gary kirsten Profile - ICC Profile, Age, Career Info & Stats.
gary kirsten is a cricketer(sportsman) from South Africa. His ICC profile, age, career info & stats are given below.
Full Name
Gary Kirsten
Born
November 23, 1967, Cape Town, Cape Province
Age
55 years old
Batting Style
Left hand Bat
Bowling Style
Right arm Offbreak
Playing Role
Opening Batter
Education
Rondebosch BHS; University of Cape Town
Batting Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 101 | 185 | - | - |
Inn | 176 | 185 | - | - |
Runs | 7289 | 6798 | - | - |
Avg | 44.99 | 40.71 | - | - |
SR | 43.43 | 72.04 | - | - |
HS | 275 | 188 | - | - |
NO | 14 | 18 | - | - |
100s | 21 | 13 | - | - |
50s | 34 | 45 | - | - |
4s | 922 | 659 | - | - |
6s | 12 | 20 | - | - |
Bowling Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 101 | 185 | - | - |
Inn | 15 | 3 | - | - |
Balls | 349 | 30 | - | - |
Runs | 142 | 23 | - | - |
Wkt | 2 | 0 | - | - |
BBI | 0 / 1 | 6 / 0 | - | - |
BBM | 0 / 1 | 6 / 0 | - | - |
Eco | 2.44 | 4.6 | - | - |
Avg | 71.0 | 0.0 | - | - |
5W | 0 | 0 | - | - |
10W | 0 | 0 | - | - |
Teams he has played for:
- N Kirsten
- P Kirsten
- PN Kirsten
- AM Kirsten
- South Africa
- Western Province
Heres what CricBuzz says about him.
Like his half-brother, Peter, Gary came from the old school of cricket which moulded him into a hard-working scrapper. Not a treat to the watching public, Gary laid emphasis on the basics of cricket. A pillar at the top of the batting order, Kirsten often shaped the way the South African innings progressed. Gary Kirsten was not an artist, he was more of a layman who set the base for the others to prosper on. A consistent scorer, Gary held the South African record for most runs and centuries in Test cricket until Jacques Kallis overtook him.
A gritty batsman, Kirsten had his problem with incoming deliveries, something for which he slogged hours at the nets to eradicate. In a career that lasted 101 Tests, Kirsten’s moment under the sun came in the Boxing Day Test against England in 1999 when he scored a career best 275, equalling the record set for the highest individual score by fellow batsman, Daryll Cullinan. Gary Kirsten also has the highest individual score by a South African batsman in an ODI match, 188* against UAE in the 1996 WC.
Gary scored a then SA record of 21 Test centuries, it is interesting to note that South Africa have lost only once when Kirsten scored a century while winning 11 times. His final knock was a typical gritty 76 batting in the middle order to help SA salvage a series draw against New Zealand.
After retirement, Gary Kirsten set up an academy in his home-town, Cape Town. In 2008, Kirsten became the coach of the Indian cricket team for a 2 year period which was later extended by a year. His cool demeanour and composed mannerisms soon became a hit with the Indian players as the cricket mad country reached the top of the pile in both Test and ODI cricket. India became the No. 1 ranked Test team under his excellent guidance, but the icing on the cake was a successful tour of South Africa and finally realizing the ambition of a 2nd WC triumph which was spectacularly achieved at home. A poignant moment was when the younger members of the team lifted him and paraded him around the stadium.
More lucrative offers were awaiting Kirsten, but the homely man decided to go back to his roots ending a 3-year successful alliance with India. Soon, Kirsten was sounded out for the coaching position of South Africa. Kirsten guided SA to a 1-1 series draw against Australia before completing a first series victory as coach against Sri Lanka. After having another successful stint as a coach, this time with the South African, Kirsten decided to step down in July 2013 and hand over the reigns to Russell Domingo. However, just after a few months, the IPL franchise Delhi Daredevils named Kirsten as their head coach for the 2014 edition.
By Pradeep Krishnamurthy
As of April 2014
Heres what ESPNcricinfo says about him.
Gary Kirsten was never blessed with the flair and the almost pure technique of his half-brother Peter, but his discipline, temperament and his penchant for hard work stood out during his days as South Africa's opener. Then, all those virtues brought him rich rewards after his playing days too, as he became one of the most successful and popular coaches of India. The side went to the top of the Test rankings during his stint, which ended, quite fittingly, with a World Cup triumph in 2011.
As a batter, he had the determination, the ability to concentrate for long periods, and a burning desire to score runs. A left-hander with a relatively unique technique, Kirsten simply worked out his strengths and weaknesses and based his game around them. Calm and level-headed, he brought a healthy degree of common sense to the art of batting. Periodically, he endured patches when he persistently got out in similar fashion, but he worked through the problem, made the adjustments and played himself back into form.
He enjoyed particular success on the subcontinent, averaging 53.85 with four hundreds and seven half-centuries in 13 Tests in India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
His best of 275, a result of batting for over 14 and a half hours as South Africa followed on against England at Kingsmead in 1999-00, was the second-longest in Test history. He then returned to haunt England in 2003 and gutsed out a crucial 130 in the Headingley Test, which South Africa won by 191 runs. His good form persuaded him to postpone his retirement until the end of the New Zealand tour in March 2004. Fittingly, he made a century in Hamilton - his 99th Test - and scored a typically gritty 76 in his final game to help South Africa tie the series.
After retiring, he spent some time with Warriors as a consultant batting coach and, in 2006, set up his own academy in Cape Town. In December 2007, he signed up as coach of India, and took them to No. 1 in Test cricket and World Cup success in 2011. After that he moved on to see if he could repeat the magic with his home country. While the global title didn't come, he did firmly establish South Africa as the No. 1 team in Tests. The highlights of his time with them were away series wins against England and then Australia in the latter half of 2012. He later coached in the IPL and other T20 leagues around the world.