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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 123 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 5 10 40 0
List A 125 85 10 1833 101 24.44 1 10 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 16186 8207 238 6/67 34.48 3.04 68.0 11 1
List A 125 4991 3669 126 7/24 7/24 29.11 4.41 39.6 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
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
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
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 Lions v Warriors at Johannesburg, Nov 30, 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

 Profile

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

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Mar 3, 2008

Andre Nel congratulates Robin Peterson for taking his five-for
Andre Nel congratulates Robin Peterson for taking his five-for
© AFP

Mar 2, 2008

Robin Peterson is congratulated by his team-mates after taking a wicket
Robin Peterson is congratulated by his team-mates after taking a wicket
© Getty Images

Mar 28, 2007

Robin Peterson tries to stop the ball off his own delivery
Robin Peterson tries to stop the ball off his own delivery
© Getty Images

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