Stiaan van Zyl

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Stiaan van Zyl

Personal information
Full name	Stiaan van Zyl
Born	19 September 1987 (age 28) Cape Town, South Africa
Batting style	Left-handed
Bowling style	Right-arm medium
Role	Opening Batsman
International information
National side	South Africa
Test debut(cap 319)	17 December 2014 v West Indies
Last Test	14 January 2016 v England
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2006–2011	Boland
2007–	Cape Cobras (squad no. 74)
2013	Western Province
Career statistics
Competition Test FC LA T20 Matches 11 117 98 49 Runs scored 355 7,095 2,846 988 Batting average 27.30 43.52 36.48 24.70 100s/50s 1/0 16/30 5/14 0/5 Top score 101* 172 114* 86* Balls bowled 385 3,637 793 66 Wickets 6 47 18 3 Bowling average 23.83 33.70 38.33 27.33 5 wickets in innings 0 1 0 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 n/a n/a Best bowling 3/20 5/32 4/24 1/5 Catches/stumpings 5/– 67/– 27/– 14/–
Source: CricketArchive, 10 February 2016

Stiaan van Zyl (born 19 September 1987) is a South African cricketer who plays for the Cape Cobras and the Proteas. A left-handed batsman, who bowls right-arm medium pace.^[1] He made his debut for Boland in the SAA Provincial Challenge againstKei.^[2] He usually opened in limited overs games when Graeme Smith or Robin Peterson were absent and has been incredibly successful.

He made his Test match debut for South Africa against the West Indies on 17 December 2014 at SuperSport Park in Centurion, scoring a century.^[3] He became the 100th batsman to score a century on debut in Test cricket.^[4]

Contents

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• 1International centuries
  • 1.1Test centuries
• 2See also
• 3References
• 4External links

International centuries[edit]

• In the column Runs, * indicates being not out.
• The column title Match refers to the match number of his career.

Test centuries[edit]

Stiaan van Zyl's Test centuries
#	Runs	Match	Against	City/Country	Venue	Year	Result
1	101*	1	West Indies	Centurion, South Africa	SuperSport Park	2014	Won

See also[edit]

• List of Test cricket centuries scored on debut

References