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Craig Kieswetter 
Personal information Full name Craig Kieswetter Born 28 November 1987
Johannesburg, Transvaal Province, South AfricaNickname Hobnob[1] Batting style Right-handed Role Wicket keeper International information National side England ODI debut (cap 214) 28 February 2010 v Bangladesh Last ODI 25 October 2011 v India ODI shirt no. 22 T20I debut (cap 49) 5 May 2010 v West Indies Last T20I 25 October 2011 v India T20I shirt no. 22 Domestic team information Years Team 2007–present Somerset (squad no. 22) Career statistics Competition ODI T20I FC LA Matches 28 14 76 95 Runs scored 809 346 3,765 3,247 Batting average 29.96 26.61 38.41 39.12 100s/50s 1/5 0/2 8/20 8/14 Top score 107 63 164 143 Catches/stumpings 25/7 9/2 220/3 91/20 Source: CricketArchive, 31 October 2011 Craig Kieswetter (born 28 November 1987) is an England cricketer of South African and Scottish heritage. He is a wicket-keeper batsman. An aggressive batsman, he began his career with the South Africa Under-19s, before stating that he wished to play international cricket for England. He began playing county cricket for Somerset in 2007. He made his full international debut in February 2010, just over two weeks after qualifying for England.
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Biography
Early life and career
Kieswetter was born in Johannesburg to an Afrikaner father and Scottish mother. He grew up in South Africa, studying at Diocesan College in Cape Town, and played cricket for Western Province between the ages of 13 to 18. Disappointed with the way he was treated by the provincial team, who had asked him to play two or three years of club cricket before returning to them, Kieswetter decided to pursue his cricket career in England.[2] He studied for a year at Millfield, where he gained his A-levels. While at Millfield, former Somerset bowler Mark Davis spotted him, and he was quickly signed by the county.[3] He represented South Africa in the Under-19s World Cup in Sri Lanka, and won a Man of the Match award in the game against USA for his innings of 80 off just 66 balls.[4]
Early Somerset career
Kieswetter impressed throughout 2006, scoring 245 runs at an average of over 40 for Somerset Second XI.[5] His performances were so strong that Somerset chose to release Sam Spurway at the start of the 2007 season, and named Kieswetter alongside Carl Gazzard as their two wicketkeepers. That season he made his one-day debut for Somerset against Glamorgan in early April, where he made 69 not out off 58 deliveries and took a catch described as "world class" by Somerset's director of cricket, Brian Rose.[3] He made his first-class debut the following month, keeping wicket while Derbyshire made 801-8d and scoring a useful 63 in the Somerset reply.
He continued to perform well throughout the 2007 and 2008, claiming the NBC Denis Compton Award for Somerset in both seasons,[1] scoring regular fifties in both first-class[6] and one-day[7] cricket. Notable among these was the 93 he scored against Glamorgan while batting at number eight. Coming in with two wickets already having been lost in the over and the score at 250/6, Kieswetter's innings, aided by a partnership of 130 with Andrew Caddick, helped Somerset to reach 402[8] and eventually win the match.[9]
The 2009 season saw Kieswetter in excellent form. He averaged 65.83 opening the batting in the Friends Provident Trophy, scoring an unbeaten 138 off just 131 balls in the opening group match against Warwickshire.[10] He followed this up with 248 runs in the Twenty20 Cup, which also saw him make five stumpings.[11] He also shone in the County Championship, scoring his maiden first-class century, and scoring 1,242 runs at an average of almost 60.[6] He was awarded his county cap during the final game of the 2009 County Championship against Worcestershire.[12]
International career
Kieswetter keeping wicket in an ODI against Australia at the Oval in 2010.
Following his strong performances he was awarded a place in the England Lions the day after he qualified for England, and impressed with a rapid 81 in a Twenty20 warm-up match against the full England side. Following England's drawn T20 series with Pakistan, Kieswetter was added to the full international ODI squad on 20 February 2010.[13] He was quickly called up to open the batting on 23 February against the Bangladesh Cricket Board XI for his first game with the England team. He scored 143, a career-best, from 123 balls.[14] These performances led to Kieswetter's selection for the first ODI against Bangladesh on 28 February. Opening the innings alongside captain Alastair Cook, Kieswetter struggled in his first over, edging a chance that was missed by wicket-keeper Mushfiqur Rahim, and surviving a leg before wicket appeal two balls later.[15] He made 19 runs in an innings described by Cricinfo's Andrew Miller as "tinged with nerves" and "chancy".[16] In the next match, two days later, Kieswetter was dropped by Mushfiqur Rahim off a first-ball thick edge that went for four, before presenting a similar thick-edge to first-slip who took the catch.[17] In the third match, however, he scored his first international century – 107 runs which helped England to 284/5 and a 45 run victory. England took the series 3–0.[18] In contrast to the "hard-hitting batting"[13] which England selector Geoff Miller had cited as one of the reasons for his inclusion, Kieswetter's century was built with patience after a nervous start.[19]
Kieswetter then helped England become the ICC World Twenty20 champions, hitting 63 in the final against Australia and earning the Man of the Match award.[20] He had a successful tournament opening with Michael Lumb, scoring 222 runs at 31.71. Back in England, Kieswetter's form dipped, and he scored 121 runs from eights ODIs against Australia and Bangladesh.[21] As a result when England played five ODIs against Pakistan in September Kieswetter was omitted and Worcestershire's Steven Davies preferred, although he was selected in the T20I squad.[22] After showing good form for Somerset, Kieswtter was recalled to England's squad to face Sri Lanka in five ODIs and a T20I in June 2011, taking over wicket-keeping duties from Matt Prior.[23]
Batting style
Kieswetter batting against Worcestershire in 2010.Kieswetter's confident batting style has been compared to that of fellow South African-born batsman Kevin Pietersen,[24] displaying power, cheek and a penchant for hitting large sixes. Although he favours the off-side,[25] he is strong behind square on both sides, and stands with a typical South African stance, his bat held high.[3] Somerset have experimented with Kieswetter throughout the order, trying to find the most effective place for him. By the end of the 2007 season, although still a middle order first-class batsman, Kieswetter regularly found himself opening the batting alongside Marcus Trescothick in one-day cricket, a role he would also take up in opening six matches of the 2009 Twenty20 Cup, although he later dropped back into the middle order to improve the balance of the side.[26]
On his international call-up, England chose to utilise Kieswetter as an opening batsman. He was selected "because of his proven ability to pierce the field in the Powerplay overs, particularly with his booming drives up and over the covers."[27]
Achievements
One Day International centuries:
Craig Kieswetter's One Day International Centuries Runs Match Against City/Country Venue Year [1] 107 3 
BangladeshChittagong, Bangladesh Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium 2010 Notes
- ^ a b "Player Profile: Craig Kieswetter". Cricinfo. http://www.cricinfo.com/southafrica/content/player/230855.html. Retrieved 2009-08-20.
- ^ James, Jeremy (20 September 2009). "The keeper who could be KP". Cricinfo. http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/425603.html. Retrieved 2010-02-17.
- ^ a b c James, Steve (29 May 2007). "Scouting report: Craig Kieswetter, Somerset". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2007/may/29/cricket.sport5. Retrieved 2009-08-20.
- ^ "South Africa Under-19s v United States of America Under-19s in 2005/06". Cricket Archive. http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/84/84837.html. Retrieved 2009-08-20.
- ^ "Second Eleven Championship Matches played by Craig Kieswetter". Cricket Archive. http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/97/97648/Second_Eleven_Championship_Matches.html. Retrieved 2009-08-20.
- ^ a b "First-class Batting and Fielding in Each Season by Craig Kieswetter". Cricket Archive. http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/97/97648/f_Batting_by_Season.html. Retrieved 2009-08-20.
- ^ "ListA Batting and Fielding in Each Season by Craig Kieswetter". Cricket Archive. http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/97/97648/a_Batting_by_Season.html. Retrieved 2009-08-20.
- ^ Tennant, Ivo (31 August 2007). "Kieswetter steers Somerset". London: The Times. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/cricket/counties/article2358169.ece. Retrieved 2009-08-20.
- ^ "Somerset v Glamorgan in 2007". Cricket Archive. http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/107/107793.html. Retrieved 2009-08-20.
- ^ Bolton, Paul (19 April 2009). "Ian Bell's second century in a week fails to stop Somerset". The Daily Telegraph. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/cricket/counties/5184038/Ian-Bells-second-century-in-a-week-fails-to-stop-Somerset.html. Retrieved 2009-08-20.
- ^ "Twenty20 Batting and Fielding in Each Season by Craig Kieswetter". Cricket Archive. http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/97/97648/tt_Batting_by_Season.html. Retrieved 2009-08-20.
- ^ Ward, John (16 September 2009). "Mitchell double-century boosts Worcestershire". Cricinfo. http://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2009/content/story/425349.html. Retrieved 2009-09-20.
- ^ a b "Kieswetter added to England one-day squad". Cricinfo. 20 February 2010. http://www.cricinfo.com/bdeshveng2010/content/current/story/449275.html. Retrieved 2010-02-20.
- ^ "Kieswetter slams rapid century". Cricinfo. 21 February 2010. http://www.cricinfo.com/bdeshveng2010/content/current/story/449659.html. Retrieved 2010-02-23.
- ^ Sahil Dutta (28 February 2010). "Collingwood leads England to opening victory". Cricinfo. http://www.cricinfo.com/bdeshveng2010/content/story/450319.html. Retrieved 2010-03-04.
- ^ Miller, Andrew (3 March 2010). "Matt Prior not fazed by challenger". Cricinfo. http://www.cricinfo.com/bdeshveng2010/content/current/story/450744.html. Retrieved 2010-03-04.
- ^ "Bangladesh v England 2009/10 / Commentary". Cricinfo. http://www.cricinfo.com/bdeshveng2010/engine/current/match/426421.html?innings=2;page=1;view=commentary. Retrieved 2010-03-04.
- ^ Brickhill, Liam (5 March 2010). "Kieswetter ton sets up whitewash". Cricinfo. http://www.cricinfo.com/engvbdesh2010/content/current/story/450834.html. Retrieved 5 March 2010.
- ^ Miller, Geoff (5 March 2010). "Kieswetter goes against the script". Cricinfo. http://www.cricinfo.com/bdeshveng2010/content/story/450907.html. Retrieved 2010-04-04.
- ^ "Kieswetter and Pietersen seal title for England" CricInfo retrieved 16 May 2010.
- ^ "Flower urges Kieswetter to come back stronger". Cricinfo. 13 July 2010. http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/story/467220.html. Retrieved 2011-07-24.
- ^ "Davies in, Pietersen dropped by England". Cricinfo. 31 August 2010. http://www.espncricinfo.com/england-v-pakistan-2010/content/story/475289.html. Retrieved 2011-07-24.
- ^ "Patel and Kieswetter earn England recalls". Cricinfo. 15 June 2011. http://www.espncricinfo.com/england-v-sri-lanka-2011/content/story/520086.html. Retrieved 2011-07-24.
- ^ McGlashan, Andrew (1 May 2009). "Langer and Kieswetter save Somerset". Cricinfo. http://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2009/content/story/402505.html. Retrieved 2009-08-20.
- ^ Pringle, Derek (23 February 2010). "Craig Kieswetter scores century on debut as England defeat Bangladesh XI". Telegraph.co.uk. Telegraph Media Group. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/cricket/international/england/7298146/Craig-Kieswetter-scores-century-on-debut-as-England-defeat-Bangladesh-XI.html. Retrieved 2010-08-21.
- ^ "I still have a long way to go, says Somerset's Kieswetter". thisisbristol.co.uk. 28 July 2009. http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/sport/long-way-says-Somerset-s-Kieswetter/article-1198619-detail/article.html. Retrieved 2009-08-20.
- ^ Miller, Andrew (13 July 2010). "Flower urges Kieswetter to come back stronger". Cricinfo. http://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/467220.html. Retrieved 2010-08-21.
External links
- Player Profile: Craig Kieswetter from Somerset County Cricket Club
- Player Profile: Craig Kieswetter from Cricket Archive
- Player profile: Craig Kieswetter from ESPNcricinfo
England squad – 2010 ICC World Twenty20 (1st title) 
Somerset County Cricket Club – current squad 2 Trescothick (c) · 3 Compton · 4 Hayman · 7 Trego · 8 Thomas · 9 Kirby · 10 Waller · 12 van der Merwe · 14 Jones · 15 Buttler (wk) · 16 Dibble · 17 Snell (wk) · 18 Barrow · 19 Haggett · 20 Dockrell · 22 Kieswetter (wk) · 23 Suppiah · 24 Gregory · 25 Hildreth · 26 Meschede · 27 Hussain · 55 Pollard · 58 Burke · Coach: Hurry
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