Dean Elgar

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Dean Elgar

Personal information

Full name

Dean Elgar

Born

11 June 1987 (age 28)
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

Batsman

International information

National side

South Africa

Test debut(cap 315)

30 November 2012 v Australia

Last Test

02 January 2016 v England

ODI debut(cap 104)

24 August 2012 v England

Last ODI

25 October 2015 v India

ODI shirt no.

Domestic team information

Years

Team

2006

Free State

2007–2013

Knights (squad no. 64)

2013

Somerset

2014–

Titans

Career statistics

Competition	Test	ODI	FC	LA
Matches	23	6	117	128
Runs scored	1,167	98	7,871	4,077
Batting average	38.90	24.50	43.72	39.97
100s/50s	4/3	0/0	23/29	4/29
Top score	121	42	268	117
Balls bowled	829	96	3,308	2,633
Wickets	11	2	45	48
Bowling average	45.23	33.50	49.06	49.22
5 wickets in innings	1	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	24/–	3/–	83/–	41/–

Source: CricketArchive, 30 December 2015

Dean Elgar (born 11 June 1987) is a South African cricketer. He is a left-handed 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 cricket team squad for the 2015 Africa T20 Cup.^[1]

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International career[edit]

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.

The retirement off Graeme Smith created a regular opportunity for Elgar in his specialist position at the top of the order in Test cricket.

He 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

Elgar Made 103 Against Sri Lanka on 16 July 2014, and followed up with 121 against West Indies at St. Georges Oval, a ground where he scored almost half of his career international test runs, and recorded the most fifties (3 of 5 as of December 31, 2014). He is also known to have century-plus partnerships with only Faf du Plessis.

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.^[2]

International centuries[edit]

Test centuries[edit]

Dean Elgar's Test centuries
	Runs	Match	Against	City/Country	Venue	Year	Result
[1]	103*	3	New Zealand	Port Elizabeth, South Africa	St George's Oval	2013	Won
[2]	103	10	Sri Lanka	Galle, Sri Lanka	Galle International Stadium	2014	Won
[3]	121	14	West Indies	Port Elizabeth, South Africa	St George's Oval	2014	Drawn
[4]	118*	22	England	Durban, South Africa	Kingsmead Cricket Ground	2015	Lost