Robin John Peterson is a South African cricket

Cricket

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er 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

Test cricket

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 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

Sri Lanka Cricket A Team Triangular Series in 2005-06

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, where he took five wickets in five one day matches, and currently plays for the Eastern Cape Warriors

Warriors cricket team

The Chevrolet Warriors is the name used by the combined Eastern Province and Border first class cricket teams in South Africa. The home venues of the Warriors are St George's Park, Port Elizabeth and Buffalo Park, East London....

.

He holds the dubious accolade of being the bowler from whom Brian Lara

Brian Lara

Brian Charles Lara, TC, OCC, AM is a former West Indian international cricket player. Lara is generally regarded as one of the greatest batsmen of all time...

 scored a world record tally of 28 runs in a single Test match over.

In December 2009, it was revealed that he had signed a contract to play for Derbyshire

Derbyshire County Cricket Club

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 on a Kolpak contract.

He attended Alexander Road High school in Port Elizabeth and matriculated in 1997.

ICC World Cup 2011

Robin Peterson's 4 for 12 versus Bangladesh is his best bowling performance in ODIs surpassing his 3 for 22 against England in Chennai.

Career Best Performances

as of 18 July 2010

Batting				Bowling
	Score	Fixture	Venue	Season	Score	Fixture	Venue	Season
Tests Test cricket Test cricket is the longest form of the sport of cricket. Test matches are played between national representative teams with "Test status", as determined by the International Cricket Council , with four innings played between two teams of 11 players over a period of up to a maximum five days...	61	South Africa v Bangladesh	Dhaka Bangabandhu National Stadium Bangabandhu National Stadium, also known as Dhaka Stadium, and formerly known as Dacca Stadium is the national stadium and a multipurpose sports arena in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is located in the Motijheel area in the heart of the city...	2003	5-33	South Africa v Bangladesh	Chittagong Chittagong Divisional Stadium -See also:*List of Test cricket grounds...	2008
ODI	36	South Africa v West Indies	Centurion	2004	2-26	South Africa v Pakistan	Faisalabad Iqbal Stadium Iqbal Stadium is a Test cricket ground in Faisalabad, Pakistan. Previous names for the ground include Lyallpur Stadium, National Stadium, and City Stadium. The current name honours Pakistani poet Sir Allama Muhammad Iqbal. Capacity is 25,000. It has hosted 25 Test matches and 14 One Day...	2003
T20I Twenty20 International A Twenty20 International is a form of cricket which is played over 20 overs per side between two national cricket teams. The game is played under the rules of Twenty20 cricket...	34	South Africa v Australia	Centurion	2009	3-30	South Africa v Australia	Wanderers Wanderers Stadium BIDVest Wanderers Stadium is a stadium situated just south of Sandton in Illovo, Johannesburg in Gauteng Province, South Africa. Test, One Day and First class cricket matches are played here. It is also the home ground for the Highveld Lions, formerly known as Gauteng .The stadium has a seating...	2009
FC First-class cricket First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...	130	Eastern Province Eastern Province cricket team Eastern Province cricket team is the team representing the Eastern Province in domestic first-class cricket in South Africa.-Honours:* Currie Cup - 1988–89, 1991–92; shared - 1989–90* Standard Bank Cup - 1989–90, 1991–92...  v Gauteng	Wanderers Wanderers Stadium BIDVest Wanderers Stadium is a stadium situated just south of Sandton in Illovo, Johannesburg in Gauteng Province, South Africa. Test, One Day and First class cricket matches are played here. It is also the home ground for the Highveld Lions, formerly known as Gauteng .The stadium has a seating...	2002	6-67	Eastern Province Eastern Province cricket team Eastern Province cricket team is the team representing the Eastern Province in domestic first-class cricket in South Africa.-Honours:* Currie Cup - 1988–89, 1991–92; shared - 1989–90* Standard Bank Cup - 1989–90, 1991–92...  v Border Border cricket team Border cricket team is the team representing the Border province in domestic first-class cricket in South Africa. The team began playing in March 1898....	East London Buffalo Park Buffalo Park is a cricket ground in East London, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. It is one of the home grounds for the Warriors cricket team. It can hold up to 20,000.It has hosted one Test match, in 2002 and hosted a number of One Day Internationals....	1999
LA	101	Eastern Province Eastern Province cricket team Eastern Province cricket team is the team representing the Eastern Province in domestic first-class cricket in South Africa.-Honours:* Currie Cup - 1988–89, 1991–92; shared - 1989–90* Standard Bank Cup - 1989–90, 1991–92...  v Border Border cricket team Border cricket team is the team representing the Border province in domestic first-class cricket in South Africa. The team began playing in March 1898....	Port Elizabeth	2001	7-24	Warriors v Eagles Eagles cricket team The Chevrolet Knights is the name used by the combined Free State cricket team and Griqualand West first class cricket teams in South Africa. The team previously competed as the Diamond Eagles...	East London Buffalo Park Buffalo Park is a cricket ground in East London, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. It is one of the home grounds for the Warriors cricket team. It can hold up to 20,000.It has hosted one Test match, in 2002 and hosted a number of One Day Internationals....	2008
T20	72*	Warriors v Dolphins Dolphins cricket team The Sunfoil Dolphins is the name used by the KwaZulu Natal cricket team when it plays in the South African SuperSport Series first class competition; also in the MTN Domestic Championship and Standard Bank Twenty20 limited over competitions...	East London Buffalo Park Buffalo Park is a cricket ground in East London, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. It is one of the home grounds for the Warriors cricket team. It can hold up to 20,000.It has hosted one Test match, in 2002 and hosted a number of One Day Internationals....	2008	3-24	Warriors v Eagles Eagles cricket team The Chevrolet Knights is the name used by the combined Free State cricket team and Griqualand West first class cricket teams in South Africa. The team previously competed as the Diamond Eagles...	Port Elizabeth	2009