Full name Dean Elgar
Born June 11, 1987, Welkom, Orange Free State
Current age 33 years 229 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
Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | Ct | St | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tests | 65 | 113 | 10 | 4141 | 199 | 40.20 | 8791 | 47.10 | 13 | 15 | 522 | 25 | 68 | 0 |
ODIs | 8 | 7 | 1 | 104 | 42 | 17.33 | 177 | 58.75 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
First-class | 212 | 370 | 28 | 14505 | 268 | 42.41 | 29067 | 49.90 | 43 | 57 | 1854 | 76 | 171 | 0 |
List A | 170 | 163 | 25 | 5916 | 137 | 42.86 | 7305 | 80.98 | 7 | 45 | 445 | 88 | 52 | 0 |
T20s | 74 | 69 | 17 | 1849 | 88* | 35.55 | 1639 | 112.81 | 0 | 11 | 134 | 51 | 29 | 0 |
Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tests | 65 | 43 | 1023 | 659 | 15 | 4/22 | 4/56 | 43.93 | 3.86 | 68.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
ODIs | 8 | 4 | 96 | 67 | 2 | 1/11 | 1/11 | 33.50 | 4.18 | 48.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
First-class | 212 | 135 | 4162 | 2798 | 56 | 4/22 | 5/141 | 49.96 | 4.03 | 74.3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
List A | 170 | 102 | 3109 | 2843 | 57 | 4/37 | 4/37 | 49.87 | 5.48 | 54.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
T20s | 74 | 44 | 627 | 723 | 29 | 4/23 | 4/23 | 24.93 | 6.91 | 21.6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Test debut | Australia v South Africa at Perth, Nov 30-Dec 3, 2012 scorecard |
Last Test | South Africa v Sri Lanka at Johannesburg, Jan 3-5, 2021 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 Sri Lanka at Johannesburg, Jan 3-5, 2021 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 |
Bat & Bowl | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
127, 31* | South Africa | v Sri Lanka | Johannesburg | 3 Jan 2021 | Test # 2401 |
95 | South Africa | v Sri Lanka | Centurion | 26 Dec 2020 | Test # 2399 |
52 | Titans | v Dolphins | Centurion | 13 Dec 2020 | FC |
9 | Titans | v Cape Cobras | Centurion | 30 Nov 2020 | FC |
20, 6 | Titans | v Warriors | Centurion | 23 Nov 2020 | FC |
66, 0 | Titans | v Warriors | Port Elizabeth | 9 Nov 2020 | FC |
101, 0/12, 58 | Titans | v Cape Cobras | Cape Town | 2 Nov 2020 | FC |
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 |
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