Roy Pienaar

Roy Pienaar
Personal information
Full name
Roy Francois Pienaar
Born (1961-07-17) 17 July 1961
Johannesburg, Transvaal
BattingRight-handed
Bowling
  • Right-arm offbreak
  • Right-arm medium
RoleAll-rounder
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1979/80–1980/81Transvaal
1981/82–1985/86Western Province
1985/86–1987/88Northern Transvaal
1987–1989Kent
1988/89–1992/93Transvaal
1993/94–1999/00Northern Transvaal/Northerns
FC debut11 November 1977 Transvaal B v Rhodesia B
Last FC6 November 1998 Northerns v Border
LA debut20 October 1980 Transvaal B v Zimbabwe-Rhodesia
Last LA23 December 1999 Northerns v Easterns
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A
Matches 199 233
Runs scored 10,896 6,705
Batting average 34.15 32.86
100s/50s 18/62 7/47
Top score 153 135
Balls bowled 10,388 3,406
Wickets 153 84
Bowling average 33.19 30.66
5 wickets in innings 3 0
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 5/24 4/34
Catches/stumpings 81/– 37/–
Source: Cricinfo, 14 December 2019

Roy Francois Pienaar (born 17 July 1961) is a South African former first-class cricketer. He played for Transvaal, Western Province and Northern Transvaal/Northerns in domestic cricket and spent the period between 1987 and 1989 in England playing for Kent County Cricket Club. In both 1983 and 1990 he won the South African Cricket Annual Cricketer of the Year award.