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Dean Elgar

Dean Elgar
Personal information
Full name Dean Elgar
Born (1987-06-11) 11 June 1987 (age 29)
Welkom, Orange Free State Province, South Africa
Nickname Deano
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Batting style Left-handed
Bowling style Slow left-arm orthodox
Role Batting all-rounder
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 315) 30 November 2012 v Australia
Last Test 12 January 2017 v Sri Lanka
ODI debut (cap 104) 24 August 2012 v England
Last ODI 25 October 2015 v India
ODI shirt no. 64
Domestic team information
Years Team
2006–2012 Free State
2007–2014 Knights (squad no. 64)
2013 Somerset (squad no. 64)
2014–present Titans (squad no. 64)
2015 Surrey (squad no. 64)
2017–present Somerset (squad no. 64)
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 32 6 137 132
Runs scored 1,737 98 9,417 4,189
Batting average 38.60 24.50 43.80 39.51
100s/50s 6/5 0/0 28/34 4/30
Top score 129 42 268 117
Balls bowled 899 92 3,708 2,657
Wickets 13 2 48 49
Bowling average 41.61 33.50 51.50 48.81
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 n/a 0 n/a
Best bowling 4/22 1/11 4/22 3/43
Catches/stumpings 35/– 3/– 102/– 42/–
Source: CricketArchive, 15 January 2017

Dean Elgar (born 11 June 1987) is a South African cricketer. He is a left-handed opening batsman and a useful slow-left arm bowler.

Elgar captained the 2006 Under-19 Cricket World Cup in Sri Lanka in 2006. He now plays for the Northerns cricket team and Titans cricket team in the major South African cricket competitions. He was included in the Northerns team squad for the 2015 Africa T20 Cup.

Elgar was selected for the Sri Lankan ODI series in early 2012 but had to withdraw citing injury. He eventually made his ODI debut against England in an rain-abandoned match, but found success in his second match, scoring 15 in his maiden innings before being bowled by Graeme Swann. Bowling his left-arm spin, Elgar had Craig Kieswetter caught out off only his third delivery in ODI Cricket. In the field, Elgar took an incredible catch of Jonathan Trott then caught Eoin Morgan out in a South African victory.

Elgar made his test debut against Australia on 30 November 2012 and scored a duck in his maiden test innings. He followed this with another duck in the second innings to complete a pair of ducks on debut. On the 12th of January 2013, Elgar scored his maiden test century against New Zealand. The retirement off Graeme Smith created a regular opportunity for Elgar in his specialist position at the top of the order in Test cricket.

Elgar made 103, against Sri Lanka on 16 July 2014, and followed up with 121 against West Indies at St George's Oval, a ground where he scored almost half of his career international test runs, and recorded the most fifties.

On 28 December 2015 Elgar became the first South African to carry his bat in a Test innings since Gary Kirsten in 1997, when he finished 118 not out against England.


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