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Full name Peter Noel Kirsten
Born May 14, 1955, Pietermaritzburg, Natal
Current age 53 years 107 days
Major teams South Africa,Border,Derbyshire,Sussex,Western Province
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
Relations Father - N Kirsten,Brother - AM Kirsten,Half-brother - G Kirsten,Half-brother - P Kirsten
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
12
22
2
626
104
31.30
2084
30.03
1
4
67
0
8
0
ODIs
40
40
6
1293
97
38.02
2308
56.02
0
9
90
8
11
0
First-class
327
568
59
22635
271
44.46
57
107
190
0
List A
358
352
32
11403
134*
35.63
10
83
120
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
12
3
54
30
0
-
-
-
3.33
-
0
0
0
ODIs
40
8
183
152
6
3/31
3/31
25.33
4.98
30.5
0
0
0
First-class
327
10287
4682
117
6/48
40.01
2.73
87.9
2
0
List A
358
4620
3244
95
6/17
6/17
34.14
4.21
48.6
1
2
0
Career statistics
Test debut
West Indies v South Africa at Bridgetown, Apr 18-23, 1992 scorecard
Last Test
England v South Africa at The Oval, Aug 18-21, 1994 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
India v South Africa at Kolkata, Nov 10, 1991 scorecard
Last ODI
England v South Africa at Birmingham, Aug 25, 1994 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span
1973/74 - 1996/97
List A span
1973/74 - 1996/97
Profile
Peter Kirsten was almost 37 by the time he made his Test debut, because of South Africa's omission from the Test arena in the 1970s and '80s. At that time Kirsten, a wristy, uncompromising batsman and a glorious fielder, was a prolific runscorer for Western Province and Derbyshire. In 1976-77 he hit five centuries in consecutive innings, and six in seven. His talents were fading by the time he played Test cricket, but he battled doggedly, not least at Adelaide in 1993-94. South Africa had to draw to take the series against Australia, but Kirsten's 79 (in 310 minutes) and 42 (in 259) were agonisingly in vain. He made his only Test hundred at Headingley in 1994, in his penultimate Test. His half-brother Gary became South Africa's most capped player and top Test runscorer.
Rob Smyth
