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Full name Robin John Peterson
Born August 4, 1979, Port Elizabeth, Cape Province
Current age 29 years 68 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

Runs

Ave

100

Tests

163

27.16

227

71.80

ODIs

147

13.36

194

75.77

T20Is

8.00

66.66

First-class

135

3070

130

26.01

List A

122

1818

101

25.25

Twenty20

234

13.00

245

95.51

Bowling averages

Mat

Inns

Balls

Runs

Wkts

BBI

BBM

Ave

Econ

Tests

959

497

5/33

6/94

35.50

3.10

68.5

ODIs

1252

992

2/26

58.35

4.75

73.6

T20Is

2/29

13.33

8.27

9.6

First-class

15601

7926

234

6/67

33.87

3.04

66.6

List A

122

4876

3590

120

7/24

29.91

4.41

40.6

Twenty20

393

425

2/21

20.23

6.48

18.7

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

Lions v Warriors at Johannesburg, Oct 2-5, 2008 scorecard

List A debut

1999/00

Last List A

Titans v Warriors at Centurion, Mar 19, 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. He has taken over 100 first-class wickets and scored four centuries, and he maintains a lurking presence square of the wicket when he is in the field. 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 operatorwith a steadily developing understanding of flight. Peterson has also cultivated an unusual delivery that turns into the right-handed batsmen. Peterson was part of the South African Under-19 team that took on Pakistan and England, and he played in the 1998 under-19 World Cup. He made his Test debut in 2003 against Bangladesh, taking five wickets and scored 61, but has since played mainly for the one-day side.

Peterson was recalled for South Africa's one-day tour of India in late 2005, and played in the fourth and fifth matches with little success. In February 2006, he played three one-day matches against Australia at home but managed a solitary wicket even as Australia were downed in the series. With first-choice Nicky Boje not included in South Africa's Champions Trophy squad, Peterson was given another opportunity to shine as the lone specialist spinner. He played just one ODI each against India and South Africa when they toured in succession recently, but was included in the 15-man squad for the 2007 World Cup. He helped South Africa sneak home by one wicket in a thriller against Sri Lanka at Providence but has failed to maintain a regular place in the side. He took his maiden five-wicket haul in Tests, against Bangladesh in Chittagong the following year.
Neil Manthorp/Jamie Alter March 2008

Mar 3, 2008

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 © Getty Images

Mar 28, 2007

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

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