SOUTH AFRICA · Batter · 1992–1994

Peter Kirsten

On scorecards: PN Kirsten

In-game rating: 77/99

BATTING

MATCHES

INNINGS

626

RUNS

31.30

AVERAGE

104

HIGH SCORE

1 / 4

100s / 50s

FIELDING

CATCHES

STUMPINGS

CAREER IN BRIEF

Peter Kirsten played 12 Tests for South Africa in CricArcade's archive, from 1992 to 1994. The first came against West Indies at Kensington Oval, with scores of 11 and 52, and the last against England at Kennington Oval in 1994.

The highest score in the archive is 104 from 226 balls against England at Headingley in 1994. In all: 1 hundred, 4 fifties. At home the average was 23.9 across 7 Tests; away it was 40.3 across 5 Tests, a player who travelled well.

The most runs came against Australia: 308 runs at 44.0 in 4 Tests. South Africa won 3 of the Tests Peter Kirsten played and lost 4, with 5 drawn.

The career totals above are the official figures; everything below is computed from the 12 Test scorecards in CricArcade's archive, each linked.

BEST INNINGS

Runs	Balls	Against	Ground	Year	Result
104	226	England	Headingley	1994	Drawn
79	235	Australia	Adelaide Oval	1994	Lost
70	203	Australia	Newlands	1994	Lost
53	133	Australia	Wanderers Stadium	1994	Won
52	168	West Indies	Kensington Oval	1992	Lost

RECORD BY OPPONENT

Against	Tests	Runs	Avg	100/50
Australia	4	308	44.00	0/3
India	4	76	12.67	0/0
England	3	179	35.80	1/0
West Indies	1	63	31.50	0/1

HOME, AWAY AND NEUTRAL

Where	Tests	Runs	Avg	100/50
Home	7	263	23.91	0/2
Away	5	363	40.33	1/2

GROUNDS

Ground	Tests	Runs	Avg	100/50
Newlands	2	99	24.75	0/1
Wanderers Stadium	2	91	22.75	0/1
Kingsmead	2	73	36.50	0/0
Adelaide Oval	1	121	60.50	0/1
Headingley	1	112	112.00	1/0
Kensington Oval	1	63	31.50	0/1

FIRST AND LAST

Debut: v West Indies, 1992 at Kensington Oval
Latest in the archive: v England, 1994 at Kennington Oval

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