Roy Pienaar
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Full name | Roy Francois Pienaar | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Johannesburg, Transvaal | 17 July 1961|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Role | All-rounder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1979/80–1980/81 | Northern Transvaal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1987–1989 | Kent | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1988/89–1992/93 | Transvaal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1993/94–1999/00 | Northern Transvaal/Northerns | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 14 December 2019 |
Roy Francois Pienaar (born 17 July 1961) is a South African former
Early life and career
Pienaar was born at
After moving to play for
Playing in England
Later in 1987 Pienaar first played in England for Kent County Cricket Club. He was drafted in as a replacement for injured overseas player Eldine Baptiste, initially as a temporary replacement.[6][7] Pienaar eventually played three summers at Kent, making a favourable impression, both scoring runs and taking "important wickets" during the sides second-placed 1988 County Championship campaign.[8][9] Knee injuries, however, limited his bowling in 1989, and Pienaar was forced to cancel his Kent contract.[5][10] He had previously played league cricket for Pudsey St Lawrence in 1980.[11]
Following knee surgery,[10] Pienaar bowled very infrequently for the rest of his career. He had first suffered from issues with his knees at the age of 10 and these were exacerbated by the bowling workload he took on at Kent.[e][5] He played in the only unofficial Test match played against the rebel England side which toured South Africa in 1989–90[f]
Later career
Pienaar had moved back to Transvaal in 1988–89 and later moved again to play for Northern Transvaal from 1993–94 until his retirement. He played his last senior cricket in December 1999.[1] He captained both sides on occasion and was again the South African Cricket Annual Cricketer of the Year in 1990.[5] As a batsman Pienaar was considered "gifted" and used the square cut effectively.[8][13]
During the early-1990s, Pienaar established a business making biltong. The company was sold during the 2000s, allowing Pienaar to retire in his 40s and focus on his family.[5][9]
Notes
- ^ After the end of white-minority rule in South Africa, Transvaal became the Gauteng cricket team.
- ^ Northern Transvaal have been known as Northerns since 1997.
- ^ During this period, white South Africans were required to serve in the South African Defence Force by the apartheid era South African government.
- ^ These matches are not considered as One Day Internationals by the International Cricket Council as the Australian side was touring South Africa without the backing of the Australian Cricket Board.
- ^ The player Pienaar replaced at Kent, Eldine Baptiste, was primarily a bowler. Pienaar was more of a batting all-rounder.
- ^ A second unofficial Test match was cancelled due to protests against the South African apartheid regime, and four unofficial One Day International matches played to replace it.[12]
References
- ^ a b c d e Roy Pienaar, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2022-08-12. (subscription required)
- CricInfo. Retrieved 2022-08-12.
- ^ St Stithians produces another Proteas player in Ryan Rickelton, Sports Corner, 9 April 2022. Retrieved 2022-08-12.
- ^ St Stithians the team to beat, SA Cricket Mag, 15 September 2018. Retrieved 2022-08-12.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Hewana S (2010) Cool cricketer always kept ahead of the game, The Times, 10 October 2010. Retrieved 2022-08-12.
- ISBN 978-0-95640-810-5
- ISBN 9781408197851
- ^ a b Ellis & Pennell, p. 145.
- ^ a b Rabada to follow in footsteps of great South Africans at Kent, Kent County Cricket Club, 28 February 2016. Retrieved 2022-08-12.
- ^ a b Ellis & Pennell, p. 148.
- ^ Pudsey St Lawrence history, Pudsey St Lawrence Cricket Club. Retrieved 2022-08-12.
- ^ Edwards R (2015) England's 'rebel' tour of South Africa 1990: 'I thought Mike Gatting might get killed out there', The Independent, 22 January 2015. Retrieved 2022-08-12.
- CricInfo, 12 january 2015. Retrieved 2022-08-12.