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| Personal information | ||||
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| Born | 4 August 1979 Port Elizabeth, South Africa | |||
| Batting style | Left-handed | |||
| Bowling style | Slow left arm orthodox | |||
| Role | Bowler | |||
| International information | ||||
| National side | South Africa | |||
| Test debut | 1 May 2003 v Bangladesh | |||
| Last Test | 29 February 2008 v Bangladesh | |||
| ODI debut | 25 September 2002 v India | |||
| Last ODI | 14 April 2007 v New Zealand | |||
| Domestic team information | ||||
| Years | Team | |||
| 1997-2004 | Eastern Province Warriors | |||
| 2004-2009 | Warriors | |||
| 2009- | Cape Cobras | |||
| 2010- | Derbyshire (squad no. 5) | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Competition | Tests | ODIs | FC | LA |
| Matches | 6 | 35 | 107 | 143 |
| Runs scored | 163 | 147 | 3,757 | 2,275 |
| Batting average | 27.16 | 13.36 | 25.91 | 25.56 |
| 100s/50s | 0/1 | 0/0 | 6/13 | 1/14 |
| Top score | 61 | 36 | 130 | 101 |
| Balls bowled | 959 | 1,252 | 20,099 | 5,761 |
| Wickets | 14 | 17 | 310 | 149 |
| Bowling average | 35.50 | 58.35 | 32.28 | 29.13 |
| 5 wickets in innings | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 |
| 10 wickets in match | 0 | n/a | 1 | n/a |
| Best bowling | 5/33 | 2/26 | 6/67 | 7/24 |
| Catches/stumpings | 5/– | 7/– | 43/– | 46/– |
| Source: CricketArchive, 20 July 2010 | ||||
Robin John Peterson (born 4 August 1979 in Port Elizabeth) is a South African cricketer, who bowls left arm spin. He is also a more than capable batsman, with a first class batting average of 26.35 as of 6 November 2005. His first class bowling average is a modest 36.36, however, and in Test matches it stands at 50.37. He has played five Tests and 21 ODIs for South Africa, with his last international match coming in the 2004-05 Tour of India, where he took one wicket for 90 runs as South Africa's lone spin bowler in the drawn first Test match. He also played in the Sri Lanka Cricket A Team Triangular Series in 2005-06, where he took five wickets in five one day matches, and currently plays for the Eastern Cape Warriors.
| Derbyshire County Cricket Club - Current squad |
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1. Rogers (c) 3. Durston 4. Footitt 5. Peterson 6. Goddard 7. Hunter 8. Sadler 9. Park 10. Wagg 11. Jones 12. Groenewald 13. Clare 14. Lungley 17. Borrington 19. Redfern 22. Hughes 23. Poynton 24. Needham 77. Madsen 83. Smith 99. Sheikh –. Bosman |
| Coach |
 John Morris
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