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Full name Paul Kirsten
Born October 30, 1969, Cape Town, Cape Province
Current age 38 years 349 days
Major teams Border,Griqualand West,Western Province
Batting style Right-hand bat
Fielding position Wicketkeeper
Relations Father - N Kirsten,Brother - G Kirsten,Half-brother - PN Kirsten,Half-brother - AM Kirsten
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
100
50
Ct
St
First-class
55
81
9
1519
91*
21.09
0
7
170
12
List A
63
45
19
663
67
25.50
0
1
76
6
Bowling averages
Mat
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
First-class
55
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-
-
-
-
-
-
-
List A
63
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Career statistics
First-class span
1992/93 - 1999/00
List A span
1990/91 - 1998/99
Profile
Western Province's first choice wicketkeeper since Richie Ryall
retired a couple of seasons back. An athletic wicketkeeper with
a flair for the spectacular, although it doesn't always come off.
A useful right-handed batsman, especially in the limited-overs
competition, he hits the ball hard and straight and has played
a few invaluble innings for Province already. At the moment,
Kirsten is a wicketkeeper who can bat, but with a few big scores
in the 1997/8 season we could see another Kirsten seriously
challenging for a berth in the South African team, especially so
if his good understanding with incumbent test spinner Paul Adams
is taken into account.
Thanks: Ashraf Conrad (cnrash02@socsci.uct.ac.za)
Notes
Western Province debut 1995/96
Griqualand West 1992/93-1993/94
Western Province B 1994/95
