Dean Elgar

Dean Elgar
Personal information
Full name Dean Elgar
Born (1987-06-11) 11 June 1987
Welkom, Orange Free State Province, South Africa
Nickname Deano
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Batting style Left-handed
Bowling style Slow left-arm orthodox
Role Batsman
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 315) 30 November 2012 v Australia
Last Test 02 January 2016 v England
ODI debut (cap 104) 24 August 2012 v England
Last ODI 25 October 2015 v India
ODI shirt no. 21
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2006 Free State
2007–2013 Knights (squad no. 64)
2013 Somerset
2014– Titans
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 23 6 117 128
Runs scored 1,167 98 7,871 4,077
Batting average 38.90 24.50 43.72 39.97
100s/50s 4/3 0/0 23/29 4/29
Top score 121 42 268 117
Balls bowled 829 96 3,308 2,633
Wickets 11 2 45 48
Bowling average 45.23 33.50 49.06 49.22
5 wickets in innings 1 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 n/a 0 n/a
Best bowling 4/22 1/11 4/22 3/43
Catches/stumpings 24/– 3/– 83/– 41/–
Source: CricketArchive, 30 December 2015

Dean Elgar (born 11 June 1987) is a South African cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and a useful slow-left arm bowler. Elgar captained the 2006 Under-19 Cricket World Cup in Sri Lanka in 2006. He now plays for the Northerns cricket team and Titans cricket team in the major South African cricket competitions. He was included in the Northerns cricket team squad for the 2015 Africa T20 Cup.[1]

International career

Elgar was selected for the Sri Lankan ODI series in early 2012 but had to withdraw citing injury. He eventually made his ODI debut against England in an rain-abandoned match, but found success in his second match, scoring 15 in his maiden innings before being bowled by Graeme Swann. Bowling his left-arm spin, Elgar had Craig Kieswetter caught out off only his third delivery in ODI Cricket. In the field, Elgar took an incredible catch of Jonathan Trott then caught Eoin Morgan out in a South African victory.

The retirement off Graeme Smith created a regular opportunity for Elgar in his specialist position at the top of the order in Test cricket.

He made his test debut against Australia on 30 November 2012 and scored a duck in his maiden test innings. He followed this with another duck in the second innings to complete a pair of ducks on debut. On the 12th of January 2013, Elgar scored his maiden test century against New Zealand

Elgar Made 103 Against Sri Lanka on 16 July 2014, and followed up with 121 against West Indies at St. Georges Oval, a ground where he scored almost half of his career international test runs, and recorded the most fifties (3 of 5 as of December 31, 2014). He is also known to have century-plus partnerships with only Faf du Plessis.

On 28 December 2015 Elgar became the first South African to carry his bat in a Test innings since Gary Kirsten in 1997, when he finished 118 not out against England.[2]

International centuries

Test centuries

Dean Elgar's Test centuries
Runs Match Against City/Country Venue Year Result
[1] 103* 3  New Zealand South Africa Port Elizabeth, South Africa St George's Oval 2013 Won
[2] 103 10  Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Galle, Sri Lanka Galle International Stadium 2014 Won
[3] 121 14  West Indies South Africa Port Elizabeth, South Africa St George's Oval 2014 Drawn
[4] 118* 22  England South Africa Durban, South Africa Kingsmead Cricket Ground 2015 Lost

See also

References

  1. ↑ Northerns Squad / Players – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  2. ↑ "Elgar carries bat but Moeen spins England to lead". ESPNcricinfo (ESPN Sports Media). 28 December 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2015.

External links

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