Pieter Malan

Pieter Jacobus Malan (born 13 August 1989) is a South African professional cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and bowls right-arm medium-fast. Since 2007, he has played first-class cricket for both Northerns and Titans. He made his international debut for the South Africa cricket team in January 2020.[1]

Pieter Malan

Personal information
Full name	Pieter Jacobus Malan
Born	13 August 1989 Nelspruit, Transvaal Province, South Africa
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium-fast
Relations	Andre Malan (brother) Janneman Malan (brother)
International information
National side	South Africa
Test debut (cap 343)	3 January 2020 v England
Last Test	24 January 2020 v England
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2006/07–2012/13	Northerns
2008/09–2012/13	Titans
2013/14–present	Western Province
2014/15–present	Cape Cobras
2017/18–2018/19	Boland
Career statistics
Competition Test FC LA T20 Matches 3 151 109 36 Runs scored 156 10,317 4,270 1,091 Batting average 26.00 44.66 44.66 41.96 100s/50s 0/1 32/43 12/19 1/5 Top score 84 211* 169* 140* Balls bowled 12 848 143 24 Wickets 0 20 0 2 Bowling average – 22.95 – 15.00 5 wickets in innings – 1 – 0 10 wickets in match – 0 – 0 Best bowling – 5/35 – 2/30 Catches/stumpings 0/– 103/– 47/1 17/–
Source: CricInfo, 2 April 2020

Domestic career

Malan has appeared for several English clubs including Nelson, Royton, Colne and Rishton. In the 2011 season he became the first player ever to score 1,000 runs in one season for Barrow since the club joined the Northern Cricket League in 2004, amassing 1,051 runs at an average of 65.69. He was then signed by Lancashire League club Ramsbottom as the club professional for the 2012 season.[2] He was included in the Western Province cricket team squad for the 2015 Africa T20 Cup.[3]

He was the leading run-scorer in the 2016–17 Sunfoil 3-Day Cup, with a total of 1,069 runs in nine matches.[4]

In August 2017, he was named in Cape Town Knight Riders' squad for the first season of the T20 Global League.[5] However, in October 2017, Cricket South Africa initially postponed the tournament until November 2018, with it being cancelled soon after.[6]

In October 2017, he scored his 25th century in first-class cricket, batting for Cape Cobras against Warriors in the 2017–18 Sunfoil Series.[7] He was the leading run-scorer in the 2017–18 Momentum One Day Cup, with a total of 615 runs in eleven matches.[8]

In June 2018, he was named in the squad for the Cape Cobras team for the 2018–19 season.[9] In September 2018, he was named in Boland's squad for the 2018 Africa T20 Cup.[10] In November 2018, during the 2018–19 CSA 4-Day Franchise Series, he scored his 30th century in first-class cricket.[11] He was the leading run-scorer for the Cape Cobras in the 2018–19 CSA 4-Day Franchise Series, with 821 runs in ten matches.[12]

International career

In December 2019, he was named in South Africa's Test squad for their series against England.[13] He made his Test debut for South Africa on 3 January 2020 in the 2nd Test, scoring 5 in the first inning followed by 84 in the 2nd inning.[14][15]

References

1. "Teams Pieter Malan played for". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 March 2012.
2. Nigel Stockley (26 September 2011). "Record signing by Rammy". Lancashire League. Retrieved 31 March 2012.
3. Northerns Squad / Players – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
4. "Records: Sunfoil 3-Day Cup, 2016/17: Most runs". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
5. "T20 Global League announces final team squads". T20 Global League. Archived from the original on 5 September 2017. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
6. "Cricket South Africa postpones Global T20 league". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
7. "Big Malan century gives Cobras victory chance". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
8. "Records: Momentum One Day Cup, 2017/18: Most runs". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
9. "Prince announces 'exciting' World Sports Betting Cape Cobras Squad for 2018/2019". Cape Cobras. Archived from the original on 16 June 2018. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
10. "Boland Squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
11. "Alexander helps Lions finish off Cobras". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 8 November 2018.
12. "4-Day Franchise Series, 2018/19 - Cape Cobras: Batting and bowling averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
13. "SA include six uncapped players for England Tests". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
14. "2nd Test, ICC World Test Championship at Cape Town, Jan 3-7 2020". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
15. "South Africa V England Scorecard". BBC Sport. Retrieved 7 January 2020.

External links

• Pieter Malan at ESPNcricinfo