Robin Peterson

Robin Peterson

Personal information
Born	4 August 1979 Port Elizabeth, Cape Province, South Africa
Nickname	Robby P
Batting style	Left-handed
Bowling style	Slow left arm orthodox
Role	Bowler
International information
National side	South Africa
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
T20I debut (cap 22)	24 February 2006 v Australia
Last T20I	3 March 2013 v Pakistan
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 n/a 1 n/a Best bowling 5/33 4/12 6/67 7/24 Catches/stumpings 8/– 27/– 63/– 78/–
Source: Cricinfo, 28 December 2013

Robin John Peterson (born 4 August 1979) is a 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 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.^[1]

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]

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.

Bowling Style

Even though he is not a big turner of ball, Robin Peterson's main strength in bowling spin is bowling the arm ball (the straight ball). This means that batsman are constantly unaware of whether the ball will turn or not. Robby P captures most of his wickets by bowling his victims or trapping them LBW this is because batsman constantly play for the spin only to find that the ball was going straight towards the stumps.

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 quikfire 21 to make his team win against india^[4]

Career Best Performances

as of 20 March 2011

	Batting				Bowling
	Score	Fixture	Venue	Season	Figure	Fixture	Venue	Season
Tests	61	South Africa v Bangladesh	Dhaka	2003	4–12	South Africa v Bangladesh	Mirpur	2011
ODI	36	South Africa v West Indies	Centurion	2004	2–26	South Africa v Pakistan	Faisalabad	2003
T20I	34	South Africa v Australia	Centurion	2009	3–30	South Africa v Australia	Wanderers	2009
FC	130	Eastern Province v Gauteng	Wanderers	2002	6–67	Eastern Province v Border	East London	1999
LA	101	Eastern Province v Border	Port Elizabeth	2001	7–24	Warriors v Eagles	East London	2008
T20	72*	Warriors v Dolphins	East London	2008	3–24	Warriors v Eagles	Port Elizabeth	2009

International five-wicket hauls

Test 5 Wicket hauls

#	Figures	Match	Opponent	Venue	City	Country	Year
1	5/33	6	Bangladesh	ZAC Stadium	Chittagong	Bangladesh	2008

International Awards

Test Cricket

Man of the Match awards

S No	Series	Season	Match Performance	Result
1	2nd Test - Pakistan in South Africa Test Series	2012/13	1st Innings: 23.2-0-94-2 ; 84 (106 balls, 15x4) 2nd Innings: 29-8-73-3 ; 1* (9 balls)	South Africa won by 4 wickets.[5]

References

1. "Most runs off one over". www.cricinfo.com.
2. "Derbyshire Sign All-Rounder Peterson". Cricket World. 1 December 2009. Retrieved 2 December 2009.
3. "IPL auction 2012".
4. "South Africa vs Bangladesh, ICC World Cup 2011". Cricket Archives.
5. "Pakistan in South Africa Test Series, 2012 - 2nd Test".

External links

• Player profile: Robin Peterson from ESPNcricinfo
• Player profile: Robin Peterson from CricketArchive
• Robin Peterson on Twitter