Robin Peterson

Robin Peterson

Personal information
Born	(1979-08-04) 4 August 1979 (age 42) Port Elizabeth, Cape Province, South Africa
Batting	Left-handed
Bowling	Slow left arm orthodox
Role	All rounder
Relations	Harper Peterson (son)
International information
National side	South Africa (2002–2014)
Test debut (cap 291)	1–4 May 2003 v Bangladesh
Last Test	12 February 2014 v Australia
ODI debut (cap 70)	25 September 2002 v India
Last ODI	11 November 2013 v Pakistan
ODI shirt no.	13
T20I debut (cap 22)	24 February 2006 v Australia
Last T20I	3 March 2013 v Pakistan
T20I shirt no.	13
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1997–2004	Eastern Province Warriors
2004–2009	Warriors
2009–present	Cape Cobras
2010	Derbyshire (squad no. 5)
2012	Mumbai Indians
2014	Surrey (T20 only)
Career statistics
Competition Tests ODIs FC LA Matches 14 77 134 206 Runs scored 433 545 4,504 2,885 Batting average 28.86 20.96 25.53 25.53 100s/50s 0/2 0/1 6/17 1/16 Top score 84 68 130 101 Balls bowled 2,311 3,193 24,149 8,589 Wickets 35 70 373 224 Bowling average 36.57 37.20 32.76 29.84 5 wickets in innings 1 0 15 4 10 wickets in match 0 0 1 0 Best bowling 5/33 4/12 6/67 7/24 Catches/stumpings 8/– 27/– 63/– 78/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 28 December 2013

Robin John Peterson (born 4 August 1979) is a former South African cricketer who bowls left arm spin and is a capable batsman. He has played 14 Tests and over 70 ODIs for South Africa. He announced his retirement from all forms of cricket in 9 November 2016.^[1]

Domestic career[]

In December 2009, it was revealed that he had signed a contract to play for Derbyshire on a Kolpak contract.^[2]

He attended Alexander Road High School in Port Elizabeth and matriculated in 1997.

He was bought by the Mumbai Indians in the 2012 Indian Premier League players auction for $100,000.^[3]

International career[]

He holds the dubious accolade of being the bowler from whom Brian Lara scored a world record tally of 28 runs in a single Test match over.^[4]

He was the last bowler to dismiss Ricky Ponting in Test cricket, having him caught at slip by Jacques Kallis after Ponting made just 8 runs in his final test innings. He had also given 35 runs in a match in ODI against Thisara Perera.^{[citation needed]}

ICC World Cup 2011[]

Robin Peterson's 4 for 12 versus Bangladesh is his best bowling performance in ODIs surpassing his 3 for 22 against England in Chennai. He also hit a quickfire 21 to make his team win against India.^[5] He finished the tournament as the highest South African wicket taker of the tournament with 15 wickets at 15.86 average.^[1]

References[]

External links[]

• Robin Peterson at ESPNcricinfo
• Robin Peterson on Twitter