Western Province's first choice wicketkeeper since Richie Ryall retired a couple of seasons back. An athletic wicketkeeper with a flair for the spectacular, although it doesn't always come off. A useful right-handed batsman, especially in the limited-overs competition, he hits the ball hard and straight and has played a few invaluble innings for Province already. At the moment, Kirsten is a wicketkeeper who can bat, but with a few big scores in the 1997/8 season we could see another Kirsten seriously challenging for a berth in the South African team, especially so if his good understanding with incumbent test spinner Paul Adams is taken into account.

Thanks: Ashraf Conrad (cnrash02@socsci.uct.ac.za)

Paul Kirsten Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

Format	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100s	50s	Ct	St
FC	55	81	9	1519	91*	21.09	0	7	170	12
List A	63	45	19	663	67	25.50	0	1	76	6

Bowling

Format	Mat	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10w
FC	55	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	0	0	0
List A	63	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	0	0	0

Recent Matches of Paul Kirsten

Match	Bat	Wkt	Date	Ground	Format
W Province vs Gauteng	2 & 5	0c/0s & 2c/0s	14-Jan-2000	Cape Town	FC
W Province vs Free State	20 & 14	2c/0s & 3c/0s	14-Oct-1999	Bloemfontein	FC
W Province vs England XI	32*	1c/1s	06-Jan-1996	Cape Town	List A
Border vs E. Province	0	--	24-Nov-1990	East London	List A
Border vs E. Province	1*	--	17-Nov-1990	Gqeberha	List A

Debut/Last Matches of Paul Kirsten

FC Matches

Span

1992/93 - 1999/00

List A Matches

Span

1990/91 - 1998/99

News and Features about Paul Kirsten

Northerns team selection puzzle for Kirsten (6 Dec 1998)

Centurion (South Africa) -Ê As Peter Kirsten realises that his tenure as Northerns coach will be judged on the performance of the four day side than the limited-overs record, the little general, by his own admission has a worry about the outcome of

06-Dec-1998