Dean Elgar was born on 11 June 1987 and is a South African cricketer who plays Tests and ODIs, and former Test captain.
22 Facts About Dean Elgar
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Dean Elgar is a left-handed opening batter and a slow-left arm bowler.
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Dean Elgar now plays for the Northerns cricket team and Titans cricket team in the major South African cricket competitions.
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Dean Elgar was included in the Northerns team for the 2015 Africa T20 Cup.
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In March 2021, Cricket South Africa announced that Dean Elgar had been appointed as South Africa's Test captain, taking over the role from Quinton de Kock.
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Dean Elgar was selected for the Sri Lankan ODI series in early 2012 but had to withdraw citing injury.
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Dean Elgar eventually made his ODI debut against England in a rain-abandoned match, but found success in his second match, scoring 15 in his maiden innings before being bowled by Graeme Swann.
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Bowling his left-arm spin, Dean Elgar had Craig Kieswetter caught out off only his third delivery in ODI Cricket.
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Dean Elgar made his test debut against Australia on 30 November 2012 and scored a duck in his maiden test innings.
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Dean Elgar followed this with another duck in the second innings to complete a pair of ducks on debut.
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On 12 January 2013, Dean Elgar scored his maiden test century against New Zealand.
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Dean Elgar made 103, against Sri Lanka on 16 July 2014, and followed up with 121 against West Indies at St George's Oval, a ground where he scored almost half of his career international test runs, and recorded the most fifties.
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On 28 December 2015, Dean Elgar became the first South African opener to carry his bat in a Test innings since Gary Kirsten in 1997, when he finished 118 not out against England.
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On 5 November 2016, Dean Elgar scored 127 during the first Test against Australia at Perth.
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On 27 January 2018, against India Dean Elgar became the first South African to carry his bat twice in Tests since 1992.
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On 23 March 2018, Dean Elgar carried the bat for the third time in his test career scoring an unbeaten 141 against Australia when South Africa was bowled out for 311 in the first innings of the 3rd test, equalling the record with Desmond Haynes of West Indies.
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Dean Elgar stood in for regular Test captain Faf du Plessis when he missed the first Test against England in 2017, following the birth of his first child.
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Dean Elgar was named as the stand-in captain for the third Test.
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Dean Elgar took over as full-time test captain, following the resignation of Quinton de Kock from the position.
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In September 2019, Dean Elgar was named in the squad for the Tshwane Spartans team for the 2019 Mzansi Super League tournament.
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Dean Elgar made his Test debut against Australis at the Waca, Perth in November 2012.
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Dean Elgar has not scored any century in One Day International matches or Twenty20 International matches.