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CSA 4-Day Series 1996/97 statistics and records

CSA 4-Day Series: standings, leading run scorers, wicket takers and innings records in Redball’s recorded data. Season statistics cover CSA 4-Day Series 1996/97; Tests are excluded.

LJ Koen leads the displayed batting table with 815 runs. EAE Baptiste leads the bowling table with 38 wickets.

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Recorded matches: 36
Recorded players: 164
Recorded teams: 9
Recorded venues: 9

Selected season match starts: 1996-11-01 to 1997-03-07. Player counts cover recorded batting or bowling innings, not a registered squad. Latest update among the displayed statistics and match source rows: 2026-05-26.

CSA 4-Day Series standings

League table for 1996/97. Positions follow the source table within each division or group.

League standings are not available in Redball’s recorded data for this competition and season.

Season leaders · CSA 4-Day Series 1996/97

Top five by recorded total; equal totals are ordered by player ID. Cross-year editions retain their full season.

Leading run scorers

CSA 4-Day Series CSA 4-Day Series 1996/97 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
LJ Koen	8	815
AM Bacher	5	710
PN Kirsten	8	657
PH Barnard	8	652
PJ Botha	8	636

Recorded innings through 1997-03-07. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

CSA 4-Day Series CSA 4-Day Series 1996/97 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
EAE Baptiste	8	38
CE Eksteen	8	37
RE Veenstra	8	33
PJ Botha	8	31
BN Schultz	6	29

Recorded innings through 1997-03-07. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1996/97

Every recorded player in this competition and season; the first 25 in each table are shown below. Ordered by runs or wickets, then player ID for ties. Figures include only recorded innings.

Batting · 164 players

CSA 4-Day Series 1996/97 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s	4s	6s
LJ Koen	Eastern Province	8	15	1	815	186	58.21	69.54	5	2	106	11
AM Bacher	Transvaal	5	9	2	710	210	101.43	53.54	1	4	81	6
PN Kirsten	Border	8	15	1	657	173*	46.93	45.56	2	2	72	3
PH Barnard	Griqualand West	8	16	0	652	212	40.75	46.31	4	1	79	3
PJ Botha	Border	8	15	1	636	136	45.43	52.13	3	1	91	0
KC Wessels	Eastern Province	8	14	1	633	179	48.69	50.08	6	1	78	5
D Jordaan	Free State	8	14	0	617	117	44.07	41.49	5	1	74	1
DM Benkenstein	Natal	8	14	1	606	129	46.62	54.84	2	3	80	10
DL Haynes	Western Province	8	13	1	600	202*	50.00	45.45	4	1	56	5
HH Dippenaar	Free State	8	14	1	599	151*	46.08	37.18	4	1	61	2
JH Kallis	Western Province	6	9	2	560	143	80.00	47.06	2	2	54	5
MI Gidley	Griqualand West	8	16	2	559	117	39.93	32.24	4	1	37	3
KC Jackson	Boland	8	16	1	542	120	36.13	47.21	3	1	49	6
JN Rhodes	Natal	5	9	2	539	156*	77.00	53.58	0	3	45	7
JM Arthur	Griqualand West	8	16	1	539	86	35.93	41.65	3	0	54	1
MV Boucher	Border	8	15	5	525	71	52.50	54.86	5	0	67	4
AP Kuiper	Boland	7	14	1	514	117*	39.54	55.93	3	1	46	20
HD Ackerman	Western Province	8	13	3	511	122	51.10	56.84	2	2	69	3
ND McKenzie	Transvaal	8	15	2	497	139	38.23	52.43	3	1	65	3
MW Rushmere	Eastern Province	8	15	3	489	89*	40.75	37.13	4	0	31	1
JB Commins	Western Province	6	10	3	488	200*	69.71	64.98	1	2	44	12
ELR Stewart	Natal	8	14	0	481	138	34.36	43.65	2	1	53	1
GFJ Liebenberg	Free State	8	14	0	481	91	34.36	43.22	3	0	53	0
SG Koenig	Western Province	7	11	0	413	119	37.55	43.70	2	1	44	2
JF Venter	Free State	8	14	0	410	101	29.29	42.62	3	1	69	0

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CSA 4-Day Series 1996/97 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s	4s	6s
LD Ferreira	Boland	8	16	0	409	127	25.56	41.19	1	1	48	3
AJ Seymore	Northern Transvaal	8	15	0	409	132	27.27	37.84	1	1	52	1
DJ Callaghan	Eastern Province	8	15	2	407	102	31.31	49.88	2	1	50	2
LJ Wilkinson	Free State	5	7	1	396	139*	66.00	58.41	2	1	49	2
HH Gibbs	Western Province	3	5	1	382	163*	95.50	60.73	0	2	50	5
SC Pope	Border	7	13	3	380	103	38.00	41.62	1	1	49	0
PC Strydom	Border	8	15	3	374	100	31.17	58.81	2	1	47	3
RF Pienaar	Northern Transvaal	6	11	0	367	95	33.36	48.93	3	0	59	0
DJ Watson	Natal	8	14	2	362	75	30.17	40.95	3	0	41	2
DR Laing	Transvaal	6	11	1	345	128	34.50	50.81	2	1	41	1
DN Crookes	Natal	5	8	1	332	128*	47.43	57.24	2	1	33	5
CV English	Griqualand West	8	16	0	326	51	20.38	34.28	1	0	39	4
KR Rutherford	Transvaal	8	15	1	322	126*	23.00	63.26	1	1	42	3
NC Johnson	Natal	8	14	1	320	69	24.62	48.71	3	0	41	3
S Elworthy	Northern Transvaal	8	15	0	314	51	20.93	48.76	1	0	39	4
M van Jaarsveld	Northern Transvaal	7	13	0	301	109	23.15	43.37	0	1	45	2
N Pothas	Transvaal	8	15	2	288	100*	22.15	45.57	0	1	34	1
BM White	Border	8	15	0	284	63	18.93	36.18	2	0	38	0
RA Koster	Griqualand West	5	10	0	284	74	28.40	45.37	1	0	37	4
WM Dry	Griqualand West	6	12	0	280	74	23.33	46.20	2	0	37	3
EO Simons	Western Province	7	11	1	278	80	27.80	57.32	3	0	37	5
WS Truter	Boland	7	14	0	276	95	19.71	33.99	1	0	30	2
IL Howell	Border	7	13	4	271	102*	30.11	39.33	0	1	37	0
MR Benfield	Transvaal	7	13	0	266	53	20.46	36.44	1	0	32	0
PJL Radley	Free State	8	14	5	261	58*	29.00	44.31	1	0	29	0
SM Pollock	Natal	4	8	0	260	77	32.50	57.14	2	0	27	2
AJ Hall	Transvaal	6	11	1	256	78	25.60	47.06	2	0	38	0
RB Richardson	Northern Transvaal	6	11	0	254	69	23.09	43.34	3	0	40	2
RE Veenstra	Transvaal	8	15	3	252	135*	21.00	43.45	0	1	30	0
DJ van Zyl	Northern Transvaal	5	10	0	249	57	24.90	50.61	1	0	32	0
W Bossenger	Griqualand West	8	16	2	236	82	16.86	34.96	1	0	19	0
BN Benkenstein	Griqualand West	7	14	3	232	68	21.09	31.48	2	0	20	2
MJR Rindel	Northern Transvaal	6	12	0	230	60	19.17	53.74	1	0	34	0
G Morgan	Eastern Province	6	11	2	223	65*	24.78	37.73	2	0	21	0
MG Beamish	Eastern Province	4	8	0	212	76	26.50	31.59	1	0	19	0
AR Wylie	Boland	5	10	0	210	74	21.00	30.22	2	0	11	0
BT Player	Free State	6	10	1	207	133*	23.00	57.66	0	1	18	9
EAE Baptiste	Eastern Province	8	15	2	201	50	15.46	56.62	1	0	16	0
ML Bruyns	Natal	6	10	0	200	73	20.00	43.57	1	0	29	1
KA Forde	Natal	8	14	2	198	38	16.50	67.58	0	0	28	4
AC Dawson	Western Province	4	6	1	194	64	38.80	55.43	2	0	24	0
CW Henderson	Boland	7	14	3	191	29	17.36	29.70	0	0	22	0
CF Craven	Free State	4	6	0	187	109	31.17	41.37	1	1	15	3
N Boje	Free State	5	10	0	185	34	18.50	53.01	0	0	23	1
TG Shaw	Eastern Province	8	15	3	178	40	14.83	49.72	0	0	19	2
S Jacobs	Transvaal	6	12	2	178	85	17.80	53.29	1	0	24	0
DJ Millns	Boland	4	8	1	175	44	25.00	45.69	0	0	23	0
HC Bakkes	Free State	6	11	0	175	43	15.91	43.42	0	0	21	2
CR Matthews	Western Province	5	9	1	170	96	21.25	70.83	2	0	23	1
CE Eksteen	Transvaal	8	15	2	165	32	12.69	33.67	0	0	16	2
PG Amm	Eastern Province	3	5	1	154	81*	38.50	110.79	1	0	12	0
P Kirsten	Western Province	8	13	2	153	50	13.91	41.24	1	0	19	2
I Pistorius	Northern Transvaal	8	15	3	151	33	12.58	25.04	0	0	11	2
MJG Davis	Northern Transvaal	7	13	3	149	38*	14.90	27.75	0	0	11	2
FJC Cronje	Border	4	7	0	145	67	20.71	48.66	1	0	19	2
WJ Cronje	Free State	2	4	0	144	52	36.00	50.70	1	0	16	1
AC Hudson	Natal	2	4	1	143	49	47.67	44.00	0	0	19	0
FC Brooker	Griqualand West	4	8	0	143	45	17.88	51.25	0	0	12	1
RE Bryson	Northern Transvaal	7	13	4	137	22	15.22	75.27	0	0	16	4
BC Baguley	Boland	3	6	0	134	77	22.33	29.07	1	0	13	1
PL Symcox	Natal	4	7	3	133	45*	33.25	78.24	0	0	15	4
VC Drakes	Border	6	11	2	127	41	14.11	71.35	0	0	16	1
BJ Sommerville	Northern Transvaal	3	6	0	125	62	20.83	32.72	1	0	15	0
CC Bradfield	Eastern Province	3	6	1	124	50*	24.80	30.47	1	0	14	0
R Telemachus	Boland	3	6	0	107	29	17.83	34.29	0	0	16	0
MN van Wyk	Free State	2	3	0	104	49	34.67	44.07	0	0	12	0
A Wessels	Boland	3	6	1	103	56*	20.60	32.91	1	0	8	1
DJ Cullinan	Transvaal	2	4	0	99	78	24.75	38.37	1	0	13	0
CJ Vorster	Boland	4	8	0	99	49	12.38	55.62	0	0	11	2
DB Rundle	Western Province	3	5	1	92	81*	23.00	65.25	1	0	11	2
RC Oosthuizen	Boland	4	8	1	88	32*	12.57	44.44	0	0	11	0
FD Stephenson	Free State	4	6	0	87	36	14.50	52.73	0	0	7	3
HS Williams	Boland	7	14	4	87	22*	8.70	79.82	0	0	6	4
MM Brink	Boland	4	8	0	81	34	10.13	26.64	0	0	12	0
PJR Steyn	Natal	2	4	0	76	45	19.00	40.43	0	0	10	0
L Klusener	Natal	1	2	1	71	38	71.00	57.26	0	0	7	0
GA Roe	Griqualand West	8	16	5	71	21*	6.45	26.39	0	0	9	0
DJJ de Vos	Northern Transvaal	4	7	1	67	31*	11.17	21.00	0	0	10	0
SJ Palframan	Border	2	3	0	65	30	21.67	56.52	0	0	6	1
BM McMillan	Western Province	1	2	0	63	63	31.50	54.31	1	0	7	0
SA Cilliers	Free State	7	13	5	63	28*	7.88	56.25	0	0	9	0
C Light	Griqualand West	2	4	0	63	38	15.75	43.75	0	0	9	0
E Liebenberg	Boland	3	6	0	61	20	10.17	23.11	0	0	3	0
G Dros	Northern Transvaal	1	2	0	59	54	29.50	31.38	1	0	6	0
WE Schonegevel	Griqualand West	2	4	0	57	32	14.25	21.76	0	0	2	0
PAN Emslie	Border	4	8	2	52	13*	8.67	32.50	0	0	5	0
WF Stelling	Boland	2	4	0	49	23	12.25	20.08	0	0	4	0
VA Walsh	Griqualand West	8	16	6	49	13*	4.90	84.48	0	0	7	0
Z de Bruyn	Transvaal	2	4	0	47	39	11.75	69.12	0	0	8	0
GM Gilder	Natal	6	10	1	46	17	5.11	46.46	0	0	5	2
GC Victor	Eastern Province	2	4	0	45	23	11.25	33.33	0	0	4	0
CR Wilson	Border	1	2	0	45	24	22.50	36.29	0	0	7	0
PJ Koortzen	Griqualand West	1	2	0	44	28	22.00	51.76	0	0	8	0
GJ Smith	Northern Transvaal	2	3	0	42	23	14.00	56.76	0	0	6	0
DJ Richardson	Eastern Province	1	2	0	41	41	20.50	73.21	0	0	6	0
AG Botha	Natal	3	6	2	41	24*	10.25	33.33	0	0	4	0
R Maron	Western Province	1	2	0	41	35	20.50	34.45	0	0	5	0
PB du Plessis	Border	3	6	0	40	33	6.67	28.99	0	0	6	0
EW Kidwell	Transvaal	8	15	3	38	15	3.17	37.25	0	0	5	0
NW Pretorius	Free State	5	10	3	38	14	5.43	34.23	0	0	4	0
D Taljard	Border	2	4	0	36	32	9.00	59.02	0	0	1	3
Q Ferreira	Eastern Province	5	9	1	33	9	4.13	34.38	0	0	2	0
T Bosch	Natal	6	10	1	32	31	3.56	51.61	0	0	6	0
S Ackermann	Boland	1	2	0	31	18	15.50	22.96	0	0	6	0
F Davids	Western Province	2	3	0	30	20	10.00	42.25	0	0	5	0
P Joubert	Northern Transvaal	4	8	2	28	9	4.67	26.17	0	0	0	0
AJ Swanepoel	Griqualand West	4	8	0	27	14	3.38	17.53	0	0	1	1
GT Love	Eastern Province	3	5	1	26	25	6.50	33.77	0	0	3	0
L Masikazana	Eastern Province	1	2	0	26	25	13.00	42.62	0	0	3	0
P van Rensburg	Free State	1	1	0	26	26	26.00	173.33	0	0	3	1
A Martyn	Western Province	3	4	0	23	17	5.75	47.92	0	0	4	0
LD Botha	Eastern Province	3	6	1	21	9	4.20	61.76	0	0	3	0
PS de Villiers	Northern Transvaal	2	3	0	20	19	6.67	28.99	0	0	1	0
G Kirsten	Western Province	1	2	0	20	20	10.00	32.79	0	0	1	0
BN Schultz	Western Province	6	11	2	17	13	1.89	23.61	0	0	2	0
BC Fourie	Border	1	2	0	17	16	8.50	45.95	0	0	2	0
DR Gain	Transvaal	1	2	0	17	10	8.50	32.08	0	0	2	0
RA Lyle	Transvaal	2	4	1	15	10	5.00	27.78	0	0	1	1
M Ntini	Border	8	15	2	15	5	1.15	16.85	0	0	1	0
DQ MacHelm	Western Province	1	2	1	14	14*	14.00	20.90	0	0	2	0
CM Willoughby	Boland	4	8	4	14	5*	3.50	25.45	0	0	0	0
BP Horan	Border	2	4	0	11	11	2.75	47.83	0	0	2	0
HA Manack	Transvaal	1	2	0	10	10	5.00	20.41	0	0	1	0
M Hayward	Eastern Province	5	8	1	10	9*	1.43	37.04	0	0	2	0
MW Pringle	Western Province	7	11	0	9	6	0.82	30.00	0	0	1	0
GJ Kruis	Northern Transvaal	3	6	3	7	6*	2.33	15.22	0	0	0	0
N Martin	Northern Transvaal	1	2	0	6	6	3.00	30.00	0	0	1	0
KG Storey	Natal	3	5	1	5	3	1.25	7.14	0	0	0	0
EC Williams	Boland	1	2	0	5	5	2.50	45.45	0	0	1	0
JH Myers	Griqualand West	1	2	0	4	4	2.00	50.00	0	0	1	0
JD Albanie	Boland	2	4	2	3	3	1.50	21.43	0	0	0	0
TC Webster	Transvaal	2	3	0	2	2	0.67	33.33	0	0	0	0
PR Adams	Western Province	1	1	0	0	0	0.00	—	0	0	0	0
A Badenhorst	Eastern Province	3	6	1	0	0*	0.00	0.00	0	0	0	0
H Botha	Free State	2	3	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0	0	0	0
M Erasmus	Boland	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0	0	0	0
SE Fourie	Border	1	2	1	0	0*	0.00	0.00	0	0	0	0
CB Sugden	Natal	1	1	0	0	0	0.00	—	0	0	0	0
AV Birrell	Eastern Province	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0	0	0	0

Bowling · 109 players

CSA 4-Day Series 1996/97 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
EAE Baptiste	Eastern Province	8	14	1,963	87	753	38	19.82	51.66	2.30	3	5/37
CE Eksteen	Transvaal	8	15	2,137	97	817	37	22.08	57.76	2.29	1	5/83
RE Veenstra	Transvaal	8	15	1,436	60	680	33	20.61	43.52	2.84	1	5/36
PJ Botha	Border	8	15	1,587	69	628	31	20.26	51.19	2.37	2	5/35
BN Schultz	Western Province	6	12	1,422	37	762	29	26.28	49.03	3.22	3	5/49
MW Pringle	Western Province	7	14	1,871	62	925	28	33.04	66.82	2.97	0	4/26
EW Kidwell	Transvaal	8	15	1,569	53	826	28	29.50	56.04	3.16	0	4/54
JF Venter	Free State	7	11	1,394	62	663	25	26.52	55.76	2.85	1	6/96
CW Henderson	Boland	7	12	1,934	85	779	25	31.16	77.36	2.42	1	5/107
HS Williams	Boland	7	13	1,323	61	511	25	20.44	52.92	2.32	2	6/57
S Elworthy	Northern Transvaal	8	14	1,550	67	804	24	33.50	64.58	3.11	0	4/71
SA Cilliers	Free State	7	13	1,140	42	583	24	24.29	47.50	3.07	1	5/69
GM Gilder	Natal	6	12	1,319	55	628	24	26.17	54.96	2.86	2	5/57
DN Crookes	Natal	5	9	1,032	45	441	23	19.17	44.87	2.56	2	7/114
RE Bryson	Northern Transvaal	7	12	1,332	46	642	23	27.91	57.91	2.89	1	5/84
M Ntini	Border	8	15	1,254	24	781	23	33.96	54.52	3.74	1	6/49
VC Drakes	Border	6	10	1,209	34	552	22	25.09	54.95	2.74	1	8/59
SM Pollock	Natal	4	8	810	35	318	22	14.45	36.82	2.36	1	5/48
BT Player	Free State	6	11	1,069	40	527	21	25.10	50.90	2.96	0	4/41
GA Roe	Griqualand West	8	13	1,797	55	901	21	42.90	85.57	3.01	0	4/74
T Bosch	Natal	6	12	1,219	65	404	20	20.20	60.95	1.99	1	5/15
VA Walsh	Griqualand West	8	13	1,806	47	1,002	19	52.74	95.05	3.33	0	3/58
TG Shaw	Eastern Province	8	14	2,009	112	724	18	40.22	111.61	2.16	0	4/67
CV English	Griqualand West	8	13	1,103	34	668	18	37.11	61.28	3.63	1	5/65
MJG Davis	Northern Transvaal	7	11	1,334	40	622	17	36.59	78.47	2.80	1	6/80

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CSA 4-Day Series 1996/97 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
NW Pretorius	Free State	5	10	745	27	405	16	25.31	46.56	3.26	0	4/26
CR Matthews	Western Province	5	9	840	32	461	15	30.73	56.00	3.29	0	4/44
HC Bakkes	Free State	6	11	792	35	392	15	26.13	52.80	2.97	1	6/43
AC Dawson	Western Province	4	8	920	47	379	15	25.27	61.33	2.47	1	5/30
NC Johnson	Natal	8	15	1,015	41	434	15	28.93	67.67	2.57	0	2/13
PL Symcox	Natal	4	8	1,010	37	416	14	29.71	72.14	2.47	0	4/26
Q Ferreira	Eastern Province	5	9	768	25	390	14	27.86	54.86	3.05	0	3/64
CJ Vorster	Boland	4	8	696	24	362	14	25.86	49.71	3.12	0	3/44
A Martyn	Western Province	3	6	735	32	317	13	24.38	56.54	2.59	0	4/76
S Jacobs	Transvaal	6	11	1,070	58	401	13	30.85	82.31	2.25	0	3/42
AJ Hall	Transvaal	6	11	605	32	272	13	20.92	46.54	2.70	0	3/14
DJ Callaghan	Eastern Province	8	12	690	32	252	12	21.00	57.50	2.19	0	2/11
R Telemachus	Boland	3	4	597	27	222	12	18.50	49.75	2.23	1	6/21
FD Stephenson	Free State	4	6	545	28	213	11	19.36	49.55	2.35	0	4/21
A Badenhorst	Eastern Province	3	6	589	29	268	11	24.36	53.55	2.73	0	4/39
MI Gidley	Griqualand West	8	11	940	29	526	11	47.82	85.45	3.36	0	3/59
IL Howell	Border	7	13	1,451	63	550	11	50.00	131.91	2.27	0	3/46
DJ Millns	Boland	4	6	600	20	309	10	30.90	60.00	3.09	0	4/64
BN Benkenstein	Griqualand West	7	12	1,369	45	711	10	71.10	136.90	3.12	0	3/35
P Joubert	Northern Transvaal	4	7	621	29	286	10	28.60	62.10	2.76	0	3/52
D Taljard	Border	2	4	521	17	216	10	21.60	52.10	2.49	0	3/33
M Hayward	Eastern Province	5	8	1,032	25	596	9	66.22	114.67	3.47	0	2/65
AG Botha	Natal	3	5	492	17	207	8	25.88	61.50	2.52	0	3/39
LD Botha	Eastern Province	3	5	605	18	296	8	37.00	75.63	2.94	0	3/52
EO Simons	Western Province	7	14	954	50	371	7	53.00	136.29	2.33	0	2/14
JH Kallis	Western Province	3	5	303	15	126	7	18.00	43.29	2.50	0	2/22
N Boje	Free State	5	9	893	43	405	7	57.86	127.57	2.72	0	2/30
AJ Swanepoel	Griqualand West	4	6	642	30	310	7	44.29	91.71	2.90	0	3/31
CM Willoughby	Boland	4	6	594	33	197	7	28.14	84.86	1.99	0	3/28
MJR Rindel	Northern Transvaal	6	9	426	10	221	6	36.83	71.00	3.11	0	2/45
JD Albanie	Boland	2	4	372	16	149	6	24.83	62.00	2.40	0	4/37
PAN Emslie	Border	4	8	541	16	250	6	41.67	90.17	2.77	0	3/36
KG Storey	Natal	3	6	509	23	218	6	36.33	84.83	2.57	0	2/7
PC Strydom	Border	5	7	213	7	110	6	18.33	35.50	3.10	0	4/52
AP Kuiper	Boland	7	9	585	20	259	5	51.80	117.00	2.66	0	3/56
DB Rundle	Western Province	3	6	720	17	418	5	83.60	144.00	3.48	0	2/41
PR Adams	Western Province	1	2	294	18	122	5	24.40	58.80	2.49	0	4/68
L Klusener	Natal	1	2	303	15	110	5	22.00	60.60	2.18	0	4/61
TC Webster	Transvaal	2	4	372	15	184	5	36.80	74.40	2.97	0	2/31
DM Benkenstein	Natal	6	10	462	21	225	5	45.00	92.40	2.92	0	2/38
CF Craven	Free State	4	6	318	18	127	5	25.40	63.60	2.40	0	2/8
GT Love	Eastern Province	3	4	528	26	211	5	42.20	105.60	2.40	0	4/38
DJ van Zyl	Northern Transvaal	5	8	450	12	301	5	60.20	90.00	4.01	0	2/73
PS de Villiers	Northern Transvaal	2	4	342	14	148	4	37.00	85.50	2.60	0	2/39
GJ Smith	Northern Transvaal	2	4	358	12	165	4	41.25	89.50	2.77	0	2/68
H Botha	Free State	2	3	186	6	118	4	29.50	46.50	3.81	0	3/31
PB du Plessis	Border	3	4	204	12	93	4	23.25	51.00	2.74	0	2/25
RA Lyle	Transvaal	2	4	264	4	158	4	39.50	66.00	3.59	0	3/40
BP Horan	Border	2	4	324	9	191	3	63.67	108.00	3.54	0	2/41
WS Truter	Boland	4	5	317	7	141	3	47.00	105.67	2.67	0	1/31
BM White	Border	8	12	342	17	140	2	70.00	171.00	2.46	0	1/5
BC Fourie	Border	1	2	144	4	77	2	38.50	72.00	3.21	0	2/55
SE Fourie	Border	1	1	54	0	48	2	24.00	27.00	5.33	0	2/48
KC Jackson	Boland	1	2	120	8	48	2	24.00	60.00	2.40	0	1/18
GJ Kruis	Northern Transvaal	3	5	375	11	233	2	116.50	187.50	3.73	0	1/72
DQ MacHelm	Western Province	1	2	165	7	81	2	40.50	82.50	2.95	0	2/76
SC Pope	Border	4	4	198	2	147	2	73.50	99.00	4.45	0	1/35
PJ Koortzen	Griqualand West	1	1	96	1	78	2	39.00	48.00	4.88	0	2/78
RB Richardson	Northern Transvaal	1	1	24	0	11	1	11.00	24.00	2.75	0	1/11
WJ Cronje	Free State	2	4	222	17	53	1	53.00	222.00	1.43	0	1/14
BM McMillan	Western Province	1	2	144	5	63	1	63.00	144.00	2.63	0	1/51
DR Laing	Transvaal	3	4	138	6	81	1	81.00	138.00	3.52	0	1/32
FJC Cronje	Border	2	3	126	2	71	1	71.00	126.00	3.38	0	1/38
Z de Bruyn	Transvaal	2	2	126	3	82	1	82.00	126.00	3.90	0	1/73
M Erasmus	Boland	1	2	104	5	57	1	57.00	104.00	3.29	0	1/21
D Jordaan	Free State	4	6	216	13	78	1	78.00	216.00	2.17	0	1/26
WF Stelling	Boland	2	3	156	4	94	1	94.00	156.00	3.62	0	1/13
M van Jaarsveld	Northern Transvaal	3	3	186	5	120	1	120.00	186.00	3.87	0	1/28
AV Birrell	Eastern Province	1	2	198	5	118	1	118.00	198.00	3.58	0	1/65
KR Rutherford	Transvaal	1	1	6	0	7	0	—	—	7.00	0	0/7
DJ Cullinan	Transvaal	1	1	12	2	0	0	—	—	0.00	0	0/0
HD Ackerman	Western Province	1	1	48	0	33	0	—	—	4.13	0	0/33
SG Koenig	Western Province	3	4	78	3	44	0	—	—	3.38	0	0/1
AM Bacher	Transvaal	2	2	18	1	4	0	—	—	1.33	0	0/0
F Davids	Western Province	1	1	108	0	81	0	—	—	4.50	0	0/81
DJJ de Vos	Northern Transvaal	4	5	330	13	140	0	—	—	2.55	0	0/0
HH Dippenaar	Free State	1	1	6	0	8	0	—	—	8.00	0	0/8
WM Dry	Griqualand West	2	2	42	1	34	0	—	—	4.86	0	0/10
LD Ferreira	Boland	1	1	3	0	2	0	—	—	4.00	0	0/2
C Light	Griqualand West	1	1	6	0	7	0	—	—	7.00	0	0/7
R Maron	Western Province	1	1	12	1	1	0	—	—	0.50	0	0/1
N Martin	Northern Transvaal	1	1	48	1	23	0	—	—	2.88	0	0/23
S Ackermann	Boland	1	1	18	0	14	0	—	—	4.67	0	0/14
P van Rensburg	Free State	1	2	132	4	88	0	—	—	4.00	0	0/20

Statistics definitions and missing data

Mat = matches with a recorded innings in that discipline; Inns = recorded innings; NO = not out; HS = highest innings (* means not out). Batting Avg = runs per dismissal; batting SR = runs per 100 balls. 50s excludes centuries; 100s includes all scores of 100 or more.

Bowling Runs excludes byes and leg byes where the source does. Avg = runs conceded per wicket; SR = balls per wicket; Econ = runs per six balls, including historical seasons with different over lengths. 5W = innings with at least five wickets; BBI = best innings, by wickets then fewer runs conceded. Balls are deliveries, not decimal overs.

— means unavailable or undefined, including a zero denominator. Rates requiring balls are omitted if any innings is missing its ball count. Historical boundary and ball counts may be incomplete. Tests and figures for other teams or competitions are excluded. Full methodology

Team comparison

Match outcomes and team scorecards for 1996/97. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

CSA 4-Day Series 1996/97 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
Natal	8	5	1	2	4,080	110	37.09	429	3,529	148	23.84
Border	8	4	1	3	3,904	111	35.17	400	4,011	130	30.85
Eastern Province	8	4	3	1	3,874	113	34.28	476	3,778	121	31.22
Western Province	8	4	1	3	4,303	92	46.77	509	4,327	135	32.05
Boland	8	3	4	1	3,417	152	22.48	277	3,272	117	27.97
Free State	8	3	1	4	4,243	130	32.64	493	3,776	132	28.61
Transvaal	8	3	3	2	3,715	118	31.48	440	3,634	138	26.33
Griqualand West	8	1	6	1	3,833	142	26.99	541	4,339	92	47.16
Northern Transvaal	8	0	7	1	3,142	147	21.37	363	3,845	102	37.70

Team runs include extras; wickets include dismissals not credited to a bowler, so these totals can differ from the player tables. Bat avg = team runs per wicket lost; Bowl avg = opposition runs per wicket taken. Other includes ties, abandoned games and unavailable results. Totals cover available scorecards only.

Recent recorded matches · 1996/97

Latest 12 of 36 recorded matches, ordered by start date. This is not a live score feed.

1997-03-07 to 1997-03-10 · Newlands, Cape Town

Western Province: 433/3d & 222
Natal: 359 & 55/1

Match drawn

1997-03-07 to 1997-03-10 · Centurion Park, Centurion

Northern Transvaal: 164
Transvaal: 201/6d & 71/1

Match drawn

1997-03-07 to 1997-03-10 · Springbok Park, Bloemfontein

Free State: 178 & 275
Eastern Province: 198 & 181

Free State won by 74 runs

1997-02-14 to 1997-02-17 · New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg

Transvaal: 241 & 262
Natal: 407 & 241/8d

Natal won by 145 runs

1997-02-14 to 1997-02-17 · St George's Park, Port Elizabeth

Eastern Province: 432/9d & 161/2d
Northern Transvaal: 272 & 115

Eastern Province won by 206 runs

1997-02-14 to 1997-02-17 · Buffalo Park, East London

Border: 400 & 192/5d
Griqualand West: 253 & 299

Border won by 40 runs

1997-02-14 to 1997-02-17 · Boland Bank Park, Paarl

Boland: 264 & 256/5
Free State: 254 & 264

Boland won by 5 wickets

1997-02-08 to 1997-02-11 · New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg

Transvaal: 371 & 263/8d
Western Province: 227 & 352/7

Match drawn

1997-02-07 to 1997-02-10 · Kimberley Country Club, Kimberley

Griqualand West: 541/6d & 10/0
Northern Transvaal: 363 & 185

Griqualand West won by 10 wickets

1997-02-02 to 1997-02-05 · Boland Bank Park, Paarl

Boland: 204 & 237
Eastern Province: 262 & 181/4

Eastern Province won by 6 wickets

1997-02-01 to 1997-02-03 · Kingsmead, Durban

Natal: 413/3d
Griqualand West: 91 & 166

Natal won by an innings and 156 runs

1997-02-01 to 1997-02-04 · Springbok Park, Bloemfontein

Free State: 401 & 297/9d
Border: 367/9d & 222/5

Match drawn

Recorded venues

CSA 4-Day Series 1996/97 venues and recorded match counts
Venue	Matches
Boland Bank Park, Paarl	4
Buffalo Park, East London	4
Centurion Park, Centurion	4
Kimberley Country Club, Kimberley	4
Kingsmead, Durban	4
New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg	4
Newlands, Cape Town	4
Springbok Park, Bloemfontein	4
St George's Park, Port Elizabeth	4

Venue names follow the match catalogue; renamed grounds may appear separately.

Season innings records

Highest individual innings and best bowling innings in CSA 4-Day Series 1996/97, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

CSA 4-Day Series 1996/97 batting innings records
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
PH Barnard	212	Northern Transvaal	1997-02-07
AM Bacher	210	Griqualand West	1996-11-15
DL Haynes	202*	Eastern Province	1997-01-03
JB Commins	200*	Griqualand West	1997-01-17
LJ Koen	186	Griqualand West	1996-12-01

Best bowling innings

CSA 4-Day Series 1996/97 bowling innings records
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
VC Drakes	8/59	Natal	1996-11-01
DN Crookes	7/114	Free State	1997-01-03
R Telemachus	6/21	Griqualand West	1996-11-01
HC Bakkes	6/43	Border	1997-02-01
M Ntini	6/49	Western Province	1996-12-13

* means not out. Batting sorts by runs; bowling sorts by wickets, then fewer runs conceded. Ties then use earlier match date and source row ID. Five rows are shown, so equal performances may extend beyond the cutoff. Matches count distinct recorded matches in each discipline.

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Recorded coverage

The full historical range below is from the match catalogue for CSA 4-Day Series. The selected season range is shown above. These can differ from innings-table coverage and do not establish a complete historical record.

Recorded match dates: 1890-04-05 to 2026-09-17. Date spans do not imply complete coverage. Career aggregates may cover a different set of matches.

Displayed source rows last updated: unavailable. Figures retrieved: 2026-10-01. This is not a live score feed.

Source: Redball’s recorded statistics. Methodology, definitions and coverage.

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Player statistics · 1996/97

Batting · 164 players

Bowling · 109 players

Team comparison

Recent recorded matches · 1996/97

Western Province v Natal

Northern Transvaal v Transvaal

Free State v Eastern Province

Transvaal v Natal

Eastern Province v Northern Transvaal

Border v Griqualand West

Boland v Free State

Transvaal v Western Province

Griqualand West v Northern Transvaal

Boland v Eastern Province

Natal v Griqualand West

Free State v Border

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