Gary Kirsten

Gary Kirsten

Gary Kirsten in 2009
Personal information
Full name	Gary Kirsten
Born	(1967-11-23) 23 November 1967 (age 56) Cape Town, Cape Province, South Africa
Nickname	Gazza
Batting	Left-handed
Bowling	Right-arm off break
Role	Opening batsman
Relations	Paul Kirsten (brother) Peter Kirsten (half-brother)
International information
National side	South Africa
Test debut (cap 257)	26 December 1993 v Australia
Last Test	30 March 2004 v New Zealand
ODI debut (cap 28)	14 December 1993 v Australia
Last ODI	3 March 2003 v Sri Lanka
ODI shirt no.	1
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1987–2004	Western Province
Head coaching information
Years	Team
2008–2011	India
2011–2013	South Africa
2024–	Pakistan (ODI and T20I)
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA Matches 101 185 221 294 Runs scored 7,289 6,798 16,670 9,586 Batting average 45.27 40.95 48.31 36.58 100s/50s 21/34 13/45 46/79 18/58 Top score 275 188* 275 188* Balls bowled 349 30 1,727 138 Wickets 2 – 20 3 Bowling average 71.00 – 41.80 37.33 5 wickets in innings 0 – 1 0 10 wickets in match 0 – 0 0 Best bowling 1/0 – 6/68 1/25 Catches/stumpings 83/– 61/1 171/– 97/1
Medal record Men's Cricket Representing  South Africa as Player ICC Champions Trophy Winner 1998 Bangladesh Representing  India as Coach ICC Cricket World Cup Winner 2011 India-Bangladesh-Sri Lanka ACC Asia Cup Winner 2010 Sri Lanka Runner-up 2008 Pakistan
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 28 December 2009

Gary Kirsten (born 23 November 1967) is a South African cricket coach and former cricketer. He is currently the head coach of Pakistan national cricket team in limited overs cricket.

He has previously coached the Indian Cricket Team as well as the South African Cricket team. Kirsten was a member of the South Africa team that won the 1998 ICC KnockOut Trophy, the only ICC trophy the country has won till date.

Kirsten played 101 Test matches and 185 One Day Internationals for South Africa between 1993 and 2004, mainly as an opening batsman. His half brother Peter also played provincial cricket for Western Province, and then later for the South Africa cricket team which included the highlight of the 1992 Cricket World Cup.

Kirsten was the coach of the Indian cricket team from 2008 to 2011, going on to win the 2011 Cricket World Cup. He was appointed as the coach of the South African cricket team in June 2011, and he stepped down in August 2013.^[1]