Peter Michael Roebuck (6 March 1956 – 12 November 2011) was an English cricketer who achieved later renown as an Australian newspaper columnist and radio commentator. Between 1986 and 1988, he was the captain of the English county side Somerset. During 1989, Roebuck also captained an England XI one-day cricket team in two matches, losing to the Netherlands. in the first.
On 12 November 2011, Roebuck committed suicide by jumping from a sixth floor hotel room in Cape Town after being asked by police to answer questions about an allegation of sexual assault from a 26 year-old man from Zimbabwe. He was visiting Cape Town to report on a Test Match between South Africa and Australia for The Sydney Morning Herald and Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
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