Top 10 Things You Didn’t Know About Robin John Peterson

Robin Peterson’s first 8 Test match appearances were all in different series before he at long last became a first-choice for South Africa in 2012.

He made his debut against Bangladesh in 2003, taking 5 wickets, and made a successful return in the same country in 2008, when he took 5 wickets in an innings for the first time. He has developed into a useful Test bowling all-rounder and he made a career best 84 and took five wickets in the Test match at Sahara Park Newlands against Pakistan to earn his first Man of the Match award.

Here’s a list of things you may have or may have not known about Robin John Peterson:

1. Robin John Peterson’s nickname is Robbie P
2. Robin John Peterson was born and raised in Port Elizabeth
3. Robin John Peterson’s franchise team is Nashua Mobile Cape Cobras
4. Robin bowls with a left arm spin and is a capable batsman. He has played 14 Tests and over 70 ODIs for South Africa.
5. Peterson holds the dubious accolade of being the bowler from whom Brian Lara scored a world record tally of 28 runs in a single Test match over.
6. In December 2009, it was revealed that he had signed a contract to play for Derbyshire on a Kolpak contract.
7. He attended Alexander Road High School in Port Elizabeth and matriculated in 1997.
8. Robin John Peterson was bought by the Mumbai Indians in the 2012 Indian Premier League players auction for $100,000.
9. He was the last bowler to dismiss Ricky Ponting in test cricket, having him caught at slip by Jacques Kallis after Ponting made just 8 runs in his final test innings.
10. Peterson earned his recall after a four-year break for the victorious 2012 Test series against Australia where he took six wickets in the decisive match at Perth.