Dean Elgar

South Africa

Full name Dean Elgar

Born June 11, 1987, Welkom, Orange Free State

Current age 33 years 138 days

Major teams South Africa, Eagles, Free State, Gloucestershire 2nd XI, Nottinghamshire 2nd XI, Somerset, South Africa A, South Africa Under-19s, Surrey, Titans

Playing role Opening batsman

Batting style Left-hand bat

Bowling style Slow left-arm orthodox

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct
Tests	63	110	9	3888	199	38.49	8471	45.89	12	14	479	25	67
ODIs	8	7	1	104	42	17.33	177	58.75	0	0	6	0	4
First-class	205	359	27	13940	268	41.98	28242	49.35	41	53	1762	76	167
List A	170	163	25	5916	137	42.86	7305	80.98	7	45	445	88	52
T20s	74	69	17	1849	88*	35.55	1639	112.81	0	11	134	51	29

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w
Tests	63	43	1023	659	15	4/22	4/56	43.93	3.86	68.2	1
ODIs	8	4	96	67	2	1/11	1/11	33.50	4.18	48.0	0
First-class	205	134	4132	2786	56	4/22	5/141	49.75	4.04	73.7	2
List A	170	102	3109	2843	57	4/37	4/37	49.87	5.48	54.5	1
T20s	74	44	627	723	29	4/23	4/23	24.93	6.91	21.6	1

Career statistics

Test debut	Australia v South Africa at Perth, Nov 30-Dec 3, 2012 scorecard
Last Test	South Africa v England at Johannesburg, Jan 24-27, 2020 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut	England v South Africa at Cardiff, Aug 24, 2012 scorecard
Last ODI	South Africa v Zimbabwe at Bloemfontein, Oct 3, 2018 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class debut	Northerns v Free State at Pretoria, Feb 23-25, 2006 scorecard
Last First-class	South Africa v England at Johannesburg, Jan 24-27, 2020 scorecard
List A debut	Northerns v Free State at Pretoria, Feb 26, 2006 scorecard
Last List A	Titans v Knights at Centurion, Mar 15, 2020 scorecard
T20s debut	Eagles v Zimbabwe at Bloemfontein, Mar 26, 2008 scorecard
Last T20s	Paarl Rocks v Tshwane Spartans at Paarl, Dec 16, 2019 scorecard

Recent matches

Bat & Bowl	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
0	Titans	v Knights	Centurion	15 Mar 2020	LA
61*	Titans	v Cape Cobras	Benoni	11 Mar 2020	LA
8	Titans	v Lions	Johannesburg	8 Mar 2020	LA
93, 0/0	Titans	v Warriors	Benoni	6 Mar 2020	LA
1, 0/37	Titans	v Knights	Kimberley	1 Mar 2020	LA
0/15, 20	Titans	v Dolphins	Durban	27 Feb 2020	LA
108*, 0/35	Titans	v Cape Cobras	Cape Town	12 Feb 2020	LA
0/28, 24	Titans	v Warriors	Port Elizabeth	9 Feb 2020	LA
74*	Titans	v Dolphins	Centurion	7 Feb 2020	LA
0/37, 10	Titans	v Lions	Centurion	31 Jan 2020	LA

Profile

A left-hand top-order batsman, Dean Elgar was the South African Country Districts Player of the Year in 2005 after a series of impressive performances for Free State and led South Africa in the 2006 Under-19 World Cup in Sri Lanka. Elgar showed a lot of promise in his formative years, but it took him nearly six years to impress the South Africa selectors. A string of solid scores for Knights in 2011 left his first-class batting average touching 50 and earned him the chance to play the visiting Sri Lankans in a warm-up game. Elgar made an impact by scoring 78, and was picked for the one-day leg of that series. The following year he was part of the one-day squad in England, although it did not appear a natural format for him. However, he remained close to the selectors' thoughts and when JP Duminy was injured during the Brisbane Test against Australia, Elgar was summoned to join the tour and later made his debut in Perth.
ESPNcricinfo staff November 2012

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