Charl Pietersen


Charl Pietersen in Kimberley is a South African cricketer who played for the Eagles cricket team. He is a distant relative of Kevin Pietersen. His brother Ruan Pietersen also played for Griqualand West as a left-arm bowler. Despite being South African Pietersen played County cricket in England under the Kolpak regulations for Northamptonshire County Cricket Club. On debut for Northamptonshire in 2005, he took 7-10 in a C&G Trophy game against Denmark at Svanholm Park, Brøndby, a county record.