Charl Pietersen

For the South African darts player, see Charl Pietersen (darts player).

Charl Pietersen
Personal information
Born (1983-01-06) 6 January 1983 (age 41)
Kimberley, Cape Province, South Africa
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingLeft-arm medium-fast
RoleBowler
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2003–2012Griqualand West
2005–2006[1]Northamptonshire County Cricket Club
2012Impi
First-class debut2001/02 Griqualand West v KwaZulu-Natal
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20
Matches 85 69 10
Runs scored 3,135 944 131
Batting average 29.85 26.22 26.20
100s/50s 2/13 1/2 0/0
Top score 140 106* 43*
Balls bowled 12,680 2,625 192
Wickets 255 74 11
Bowling average 27.65 30.79 21.81
5 wickets in innings 9 1 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0
Best bowling 6/29 7/10 3/20
Catches/stumpings 35/– 14/– 4/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 14 July 2019

Charl Pietersen (born 6 January 1983) is a South African cricketer who played for the Eagles cricket team. He is a distant relative of Kevin Pietersen.[2] His brother Ruan Pietersen also played for Griqualand West as a left-arm bowler.[1][3] Despite being South African Pietersen played County cricket in England under the Kolpak regulations for Northamptonshire County Cricket Club. On debut for Northamptonshire in 2005, he took 7–10 in a C&G Trophy game against Denmark at Svanholm Park, Brøndby,[2][4] a county record.[5]

  1. ^ a b "Charl Pietersen". Northamptonshire County Cricket Club / CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 14 July 2019. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
  2. ^ a b Hopps, David (4 May 2005). "Cricket: Pietersen cashes in on state of Denmark". The Guardian. Brondby. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
  3. ^ "Ruan Pietersen". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved July 14, 2019.
  4. ^ "Pietersen rips through sorry Danes". ESPNcricinfo. 4 May 2005. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
  5. ^ "Most Wickets in an Innings for Northamptonshire". Northamptonshire County Cricket Club / CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 13 July 2019. Retrieved 14 July 2019.