Peter Kirsten
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Full name | Peter Noel Kirsten | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Natal, South Africa | 14 May 1955|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right arm offbreak | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Relations | Noel Kirsten (father) Paul Kirsten (brother) Gary Kirsten (brother) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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National side | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Test debut (cap 240) | 18 April 1992 v West Indies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Test | 18 August 1994 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ODI debut (cap 4) | 10 November 1991 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last ODI | 25 August 1994 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1973/74–1989/90 | Border | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 5 January 2014 |
Peter Noel Kirsten (born 14 May 1955) is a former cricketer who represented South Africa in 12 Test matches and 40 One Day Internationals from 1991 to 1994. He is the current coach of the Ugandan national side, having been appointed in August 2014.[1]
Cricket career
Kirsten first attended
After enrolling at
He represented South Africa in all 19 unofficial
At the end of 1991, South Africa was invited to rejoin the
Kirsten made his Test debut in 1992 against the West Indies, aged 36 years and 340 days, scoring 52 in the second innings. On the 1994 South African cricket tour of England he scored a first-class century against Sussex, before aged 39 years and 84 days, he scored his first and only Test century against England at Headingley.
Peter Kirsten finished his career with 626 Test runs and 1,293 ODI runs.[2]
Kirsten is currently a cricket commentator for SABC Sports.
Personal life
Kirsten married his wife Tuffy in 1983. After retiring from cricket he published a biography with Telford Vice, In the nick of time.
Kirsten comes from a sporting family, his father Noël Kirsten played first-class cricket for Border. Peter, his younger brother Andy and half-brothers Gary and Paul Kirsten represented Western Province. Gary also played in 101 cricket Tests for South Africa.
Rugby
In 1974, Kirsten played
References
- ^ Samson Opus (22 August 2014). "Peter Kirsten named new national cricket coach" – New Vision. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
- ^ "Peter Kirsten Batting Career".
- Vice, Telford (1996). In the nick of time. Penguin.
- Cowley, Brian (1993). Cricket's Exiles. Don Nelson.
- Chesterfield, Trevor (1994). S.A. Cricket Captains. Southern Book Publishers.
- Owen-Smith, Michael (1986). Giants of S.A. Cricket. Don Nelson.