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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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