Robin Peterson

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Robin Peterson

South Africa
Batting style	Left-handed batsman
Bowling style	Left-arm orthodox spin
Career statistics
	Tests	ODIs
Matches	6	33
Runs scored	163	135
Batting average	27.17	12.27
100s/50s	0/1	0/0
Top score	61	36

Balls bowled	{{{test overs}}}	1180
Wickets	14	16
Bowling average	35.50	58.18
5 wickets in innings	1	0
10 wickets in match	0	n/a
Best bowling	5/33	2/26
Catches/stumpings	4/-	7/-
As of February 5, 2007 Source: Cricinfo

Robin John Peterson (born 4 August 1979 in Port Elizabeth) is a South African cricketer, who bowls left arm spin. He is also a more than capable batsman, with a first class batting average of 26.35 as of 6 November 2005. His first class bowling average is a modest 36.36, however, and in Test matches it stands at 50.37. He has played five Tests and 21 ODIs for South Africa, with his last international match coming in the 2004-05 tour of India, where he took one wicket for 90 runs as South Africa's lone spin bowler in the drawn first Test match. He also played in the Sri Lanka Cricket A Team Triangular Series in 2005-06, where he took five wickets in five one day matches, and currently plays for the Eastern Cape Warriors.

He is infamously known for giving out the most number of runs in a single over in a Test Match ever. Brian Lara hit 4-6-6-4-4-4 in one single over during 2006-07. That world record still holds.

v • d • e South Africa squad - 2003 Cricket World Cup

1 Pollock (c) • 2 Boucher • 3 Boje • 4 Dippenaar • 5 Donald • 6 Gibbs • 7 Hall • 8 Kallis • 9 Kirsten • 10 Klusener • 11 Langeveldt • 12 Ntini • 13 Peterson • 14 Rhodes • 15 Zondeki

v • d • e South Africa squad - 2007 Cricket World Cup

1 Bosman • 2 Boucher • 3 De Villiers • 4 Gibbs • 5 Hall • 6 Kallis • 7 Kemp • 8 Langeveldt • 9 Nel • 10 Ntini • 11 Peterson • 12 Pollock • 13 Prince • 14 Smith (c) • 15 Telemachus • Coach: Arthur