JP Duminy

Jean-Paul Duminy, often shortened to JP Duminy, (born 14 April 1984) is an international South African cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and a right-arm off spin bowler. Duminy, who is a Cape Coloured, was raised in the Western Cape and currently plays domestic cricket for his home team, the Cape Cobras and captains the IPL cricket team Delhi Daredevils.

Duminy in a practice session

Duminy is a successful batsman generally occupying the top order, a skilled fielder and a useful change bowler. He became known during the South African under-19s tour to England in 2003 and in the 2003-04 domestic season, where he averaged over 72, two years after breaking into South Africa's Western Province side. Though he bowls less frequently in One Day Internationals, he has also found success with the ball, making his ODI debut in 2004 against Sri Lanka.

Replacing injured vice-captain Ashwell Prince, Duminy made his Test debut against Australia at the WACA in Perth on 17 December 2008, scoring 50 not out in the second innings by hitting the winning runs in the match after putting on an unbroken century partnership with AB de Villiers. His performance was lauded by numerous critics, including Peter Roebuck. In the next Test match, beginning on Boxing Day, Duminy combined with the tailenders to score his maiden Test century of 166. South Africa were more than 200 runs in arrears when they lost their seventh wicket in the first innings. In the process, he and Dale Steyn (76) put on 180 and surpassed Graeme and Peter Pollock's South African ninth wicket partnership record against Australia. South Africa ended with a 62-run lead and converted it into a nine-wicket win. This sealed the series, the first time that South Africa had won a Test series in Australia, and Australia's first home Test series loss in 16 years.

He also took his first test wicket, Michael Clarke during that tour in the 3rd test, and took one of the freakiest catches ever seen in the 2nd Twenty20 international against Australia in Brisbane. David Hussey skied a ball up in the air and Duminy, while running towards the boundary, flung himself in the air, dived, and took the catch with two hands.

During 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup, Duminy became the second batsman after Adam Gilchrist to be dismissed for 99 in a World Cup match. Overall, there have been 36 occasions when a player has been dismissed in the nineties in World Cups.

During 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup, Duminy became the first South African to take a hat-trick in a World Cup match. He dismissed Angelo Mathews with the last ball of an over, then dismissed Nuwan Kulasekara and Tharindu Kaushal with the first two balls of the next over.

On 5 Novemerb 2016, Duminy scored his fifth Test century during the first Test against Australia at Perth. The partnership of 250 by himself and Dean Elgar in the match is recorded as South Africa's highest partnership in Perth, the third highest overall in Perth, and their second highest against Australia.

Duminy played in the Indian Premier League in 2009 after the Mumbai Indians franchise acquired him for US$950,000. He scored two half-centuries in the tournament. Currently, he is playing for Delhi Daredevils.

Test centuries

Test centuries of JP Duminy
No	Runs	Match	Against	City/Country	Venue	Year	Result
[1]	166	2	Australia	Melbourne, Australia	Melbourne Cricket Ground	2008	Won
[2]	103	13	New Zealand	Wellington, New Zealand	Basin Reserve	2012	Drawn
[3]	123	23	Australia	Port Elizabeth, South Africa	St George's Park	2014	Won
[4]	100*	25	Sri Lanka	Galle, Sri Lanka	Galle International Stadium	2014	Won
[5]	141	37	Australia	Perth, Australia	WACA Ground	2016	Won
[6]	155	42	Sri Lanka	Johannesburg, South Africa	Wanderers Stadium	2017	Won

One Day International centuries

One Day International centuries of JP Duminy
No	Runs	Match	Against	City/Country	Venue	Year	Result
[1]	111*	51	Zimbabwe	Centurion, South Africa	SuperSport Park	2009	Won
[2]	129	61	Zimbabwe	Benoni, South Africa	Willowmoore Park	2010	Won
[3]	150*	94	Netherlands	Amstelveen, Netherlands	VRA Cricket Ground	2013	Won
[4]	115*	135	Zimbabwe	Hamilton, New Zealand	Seddon Park	2015	Won

Test Cricket

Man of the Match awards

S No	Series	Season	Match Performance	Result
1	2nd Test - Australia in South Africa Test Series	2013/14	1st Innings: 123 (231 balls, 14x4) ; 5-0-24-1 2nd Innings: 18* (18 balls, 2x4) ; 14-3-33-1	South Africa won by 231 runs.
2	3rd Test - Sri Lanka in South Africa Test Series	2016/17	1st Innings: 155 (221 balls, 19x4) ; DNB, 1 ct. 2nd Innings: DNB, 1 ct.	South Africa won by an inings and 118 runs.

One-Day International Cricket

Player of the series awards

#	Series	Season	Match Performance	Result
1	West Indies in South Africa	2007/08	227 Runs (5 Matches, 2×50) with avg. 113.50; 1 ct.	South Africa Won the series 5-0.

Man of the Match awards

S No	Opponent	Venue	Date	Match Performance	Result
1	West Indies	SuperSport Park, Durban	20 January 2008	79* (88 balls, 9x4, 1x6)	South Africa won by 6 wickets.
2	Kenya	Chevrolet Park, Bloemfontein	31 October 2008	90 (88 balls, 8x4) ; 8.1-0-31-3 ; 1 ct.	South Africa won by 159 runs.
3	Zimbabwe	Willowmoore Park, Benoni	22 October 2010	129 (117 balls, 7x4, 4x6)	South Africa won by 272 runs.
4	India	St George's Park, Port Elizabeth	21 January 2011	71* (72 balls, 2x4, 1x6) ; 1-0-9-0 ; 1 ct.	South Africa won by 48 runs (D/L).
5	Ireland	Eden Gardens, Kolkata	15 March 2011	99 (103 balls, 6x4, 1x6) ; 2-0-11-1	South Africa won by 131 runs.
6	Sri Lanka	Buffalo Park, East London	14 January 2012	6-0-26-0 ; 66* (87 balls, 1x6)	South Africa won by 5 wickets.
7	Netherlands	VRA Ground, Amstelveen	31 May 2013	150* (122 balls, 5x6, 8x6) ; 5-0-22-1	South Africa won by 5 wickets.

Twenty20 International Cricket

Player of the Series Awards

#	Series	Season	Match Performance	Result
1	South Africa in Sri Lanka	2013	132 runs (3 matches) with 2 fifties, Avg. 66.00, SR 121.10. ; 1 ct.	South Africa won the series 2-1.
2	South Africa in India	2015/16	98 runs (2 matches) SR. 134.24 ; 0/8 ; 1 ct.	South Africa won the series 2-0.

Man of the Match Awards

#	Series	Season	Match Performance	Result
1	Zimbabwe in South Africa	2010/11		South Africa won by 8 runs.
2	Pakistan v South Africa in UAE	2010/11		South Africa won by 6 wickets.
3	South Africa in Sri Lanka	2013	51* (52 balls, 3x4, 1x6) ; 4-0-18-3 ; 1 ct.	South Africa won by 8 wickets.
4	2014 ICC World Twenty20 18th match (RSA vs NZL) in Bangladesh	2014	86* (43 balls, 10x4, 3x6) ; 3-0-30-0	South Africa won by 2 runs.
5	South Africa in India	2015/16	1-0-8-0 ; 1 ct. ; 68* (34 balls, 1x4, 7x6)	South Africa won by 7 wickets.