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Robin Peterson: 10 facts about the South African all-rounder
Robin Peterson is a South African all-rounder who is mainly known for bowling slow left arm orthodox.
Robin Peterson, born August 4, 1979, is a South African all-rounder who is mainly known for bowling slow left arm orthodox. Suvajit Mustafi looks at 10 interesting things about the South African cricketer who has been represented the nation in 115 international games.
1. Debut in the historic 2002 Champions Trophy semi
Peterson is one of the very few current players who made his international debut in the early 2000s. His first appearance for South Africa was in the high-pressure Champions Trophy semi-final against India at Colombo. India posted 261 and South Africa looked well-set for a win but couldn’t win it despite being 192 for one in the 38th over. Peterson didn’t make any impact as he went wicketless and didn’t bat.
2. Most runs in an over in Test cricket
In 2003-04 Johannesburg Test, Peterson was plundered for 28 in an over by Brian Lara, making it the most expensive in Test cricket. The sequence was: 4, 6, 6, 4, 4 and 4. In 2013-14 Ashes, Australia’s George Bailey took 28 from an over from England’s James Anderson to equal Lara’s feat.
3. Second most runs conceded in an over in ODIs
Almost 10 years later, Peterson was taken for 35 from an over by another Sri Lankan Thisara Perera at Pallekele. This remains the second highest runs scored from an over in One-Day Internationals (ODIs).
4. Ensured India’s only loss in World Cup 2011
India went on to win the World Cup 2011 and their only defeat in the tournament came against South Africa at Nagpur. In a thriller, South Africa needed 13 from the last over. Ashish Nehra was given the job to defend that and Peterson sealed it off in the first four balls with a four, six, two and another four.
5. Continues his World Cup 2011 honeymoon
A week later against Bangladesh at Dhaka, Peterson scored 22 from nine balls. Later, Bangladesh were bowled out for 78 with Peterson claiming his best bowling One-Day Internationals (ODIs) figures of four for 12.
6. Fetched US$ 100,000 in the IPL auction
Mumbai Indians (MI) bought Peterson for US$ 100000 in the 2012 Indian Premier League auction (IPL) auction. He was not very effective and it was the only time he played the tournament.
7. IPL glory moment
However, Peterson did have his moment of glory. Against Kings XI Punjab, MI needed 32 from the last two overs when Peterson launched an attack. He and Ambati Rayudu plundered 27 from Piyush Chawla’s over. Peterson got 15 from his first four balls and Rayudu followed that with two sixes. MI cruised to an empathic win.
8. No fairy-tale ending for Ponting
December 3, 2012, was Ricky Ponting’s last day in the office. When the former Australian captain walked out to bat at Perth, many expected a match-saving heroic from him which enabled him to script the perfect farewell. Peterson played the spoilsport as he got Ponting to edge one to Jacques Kallis at slip for only eight. That was Ponting’s last innings in international cricket. In fact, Peterson picked six wickets in the match as South Africa sculpted a 309-run win to win the series 1-0.
9. Bowled and lbw
Peterson has 137 international wickets, out of which 28 are bowled and 21 are lbws — a total of 49 wickets without help from his team-mates.
10. Caught Peterson bowled Peterson
“Caught Petersen bowled Peterson” entry has been made only three times in an international scorecard. The other Peterson in question is Alviro, who retired earlier this year. Kumar Sangakkara was out in this fashion in a 2012 ODI, John Hastings in a Test in the same year and most recently it was Mahendra Singh Dhoni in 2013.
(Suvajit Mustafi consumes cricket for lunch, fiction for dinner and munches numerous other snacks throughout the day. Yes, a jack of several trades, all Suvajit dreamt of was being India’s World Cup winning skipper but ended up being a sports writer, author, screenwriter, director, copywriter, graphic designer, sportsmarketer , strategist, entrepreneur, philosopher and traveller. Donning so many hats, it’s cricket which gives him the ultimate high and where he finds solace. He can be followed at @RibsGully and rivu7)
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