Dean Elgar

Dean Elgar

Personal information
Full name	Dean Elgar
Born	(1987-06-11) 11 June 1987 Welkom, Orange Free State Province, South Africa
Nickname	Deano
Height
Batting style	Left-handed
Bowling style	Slow left-arm orthodox
Role	Batsman
International information
National side	South Africa
Test debut (cap 315)	30 November 2012 v Australia
Last Test	02 January 2016 2015 v England
ODI debut (cap 104)	24 August 2012 v England
Last ODI	25 October 2015 v India
ODI shirt no.	21
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2006	Free State
2007–2013	Knights (squad no. 64)
2013	Somerset
2014–	Titans
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA Matches 23 6 117 128 Runs scored 1,167 98 7,871 4,077 Batting average 38.90 24.50 43.72 39.97 100s/50s 4/3 0/0 23/29 4/29 Top score 121 42 268 117 Balls bowled 829 96 3,308 2,633 Wickets 11 2 45 48 Bowling average 45.23 33.50 49.06 49.22 5 wickets in innings 1 0 0 0 10 wickets in match 0 n/a 0 n/a Best bowling 4/22 1/11 4/22 3/43 Catches/stumpings 24/– 3/– 83/– 41/–
Source: CricketArchive, 30 December 2015

Dean Elgar (born 11 June 1987) is a South African cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and a useful slow-left arm bowler. Elgar captained the 2006 Under-19 Cricket World Cup in Sri Lanka in 2006. He now plays for the Northerns cricket team and Titans cricket team in the major South African cricket competitions. He was included in the Northerns cricket team squad for the 2015 Africa T20 Cup.

International career

Elgar was selected for the Sri Lankan ODI series in early 2012 but had to withdraw citing injury. He eventually made his ODI debut against England in an rain-abandoned match, but found success in his second match, scoring 15 in his maiden innings before being bowled by Graeme Swann. Bowling his left-arm spin, Elgar had Craig Kieswetter caught out off only his third delivery in ODI Cricket. In the field, Elgar took an incredible catch of Jonathan Trott then caught Eoin Morgan out in a South African victory.

Elgar made his test debut against Australia on 30 November 2012 and scored a duck in his maiden test innings. He followed this with another duck in the second innings to complete a pair of ducks on debut. On the 12th of January 2013, Elgar scored his maiden test century against New Zealand

Elgar Made 103 Against Sri Lanka on 16 July 2014, and followed up with 121 against West Indies at St. Georges Oval, a ground where he scored almost half of his career international test runs, and recorded the most fifties (3 of 5 as of December 31, 2014). He is also known to have century-plus partnerships with only Faf du Plessis.

On 28 December 2015 Elgar became the first South African to carry his bat in a Test innings since Gary Kirsten in 1997, when he finished 118 not out against England.

International centuries

Test centuries

Dean Elgar's Test centuries
	Runs	Match	Against	City/Country	Venue	Year	Result
[1]	103*	3	New Zealand	Port Elizabeth, South Africa	St George's Oval	2013	Won
[2]	103	10	Sri Lanka	Galle, Sri Lanka	Galle International Stadium	2014	Won
[3]	121	14	West Indies	Port Elizabeth, South Africa	St George's Oval	2014	Drawn
[4]	118*	22	England	Durban, South Africa	Kingsmead Cricket Ground	2015	Lost

See also

• List of cricketers who have carried the bat in international cricket

External links

• Player profile: Dean Elgar from ESPNcricinfo
• Dean Elgar's profile page on Wisden
• Player profile: Dean Elgar from CricketArchive