Pieter Malan

Pieter Jacobus Malan (born 13 August 1989) is a South African professional cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and bowls right-arm medium-fast. Since 2007, he has played first-class cricket for both Northerns and Titans. He made his international debut for the South Africa cricket team in January 2020. Quotes For me the most difficult parts are away from the ground; when you’re in the bus or in the hotel and your mind starts racing and you can’t do anything about it. If you’re in the middle, as soon as you walk down the stairs … That’s not pressure, that’s privilege. Pressure is playing out there in a semi-pro game, nobody watching, and you’re fighting for your career. Being out there, the Barmy Army cheering, Jimmy Anderson running in, it felt like a video game at some stage. It was unbelievable. I felt very privileged to be in a position to fight for the team and try and bat long and just be there for as long as I can. In the last three or four years, that’s been a massive part of my game — leaving the ball well and eliminating dismissals that I felt were soft. Especially as a new-ball player, you want to make them bowl at you. In South Africa, it’s tough opening the batting. There’s a lot of things happening; there’s nip, there’s bounce. So the less you can give the bowlers, the better. In their third and fourth spells, that’s where the real runs are. I don’t think I did myself any favours when I was younger I took a lot of stuff for granted, and didn’t put in the hard work that, in hindsight, I needed to put in. It’s also a matter of opportunities and them being limited and not taking them when I got them. It’s been a long road but it’s a road that I am glad I’ve been on because I am a better cricketer and I am a better person I’ve seen that photograph. I don’t do a lot of arms, actually. They should have taken a shot of my legs — that’s where I spend most of my time. But I do enjoy the gym. That’s where I go to switch off, put the music on and train and get away from whatever is going on around me On a good day, Pieter Malan can see forever, APRIL 2021, Telford Vice by staff External links Category:1989 births Category:Cricketers from South Africa Category:Living people