Gary Kirsten
- Batting style:
- Left Handed-hand bat
- Bowling style:
- Right arm off break
- Played for:
- South Africa
- Roles played:
- Ex Skipper-Test
- Home country:
-
South Africa
- Born:
- November 23, 1967, Cape Town
Profile
- Appointed India coach in December 2007.
- Made 101 Test and 185 ODI appearances for South Africa as an opening and middle-order batsman.
- Played the second longest Test innings of 275 in 878 minutes against England at Durban in 1999.
- Is one of four brothers to have played first-class cricket. One of his brothers, Peter, also represented South Africa.
- Made the highest ODI score for South Africa with 188 not out against United Arab Emirates at Rawalpindi during the ICC CWC 1996.
Statistics
Show:
| Matches | Innings | Runs | NO | Avg. | SR | 100's | 50's | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Test | 101 | 175 | 7226 | 15 | 45.16 | 43.31 | 21 | 33 |
| ODI | 185 | 185 | 6798 | 19 | 40.95 | 72.04 | 13 | 45 |
| Matches | Innings | Balls | Runs | Wickets | BBI | BBM | Avg. | Econ. | 4w | 5w | 10w | Extras | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Test | 101 | 15 | 349 | 142 | 2 | 1/0 | / | 71 | 2.44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ODI | 185 | 3 | 30 | 23 | 0 | 0/6 | / | 23 | 4.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Catches | Stumpings | Runouts | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Test | 83 | 0 | 4 |
| ODI | 61 | 1 | 11 |
| Matches | Won | Lost | Tie | No Result | Win percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Test | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Career
Span:- Test:
- 1993-2004
- ODI:
- 1993-2003
- Test
-
- Debut:
- South Africa Vs Australia at Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), Melbourne - Victoria - Dec 26, 1993
- Last played:
- South Africa Vs New Zealand at Basin Reserve, Wellington - Mar 26, 2004
- ODI
-
- Debut:
- South Africa Vs Australia at Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG), Sydney - Dec 14, 1993
- Last played:
- South Africa Vs Sri Lanka at Kingsmead, Durban - Mar 03, 2003
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