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Robin Peterson
South Africa
Player profile
Full name Robin John Peterson
Born August 4, 1979, Port Elizabeth, Cape Province
Current age 29 years 157 days
Major teams South Africa, Eastern Province, Warriors
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Slow left-arm orthodox
Batting and fielding averages
|
Mat |
Inns |
NO |
Runs |
HS |
Ave |
BF |
SR |
100 |
50 |
4s |
6s |
Ct |
St |
| Tests |
6 |
7 |
1 |
163 |
61 |
27.16 |
227 |
71.80 |
0 |
1 |
19 |
1 |
5 |
0 |
| ODIs |
35 |
15 |
4 |
147 |
36 |
13.36 |
194 |
75.77 |
0 |
0 |
14 |
2 |
7 |
0 |
| T20Is |
3 |
1 |
0 |
8 |
8 |
8.00 |
12 |
66.66 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
| First-class |
90 |
142 |
17 |
3144 |
130 |
25.15 |
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5 |
10 |
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40 |
0 |
| List A |
126 |
86 |
10 |
1888 |
101 |
24.84 |
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1 |
11 |
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39 |
0 |
| Twenty20 |
22 |
19 |
1 |
234 |
42 |
13.00 |
245 |
95.51 |
0 |
0 |
26 |
4 |
5 |
0 |
Bowling averages
|
Mat |
Inns |
Balls |
Runs |
Wkts |
BBI |
BBM |
Ave |
Econ |
SR |
4w |
5w |
10 |
| Tests |
6 |
11 |
959 |
497 |
14 |
5/33 |
6/94 |
35.50 |
3.10 |
68.5 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
| ODIs |
35 |
31 |
1252 |
992 |
17 |
2/26 |
2/26 |
58.35 |
4.75 |
73.6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| T20Is |
3 |
2 |
29 |
40 |
3 |
2/29 |
2/29 |
13.33 |
8.27 |
9.6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| First-class |
90 |
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16186 |
8207 |
238 |
6/67 |
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34.48 |
3.04 |
68.0 |
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11 |
1 |
| List A |
126 |
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5045 |
3706 |
129 |
7/24 |
7/24 |
28.72 |
4.40 |
39.1 |
1 |
4 |
0 |
| Twenty20 |
22 |
19 |
393 |
425 |
21 |
2/21 |
2/21 |
20.23 |
6.48 |
18.7 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Career statistics
| Test debut |
Bangladesh v South Africa at Dhaka, May 1-4, 2003 scorecard |
| Last Test |
Bangladesh v South Africa at Chittagong (CDS), Feb 29-Mar 3, 2008 scorecard |
| Test statistics |
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| ODI debut |
India v South Africa at Colombo (RPS), Sep 25, 2002 scorecard |
| Last ODI |
New Zealand v South Africa at St George's, Apr 14, 2007 scorecard |
| ODI statistics |
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| T20I debut |
South Africa v Australia at Johannesburg, Feb 24, 2006 scorecard |
| Last T20I |
South Africa v Pakistan at Johannesburg, Feb 2, 2007 scorecard |
| T20I statistics |
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| First-class debut |
1998/99 |
| Last First-class |
Cape Cobras v Warriors at Paarl, Nov 6-9, 2008 scorecard |
| List A debut |
1999/00 |
| Last List A |
Warriors v Cape Cobras at East London, Dec 5, 2008 scorecard |
| Twenty20 debut |
Eastern Cape v Western Province Boland at Port Elizabeth, Apr 13, 2004 scorecard |
| Last Twenty20 |
South Africa v Pakistan at Johannesburg, Feb 2, 2007 scorecard |
Spin bowlers of genuine potential are a rarity in South Africa, much less the jewels who can hold a bat as well as field with attacking intent. Peterson, a left-arm finger spinner from Eastern Province, fills all three vacancies more than competently. At first glance he seems an overly orthodox slow bowler, but he turns the ball appreciably given help from the pitch and is invariably a tidy operator with a steadily developing understanding of flight. Peterson has also cultivated an unusual delivery that turns into the right-handed batsmen.He was part of the South African Under-19 team that took on Pakistan and England, and he played the Under-19 World Cup in 1998. Peterson made his Test debut in 2003 against Bangladesh, taking five wickets and scored 61. It was in Bangladesh where he took his first five-wicket haul as well, on the 2008 tour.
Given more chances in ODIs, Peterson has failed to grab the opportunities. With his bowling hardly a threat to the opposition batsmen, it is not surprising that one of his ODI career highlights is his winning boundary - an outside edge past slip - in South Africa's one-wicket victory over Sri Lanka at Providence during the 2007 World Cup.
Neil Manthorp/Jamie Alter March 2008
Dec 8, 2008 |
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Robin Peterson slides into Ashwell Prince © Getty Images |
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Mar 3, 2008 |
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Andre Nel congratulates Robin Peterson for taking his five-for © AFP |
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Mar 2, 2008 |
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Robin Peterson is congratulated by his team-mates after taking a wicket © Getty Images |
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