Dean Elgar

Dean Elgar
Elgar batting for Somerset CCC in 2017
Personal information
Full name
Dean Elgar
Born (1987-06-11) 11 June 1987 (age 37)
Welkom, Free State, South Africa
Height5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingSlow left-arm orthodox
RoleOpening batter
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 315)30 November 2012 v Australia
Last Test3 January 2024 v India
ODI debut (cap 104)24 August 2012 v England
Last ODI3 October 2018 v Zimbabwe
ODI shirt no.64
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2005/06–2011/12Free State
2007/08–2013/14Knights
2013, 2017Somerset
2014/15–presentTitans
2015, 2018–2019Surrey
2018Tshwane Spartans
2024Essex
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 86 8 244 178
Runs scored 5,347 104 16,660 6,264
Batting average 37.65 17.33 41.96 43.59
100s/50s 14/23 0/0 48/68 10/45
Top score 199 42 268 137
Balls bowled 1,036 96 4,175 3,109
Wickets 15 2 56 57
Bowling average 44.86 33.50 50.21 49.87
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 4/22 1/11 4/22 4/37
Catches/stumpings 92/– 4/– 208/– 54/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 28 December 2023

Dean Elgar (born 11 June 1987) is a South African cricketer who played Tests and ODIs, and also a former Test captain. He is a left-handed opening batter and a 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 team for the 2015 Africa T20 Cup.[1] On 23 March 2018, he became the second batsman after Desmond Haynes to carry his bat through an innings on three occasions in Test cricket history.[2][3]

In March 2021, Cricket South Africa announced that Elgar had been appointed as South Africa's Test captain,[4] taking over the role from Quinton de Kock.[5]

  1. ^ Northerns Squad / Players – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  2. ^ "Elgar joins Haynes in carrying-the-bat honours board". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  3. ^ "Natalie Sciver talks up the importance of bowling evolution - Cricbuzz". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  4. ^ "Bavuma and Elgar to captain the Proteas". Cricket South Africa. 4 March 2021. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  5. ^ "South Africa name Dean Elgar Test captain and Temba Bavuma ODI and T20I captain". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 March 2021.