Charl Pietersen

Charl Pietersen (born 6 January 1983) in Kimberley is a South African cricketer who played for the Eagles cricket team. He is a distant relative of Kevin Pietersen.[2] His brother Ruan Pietersen also played for Griqualand West as a left-arm bowler.[1][3] Despite being South African Pietersen played County cricket in England under the Kolpak regulations for Northamptonshire County Cricket Club. On debut for Northamptonshire in 2005, he took 7-10 in a C&G Trophy game against Denmark at Svanholm Park, Brøndby,[2][4] a county record.[5]

Charl Pietersen
Personal information
Full nameCharl Pietersen
Born (1983-01-06) 6 January 1983
Kimberley, Cape Province, South Africa
BattingLeft-hand
BowlingLeft-arm medium-fast swing
RoleBowler
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2003–2012Griqualand West
2005–2006[1]Northamptonshire County Cricket Club
2012Impi
First-class debut2001/02 Griqualand West v KwaZulu-Natal
Career statistics
Competition First-class LA Twenty-20
Matches 85 69 10
Runs scored 3135 944 131
Batting average 29.85 26.22 26.20
100s/50s 2/13 1/2 0/0
Top score 140 106* 43*
Balls bowled 12,680 2,625 192
Wickets 255 74 11
Bowling average 27.65 30.79 21.81
5 wickets in innings 9 1 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0
Best bowling 6/29 7/10 3/20
Catches/stumpings 35/ 14/ 4/
Source: ESPNcricinfo, July 14 2019

References

  1. "Charl Pietersen". Northamptonshire County Cricket Club / CricketArchive. Retrieved July 14, 2019.
  2. Hopps, David (May 4, 2005). "Cricket: Pietersen cashes in on state of Denmark". The Guardian. Brondby. Retrieved July 14, 2019.
  3. "Ruan Pietersen". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved July 14, 2019.
  4. "Pietersen rips through sorry Danes". ESPNcricinfo. May 4, 2005. Retrieved July 14, 2019.
  5. "Most Wickets in an Innings for Northamptonshire". Northamptonshire County Cricket Club / CricketArchive. Retrieved July 14, 2019.


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