Stiaan van Zyl

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Stiaan van Zyl
Personal information
Full name Stiaan van Zyl
Born (1987-09-19) 19 September 1987 (age 36)
Cape Town, South Africa
Batting style Left-handed
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Role Opening Batsman
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 319) 17 December 2014 v West Indies
Last Test 14 January 2016 v England
Domestic team information
Years Team
2006–2011 Boland
2007– Cape Cobras (squad no. 74)
2013 Western Province
Career statistics
Competition Test FC LA T20
Matches 11 117 98 49
Runs scored 355 7,095 2,846 988
Batting average 27.30 43.52 36.48 24.70
100s/50s 1/0 16/30 5/14 0/5
Top score 101* 172 114* 86*
Balls bowled 385 3,637 793 66
Wickets 6 47 18 3
Bowling average 23.83 33.70 38.33 27.33
5 wickets in innings 0 1 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 n/a n/a
Best bowling 3/20 5/32 4/24 1/5
Catches/stumpings 5/– 67/– 27/– 14/–
Source: CricketArchive, 10 February 2016

Stiaan van Zyl (born 19 September 1987) is a South African cricketer who plays for the Cape Cobras and the Proteas. A left-handed batsman, who bowls right-arm medium pace.[1] He made his debut for Boland in the SAA Provincial Challenge against Kei.[2] He usually opened in limited overs games when Graeme Smith or Robin Peterson were absent and has been incredibly successful.

He made his Test match debut for South Africa against the West Indies on 17 December 2014 at SuperSport Park in Centurion, scoring a century.[3] He became the 100th batsman to score a century on debut in Test cricket.[4]

International centuries

  • In the column Runs, * indicates being not out.
  • The column title Match refers to the match number of his career.

Test centuries

Stiaan van Zyl's Test centuries
# Runs Match Against City/Country Venue Year Result
1 101* 1  West Indies South Africa Centurion, South Africa SuperSport Park 2014 Won

See also

References

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