[1] Batting left-handed and bowling right-arm off-breaks, Parfitt played for Middlesex between 1956 and 1972, captaining the team from 1968 to 1970.
[2] He made four centuries in five consecutive Tests against Pakistan in 1962,[1] but was used as a makeshift opener in the 1962–63 Ashes series in Australia and failed.
A left-handed batsman, right-arm off-break bowler and fine fielder, he was judged to be one of the most exciting strokemakers of his generation.
Parfitt took over the captaincy at Middlesex when Fred Titmus stood down, but was not pleased to have only two seasons in charge, before Mike Brearley took over the role.
[1] After cricket he ran a pub on the Lancashire/Yorkshire border, and later became involved in hospitality at Test matches.