Craig Kieswetter

Personal information

Full name

Craig Kieswetter

Born

28 November 1987 (age 29)
Johannesburg, South Africa

Nickname

Hobnob

Batting style

Right-handed

Bowling style

Right-arm off break

Role

Wicket keeper

International information

National side

England

ODI debut (cap 214)

28 February 2010 v Bangladesh

Last ODI

19 January 2013 v India

T20I debut (cap 49)

5 May 2010 v West Indies

Last T20I

29 September 2012 v New Zealand

Domestic team information

Years

Team

2007–15

Somerset (squad no. 22)

2013–14

Brisbane Heat (squad no. 22)

2014

Warriors

Career statistics

Competition	ODI	T20I	FC	LA
Matches	46	25	115	134
Runs scored	1,054	526	5,728	4,254
Batting average	30.11	21.91	39.23	39.38
100s/50s	1/5	0/3	11/31	11/17
Top score	107	63	164	143
Balls bowled	–	–	54	12
Wickets	–	–	2	1
Bowling average	–	–	14.50	19.00
5 wickets in innings	–	–	0	0
10 wickets in match	n/a	n/a	0	n/a
Best bowling	–	–	2/3	1/19
Catches/stumpings	53/12	17/3	331/12	136/26

Source: CricketArchive, 26 September 2014

Craig Kieswetter (born 28 November 1987) is an English former cricketer who appeared in 71 matches for England between 2010 and 2013. A wicket-keeper batsman, born and raised in South Africa, Kieswetter moved to England to complete his education, and began playing county cricket for Somerset in 2007. Three years later, only two weeks after qualifying for the England cricket team, he made his international debut in a One Day International (ODI) against Bangladesh. He was considered a one-day specialist, and all his international appearances came in ODIs or Twenty20 Internationals. He retired from professional cricket in June 2015, aged 27, due to an eye injury suffered while batting in 2014.

Kieswetter played junior cricket for Western Province until the age of 18, but a lack of progression led him to seek an alternative route in England. He studied at Millfield, where he was spotted by Somerset. The county's lack of a strong wicket-keeper gave Kieswetter his opportunity, and he made his debut for the team early in the 2007 season. He was qualified to play county cricket as his mother was Scottish, and his performances soon generated discussion about his potential to play for England. The captain of South Africa, Graeme Smith, made overtures to Kieswetter, inviting him to return to play in South Africa; Kieswetter, however, affirmed his desire to qualify and play for England.

In early 2010, Kieswetter achieved his target; some strong performances for the England Lions, especially in a match against the senior England team, won him a place in the squad to face Bangladesh. His selection, along with the presence of other South African-born players in the England team, was criticised, with some suggesting that there should be fewer foreign-born players in the team. He scored his first—and only—international century in his third match, and a couple of months later he was named as the man of the match as England won the final of the 2010 ICC World Twenty20. After a promising start for England, he was inconsistent and was dropped before the end of 2010. He returned to the team the following year, but his place in the team was always at risk, and in 2013 he was replaced by Jos Buttler, his team-mate at Somerset.

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