Shaun Udal made it three specialist spinners in 2008.