Robin Peterson

South Africa · SPIN · 2002 to 2014 · on scorecards: RJ Peterson

BATTING

Matches: 79
Innings: 41
Runs: 556
Average: 20.59
Strike rate: 80.81
High score: 68
100s / 50s: 0 / 1

BOWLING & FIELDING

Wickets: 75
Average: 35.73
Economy: 4.9
Strike rate: 43.7
Best figures: 4/12
4w / 5w: 3 / 0
Catches / Stumpings: 28 / 0
Run-outs effected: 6

CAREER IN BRIEF

Robin Peterson played 79 ODIs for South Africa in CricArcade's archive, from 2002 to 2014. The first came against India at R Premadasa Stadium, and the last against Australia at Sydney Cricket Ground in 2014.

The most productive decade was the 2010s: 409 runs at 25.6 in 44 ODIs. The highest score in the archive is 68 from 72 balls against India at Sophia Gardens in 2013, in a defeat. The best bowling is 4 for 12 against Bangladesh at Shere Bangla National Stadium in 2011.

In all: 1 fifty. At home the average was 19.2 across 33 ODIs; away it was 23.6 across 28 ODIs. The most runs came against India: 133 runs at 33.3 in 9 ODIs. SuperSport Park was the most frequent ground, with 6 ODIs and 84 runs at 28.0. South Africa won 46 of the ODIs Robin Peterson played and lost 30.

The career totals above are the official figures; everything below is computed from the 79 ODI scorecards in CricArcade's archive, each linked.

BEST INNINGS

Runs	Balls	Against	Ground	Year	Result
68	72	India	Sophia Gardens	2013	Lost
44	67	Pakistan	SuperSport Park	2013	Lost
36	43	West Indies	SuperSport Park	2004	Lost
31*	20	England	Lord's	2012	Lost
31	35	India	St George's Park	2011	Won

BEST BOWLING

Figures	Overs	Against	Ground	Year	Result
4/12	7	Bangladesh	Shere Bangla National Stadium	2011	Won
4/32	6.1	Australia	Sydney Cricket Ground	2014	Lost
4/67	9	Netherlands	VRA Ground	2013	Won
3/22	8	England	MA Chidambaram Stadium	2011	Lost
3/32	8	Ireland	Eden Gardens	2011	Won

RECORD BY OPPONENT

Against	ODIs	Runs	Avg	100/50	Wkts	Bowl avg
Pakistan	17	105	21.00	0/0	17	37.59
Sri Lanka	14	106	17.67	0/0	9	49.89
New Zealand	10	13	2.60	0/0	9	44.22
India	9	133	33.25	0/1	5	60.60
West Indies	8	72	36.00	0/0	2	101.50
England	7	87	43.50	0/0	10	22.30
Australia	5	18	6.00	0/0	6	27.83
Bangladesh	3	22	–	0/0	6	12.00
Zimbabwe	3	0	–	0/0	2	52.50
Netherlands	2	0	–	0/0	6	14.83
Ireland	1	0	–	0/0	3	10.67

HOME, AWAY AND NEUTRAL

Where	ODIs	Runs	Avg	100/50	Wkts	Bowl avg
Home	33	211	19.18	0/0	23	50.35
Away	28	189	23.63	0/0	34	27.65
Neutral	18	156	19.50	0/1	18	32.33

BY DECADE

Decade	ODIs	Runs	Avg	100/50	Wkts	Bowl avg
2000s	35	147	13.36	0/0	17	58.35
2010s	44	409	25.56	0/1	58	29.10

GROUNDS

Ground	ODIs	Runs	Avg	100/50	Wkts	Bowl avg
SuperSport Park	6	84	28.00	0/0	4	65.00
Mangaung Oval	5	5	5.00	0/0	1	183.00
Diamond Oval	4	23	23.00	0/0	3	52.00
Sophia Gardens	3	68	68.00	0/1	1	46.00
Newlands	3	36	12.00	0/0	1	52.00
St George's Park	3	34	17.00	0/0	2	46.00

FIRST AND LAST

Debut: v India, 2002 at R Premadasa Stadium
Latest in the archive: v Australia, 2014 at Sydney Cricket Ground

PLAYER DETAILS

Born: 4 August 1979
Batting: Left-hand bat
Bowling: Slow left-arm orthodox
Balls faced (career): 688
Ducks: 4
Four-wicket hauls: 3
Most common batting position: 8th
Strike rate, overs 1 to 10: 97.2
Strike rate, overs 11 to 40: 64.8
Strike rate, overs 41 to 50: 101.6
Balls per dismissal against pace: 19.4
Balls per dismissal against spin: 78.3

Position, phase strike rates and the pace and spin split come from ball-by-ball records (Cricsheet), which cover ODIs from 2002 onwards: 624 balls faced in that period.

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