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Pieter Malan

37South Africa

Right-handed opener
Right-arm medium-fast bowler

First-class record

Batting

	Mat	Inns	Runs	Avg	SR	100/50	HS
First-class	79	132	5,707	47.56	47.7	19/20	264
Tests	3	6	156	26.00	29.4	0/1	84
Domestic	76	126	5,551	48.69	48.6	19/19	264
Last 10	10	18	660	38.82	44.5	3/1	157

Bowling

	Mat	Balls	Wkts	Avg	Econ	Best	5w	10w
First-class	79	468	10	21.40	2.74	5/35	1	0
Tests	3	12	0	–	2.50	–	0	0
Domestic	76	456	10	20.90	2.75	5/35	1	0
Last 10	10	18	1	15.00	5.00	1/15	0	0

Batting style

Balanced opener

Strong against spin
Tough to get out

Figure	Player	Par	Against par
Average	37.9	29.5
Average v pace	31.3	29.2
Average v spin	75.0	29.9
Strike rate v pace	44	53
Strike rate v spin	48	50
Balls per dismissal	83	57
Dot %	76.6	74.9

4,469 balls in domestic first-class matches · Jan 2022 – Feb 2026

Compare with other players

Men's First-class

Overall rank: 216th; all first-class batters
Runs a match: +1.8; above an average player; Men's First-class batting, runs a match
AveragePeak +17.9 above
March 2017Now +1.8 above
20172019202120232025

Last 2 years	Mat	Runs	Avg	SR	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ
First-class	11	664	35.0	43.3	1	15.0	5.00

Not in our first-class bowling rankings.

Matches

First-class streaks

	Last 10	Career	Now	Best
50+ score	1/10	30%	0	3	1215716101615801127
1215716101615801127

Pieter Malan has made 50 or more in 1 of the last 10 first-class innings.

Last 10 first-class matches

Date	Team	Opponent	Ground	Bat	Bowl	Result
1 Feb 2026	Boland	Western Province		11 & 27	–	Lost by an innings and 141 runsL an innings and 141 runs
9 Dec 2025	Boland	Lions		8 & 0	–	DrawnDrawn
21 Oct 2025	Boland	Tuskers		16 & 15	–	Won by 9 wicketsW 9 wkts
14 Oct 2025	Boland	Warriors		16 & 10	–	DrawnDrawn
2 Oct 2025	Boland	Dolphins		12 & 157	1/15 (3.0)	Lost by 5 wicketsL 5 wkts
25 Sept 2025	Boland	Titans		8 & 20*	–	Won by 9 wicketsW 9 wkts
3 Apr 2025	Boland	Titans		118 (248)	–	DrawnDrawn
27 Mar 2025	Boland	Western Province		102 & 8	–	DrawnDrawn
20 Mar 2025	Boland	Lions		45 (100)	–	DrawnDrawn
19 Dec 2024	Boland	Dolphins		83 & 4	–	DrawnDrawn

Last 3 Tests

Date	Team	Opponent	Ground	Bat	Bowl	Result
24 Jan 2020	South Africa	England	The Wanderers Stadium	15 & 22	0/5 (2.0)	Lost by 191 runsL 191 runs
16 Jan 2020	South Africa	England	St George's Park	18 & 12	–	Lost by an innings and 53 runsL an innings and 53 runs
3 Jan 2020	South Africa	England	Newlands	5 & 84	–	Lost by 189 runsL 189 runs

Domestic first-class streaks

	Last 10	Career	Now	Best
50+ score	1/10	30%	0	3	1215716101615801127
1215716101615801127

Pieter Malan has made 50 or more in 1 of the last 10 domestic first-class innings.

Last 10 domestic first-class matches

Date	Team	Opponent	Ground	Bat	Bowl	Result
1 Feb 2026	Boland	Western Province		11 & 27	–	Lost by an innings and 141 runsL an innings and 141 runs
9 Dec 2025	Boland	Lions		8 & 0	–	DrawnDrawn
21 Oct 2025	Boland	Tuskers		16 & 15	–	Won by 9 wicketsW 9 wkts
14 Oct 2025	Boland	Warriors		16 & 10	–	DrawnDrawn
2 Oct 2025	Boland	Dolphins		12 & 157	1/15 (3.0)	Lost by 5 wicketsL 5 wkts
25 Sept 2025	Boland	Titans		8 & 20*	–	Won by 9 wicketsW 9 wkts
3 Apr 2025	Boland	Titans		118 (248)	–	DrawnDrawn
27 Mar 2025	Boland	Western Province		102 & 8	–	DrawnDrawn
20 Mar 2025	Boland	Lions		45 (100)	–	DrawnDrawn
19 Dec 2024	Boland	Dolphins		83 & 4	–	DrawnDrawn