Charl Pietersen

Charl Pietersen
Personal information
Born (1983-01-06) 6 January 1983
Kimberley, Cape Province, South Africa
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingLeft-arm medium-fast
RoleBowler
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2003–2012Griqualand West
2005–2006Northamptonshire County Cricket Club
2012Impi
First-class debut2001/02 Griqualand West v KwaZulu-Natal
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20
Matches 85 69 10
Runs scored 3,135 944 131
Batting average 29.85 26.22 26.20
100s/50s 2/13 1/2 0/0
Top score 140 106* 43*
Balls bowled 12,680 2,625 192
Wickets 255 74 11
Bowling average 27.65 30.79 21.81
5 wickets in innings 9 1 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0
Best bowling 6/29 7/10 3/20
Catches/stumpings 35/– 14/– 4/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 14 July 2019

Charl Pietersen (born 6 January 1983) is a South African cricketer who played for the Eagles cricket team. He is a distant relative of Kevin Pietersen. His brother Ruan Pietersen also played for Griqualand West as a left-arm bowler. Despite being South African Pietersen played County cricket in England under the Kolpak regulations for Northamptonshire County Cricket Club. On debut for Northamptonshire in 2005, he took 7–10 in a C&G Trophy game against Denmark at Svanholm Park, Brøndby, a county record.