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CSA 4-Day Series 1997/98 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 1997/98; Tests are excluded.

HD Ackerman leads the displayed batting table with 866 runs. CE Eksteen 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: 1997-11-14 to 1998-03-13. 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 1997/98. 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 1997/98

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 1997/98 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
HD Ackerman	8	866
KC Wessels	8	847
AC Hudson	7	692
M van Jaarsveld	8	657
MI Gidley	8	637

Recorded innings through 1998-03-13. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

CSA 4-Day Series CSA 4-Day Series 1997/98 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
CE Eksteen	8	38
MW Pringle	8	35
GJ Smith	8	29
CW Henderson	8	28
GJ Kruis	8	28

Recorded innings through 1998-03-13. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1997/98

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 1997/98 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s	4s	6s
HD Ackerman	Western Province	8	14	1	866	202*	66.62	47.43	1	5	106	1
KC Wessels	Eastern Province	8	14	4	847	179*	84.70	47.64	2	4	95	3
AC Hudson	Natal	7	11	2	692	206	76.89	49.89	2	3	83	4
M van Jaarsveld	Northerns	8	14	2	657	139*	54.75	51.01	2	2	85	4
MI Gidley	Griqualand West	8	16	0	637	134	39.81	37.49	3	2	56	2
W Wiblin	Border	8	15	2	595	177	45.77	46.70	0	2	81	3
KC Jackson	Boland	8	16	2	542	102*	38.71	47.21	4	1	54	1
DJ Callaghan	Eastern Province	8	14	1	541	132	41.62	46.48	1	2	62	6
KR Rutherford	Gauteng	8	14	2	532	143	44.33	58.46	1	2	73	6
LJ Koen	Eastern Province	8	14	1	506	174*	38.92	60.74	1	2	75	6
PC Strydom	Border	8	15	0	496	106	33.07	49.70	3	1	57	7
SC Pope	Border	8	15	1	482	100	34.43	40.64	4	1	64	2
W Bossenger	Griqualand West	8	16	1	452	124*	30.13	46.69	3	1	30	0
N Boje	Free State	8	12	3	432	104*	48.00	64.10	3	1	55	1
ML Bruyns	Natal	8	13	0	425	135	32.69	50.42	1	2	53	5
MW Rushmere	Eastern Province	8	14	0	422	124	30.14	41.21	2	1	46	5
PJR Steyn	Northerns	8	14	1	421	141	32.38	41.52	1	1	57	1
PH Barnard	Griqualand West	8	16	1	400	146	26.67	50.51	1	1	46	6
G Dros	Northerns	8	14	1	396	96	30.46	35.14	1	0	53	2
LJ Wilkinson	Free State	8	12	2	388	89	38.80	50.32	2	0	45	2
DJ Watson	Natal	8	13	0	387	145	29.77	38.13	1	1	40	3
P Kirsten	Western Province	8	14	1	385	91*	29.62	46.84	1	0	44	3
VC Drakes	Border	8	15	1	366	98	26.14	69.06	3	0	44	12
CC Bradfield	Eastern Province	7	13	1	360	103	30.00	33.18	0	1	45	1
JF Venter	Free State	8	12	2	350	86	35.00	43.97	3	0	53	2

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CSA 4-Day Series 1997/98 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s	4s	6s
DJJ de Vos	Northerns	8	14	1	349	64	26.85	34.90	3	0	39	0
GFJ Liebenberg	Free State	8	12	0	339	79	28.25	40.60	3	0	38	2
LE Bosman	Griqualand West	7	14	1	336	96	25.85	34.60	3	0	38	1
DN Crookes	Gauteng	7	12	1	332	106*	30.18	64.22	1	1	37	6
BM White	Border	7	14	1	330	83	25.38	31.95	2	0	34	1
MN van Wyk	Free State	6	9	2	321	121	45.86	58.26	1	1	47	0
HC Bakkes	Free State	8	12	1	319	101	29.00	62.18	2	1	38	3
EO Simons	Western Province	6	10	1	314	157*	34.89	41.42	0	1	28	4
DM Benkenstein	Natal	8	13	0	311	102	23.92	40.44	1	1	29	0
DJ Cullinan	Gauteng	2	3	1	310	172	155.00	55.16	0	2	31	4
KM Curran	Boland	8	16	1	308	67	20.53	45.03	1	0	35	2
MR Benfield	Gauteng	5	10	0	297	73	29.70	40.14	2	0	29	0
AP Kuiper	Boland	8	16	1	296	36	19.73	35.75	0	0	42	1
ELR Stewart	Natal	8	13	2	289	61	26.27	42.25	3	0	24	3
NC Johnson	Natal	8	13	2	288	100	26.18	57.26	1	1	34	4
LD Ferreira	Western Province	7	12	1	286	69	26.00	32.39	2	0	29	1
CF Craven	Free State	5	7	0	281	105	40.14	51.75	0	2	47	0
JM Arthur	Griqualand West	7	14	0	276	58	19.71	38.02	1	0	25	0
C Grainger	Boland	8	16	0	272	68	17.00	41.78	1	0	35	0
JM Kemp	Eastern Province	6	10	3	272	81*	38.86	59.78	2	0	34	4
HH Gibbs	Western Province	3	6	0	264	152	44.00	43.14	1	1	26	0
HH Dippenaar	Free State	8	12	1	263	100*	23.91	38.73	0	1	21	1
SJ Palframan	Boland	8	16	0	251	71	15.69	40.22	1	0	26	2
HR Bryan	Griqualand West	7	14	1	251	71	19.31	71.10	1	0	32	5
S Elworthy	Northerns	8	14	0	246	89	17.57	63.90	1	0	31	9
MJR Rindel	Northerns	5	8	1	240	88*	34.29	60.61	2	0	33	0
GJ Kruis	Griqualand West	8	16	1	209	34*	13.93	61.47	0	0	22	6
EJ Ferreira	Boland	8	16	0	204	50	12.75	37.50	1	0	25	0
EAE Baptiste	Eastern Province	6	10	4	196	53	32.67	49.87	2	0	24	1
ND McKenzie	Gauteng	6	10	0	191	84	19.10	43.31	1	0	27	0
JN Rhodes	Natal	3	5	2	185	69*	61.67	63.36	2	0	20	2
N Pothas	Gauteng	8	14	1	182	76	14.00	36.11	1	0	22	0
PJ Botha	Border	8	15	0	177	32	11.80	36.20	0	0	21	0
CV English	Griqualand West	4	8	1	177	60	25.29	35.83	1	0	16	1
BT Player	Western Province	6	11	2	173	53*	19.22	53.73	1	0	12	4
JH Kallis	Western Province	2	4	0	170	111	42.50	55.74	1	1	24	0
M Strydom	Griqualand West	7	14	1	164	43	12.62	26.37	0	0	13	1
AJ Seymore	Gauteng	3	5	0	162	96	32.40	40.20	1	0	22	0
CW Henderson	Boland	8	16	5	159	33*	14.45	25.20	0	0	19	0
F Davids	Western Province	4	7	0	158	61	22.57	29.21	1	0	14	2
MJG Davis	Northerns	8	14	3	158	42	14.36	34.27	0	0	22	1
JB Commins	Western Province	3	5	0	156	44	31.20	36.71	0	0	15	4
CE Eksteen	Gauteng	8	14	1	143	33	11.00	31.22	0	0	11	1
Z de Bruyn	Gauteng	4	8	0	139	45	17.38	49.64	0	0	13	2
WM Dry	Griqualand West	6	12	1	128	30	11.64	29.70	0	0	11	2
P de Bruyn	Northerns	3	6	2	125	50	31.25	38.58	1	0	17	0
JM Henderson	Boland	4	8	1	122	51*	17.43	35.36	1	0	11	1
DJ Smith	Northerns	4	7	1	116	46	19.33	58.59	0	0	20	0
AV Birrell	Eastern Province	2	4	1	113	57	37.67	49.13	1	0	16	1
BM McMillan	Western Province	2	4	0	112	64	28.00	55.72	1	0	15	0
M Hayward	Eastern Province	7	12	3	112	55*	12.44	92.56	1	0	10	4
RP Snell	Gauteng	3	5	0	109	40	21.80	68.55	0	0	14	2
AC Dawson	Western Province	8	14	3	109	27	9.91	35.05	0	0	12	0
CR Matthews	Western Province	3	5	2	108	41*	36.00	50.70	0	0	12	2
JJ de Nobrega	Western Province	4	7	1	108	30	18.00	29.92	0	0	6	0
RF Pienaar	Northerns	3	5	0	107	56	21.40	39.48	1	0	15	1
BC Fourie	Border	2	4	0	106	57	26.50	34.98	1	0	10	1
MW Pringle	Eastern Province	8	14	2	103	30	8.58	54.21	0	0	13	3
AG Prince	Western Province	2	3	0	102	60	34.00	46.79	1	0	13	0
CC van der Merwe	Border	4	7	0	100	34	14.29	32.26	0	0	9	1
R Telemachus	Boland	5	10	1	94	30	10.44	20.84	0	0	9	0
H Pangarker	Western Province	4	7	0	94	24	13.43	42.92	0	0	12	0
GM Gilder	Natal	7	11	0	84	29	7.64	113.51	0	0	10	2
CJ Vorster	Free State	5	9	0	83	45	9.22	48.54	0	0	14	0
JB Mackey	Boland	2	4	0	82	45	20.50	30.83	0	0	9	0
D Taljard	Border	8	15	7	81	29*	10.13	45.76	0	0	10	1
KA Forde	Natal	3	5	2	79	61	26.33	64.23	1	0	10	2
SG Koenig	Gauteng	5	9	0	77	32	8.56	32.77	0	0	7	0
GJ Smith	Northerns	8	14	5	77	51*	8.56	38.69	1	0	8	1
AG Botha	Natal	2	4	0	77	52	19.25	45.83	1	0	8	1
IL Howell	Border	6	11	3	77	22	9.63	28.21	0	0	6	0
PAN Emslie	Border	5	10	3	74	31	10.57	27.82	0	0	7	1
GT Love	Eastern Province	5	9	0	74	43	8.22	20.79	0	0	5	0
AJ Swanepoel	Griqualand West	6	12	7	73	39	14.60	31.47	0	0	6	2
RB MacQueen	Natal	6	9	0	72	26	8.00	22.02	0	0	0	0
BA Murphy	Western Province	4	7	1	71	41	11.83	28.17	0	0	7	0
D Jordaan	Northerns	5	9	0	67	24	7.44	27.02	0	0	8	1
PJL Radley	Free State	6	10	0	67	27	6.70	35.64	0	0	5	0
S Abrahams	Eastern Province	2	4	0	66	50	16.50	45.52	1	0	8	0
HS Williams	Boland	6	12	2	65	18*	6.50	106.56	0	0	4	4
PR Adams	Western Province	4	7	4	63	38*	21.00	71.59	0	0	7	0
RE Bryson	Northerns	3	5	0	61	26	12.20	43.88	0	0	5	2
L Masikazana	Eastern Province	6	10	1	60	50	6.67	45.45	1	0	7	1
RE Veenstra	Gauteng	4	7	0	60	35	8.57	55.05	0	0	6	1
MV Boucher	Border	2	4	0	57	29	14.25	33.33	0	0	6	0
GA Roe	Griqualand West	7	14	1	57	31*	4.38	21.19	0	0	4	2
JA Beukes	Free State	2	3	0	56	52	18.67	48.28	1	0	10	0
SM Pollock	Natal	1	1	0	54	54	54.00	90.00	1	0	9	0
JL Ontong	Boland	1	2	0	50	42	25.00	26.88	0	0	3	0
AK Volsteedt	Free State	2	4	0	44	22	11.00	23.91	0	0	1	1
GM Hammond	Border	3	5	0	44	23	8.80	20.56	0	0	3	0
AM Bacher	Gauteng	2	3	0	42	21	14.00	30.66	0	0	4	0
S Jacobs	Gauteng	5	9	0	42	21	4.67	27.63	0	0	2	0
C Light	Griqualand West	2	4	0	42	23	10.50	48.28	0	0	7	0
SM Adam	Natal	4	8	0	41	23	5.13	53.25	0	0	7	1
WJ Cronje	Free State	1	1	0	40	40	40.00	44.44	0	0	4	0
G Kirsten	Western Province	1	2	0	39	32	19.50	31.45	0	0	5	0
Q Ferreira	Eastern Province	2	4	0	39	31	9.75	100.00	0	0	4	2
M Ntini	Border	3	5	1	36	22	9.00	61.02	0	0	5	0
G Morgan	Northerns	4	7	0	35	24	5.00	19.34	0	0	3	0
SA Cilliers	Free State	8	12	3	33	9	3.67	31.73	0	0	4	0
PS de Villiers	Northerns	4	7	0	32	14	4.57	26.45	0	0	2	0
HA Manack	Gauteng	2	3	0	27	25	9.00	28.72	0	0	4	0
BJ Drew	Boland	3	6	1	27	12	5.40	29.35	0	0	4	0
AN Newman	Boland	1	2	0	27	23	13.50	128.57	0	0	3	1
PG Amm	Border	3	6	0	26	20	4.33	19.70	0	0	2	0
P Joubert	Northerns	1	2	1	25	25*	25.00	32.47	0	0	3	0
CK Langeveldt	Boland	2	4	1	22	15	7.33	31.88	0	0	3	0
DJ Terbrugge	Gauteng	5	9	4	22	17	4.40	21.15	0	0	3	0
CB Sugden	Natal	2	3	0	21	18	7.00	32.81	0	0	4	0
AJ Hall	Gauteng	2	3	0	20	13	6.67	47.62	0	0	2	0
KG Storey	Natal	3	4	2	20	8*	10.00	22.22	0	0	2	0
JE Bastow	Natal	3	5	1	19	8*	4.75	41.30	0	0	0	1
R Maron	Western Province	2	3	0	17	16	5.67	25.37	0	0	0	0
Zahir Shah	Natal	3	4	3	17	11*	17.00	28.81	0	0	3	0
DL Makalima	Border	1	2	0	14	8	7.00	24.56	0	0	1	0
I Mitchell	Border	4	6	0	13	7	2.17	18.84	0	0	2	0
AR Wylie	Boland	1	2	0	13	12	6.50	25.00	0	0	0	0
GV Grace	Eastern Province	1	1	0	11	11	11.00	18.03	0	0	1	0
DR Gain	Gauteng	1	2	0	10	6	5.00	19.61	0	0	1	0
ZA Abrahim	Griqualand West	2	4	2	9	5	4.50	34.62	0	0	2	0
MG Beamish	Eastern Province	1	1	0	9	9	9.00	29.03	0	0	0	0
BN Schultz	Western Province	2	3	0	8	7	2.67	66.67	0	0	1	0
EW Kidwell	Gauteng	4	7	1	8	5	1.33	10.39	0	0	1	0
MF George	Western Province	4	7	2	8	4*	1.60	42.11	0	0	1	0
D Pretorius	Free State	2	2	0	8	8	4.00	50.00	0	0	2	0
K Ingram	Gauteng	4	7	5	8	5*	4.00	22.22	0	0	0	0
AA Donald	Free State	1	1	1	7	7*	—	46.67	0	0	1	0
DJ Richardson	Eastern Province	2	4	0	6	5	1.50	27.27	0	0	1	0
CR Tatton	Natal	4	8	1	5	5	0.71	12.20	0	0	0	0
JD Albanie	Boland	2	4	2	4	2*	2.00	12.90	0	0	0	0
FC Brooker	Griqualand West	1	2	0	2	1	1.00	10.00	0	0	0	0
JV Wiggill	Boland	1	2	0	1	1	0.50	16.67	0	0	0	0
CM Willoughby	Boland	3	6	2	1	1*	0.25	6.25	0	0	0	0
PV Mpitsang	Free State	1	1	1	1	1*	—	9.09	0	0	0	0
A Badenhorst	Eastern Province	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0	0	0	0
DG Payne	Western Province	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0	0	0	0
WJ Smit	Free State	1	1	0	0	0	0.00	—	0	0	0	0
PK Hearle	Boland	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0	0	0	0

Bowling · 108 players

CSA 4-Day Series 1997/98 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
CE Eksteen	Gauteng	8	14	2,188	117	806	38	21.21	57.58	2.21	2	6/54
MW Pringle	Eastern Province	8	14	1,856	74	801	35	22.89	53.03	2.59	1	7/78
GJ Smith	Northerns	8	14	1,279	45	693	29	23.90	44.10	3.25	1	6/35
CW Henderson	Boland	8	13	2,132	124	749	28	26.75	76.14	2.11	0	4/39
GJ Kruis	Griqualand West	8	14	1,583	60	768	28	27.43	56.54	2.91	1	7/58
PS de Villiers	Northerns	4	8	822	36	443	27	16.41	30.44	3.23	1	5/30
AC Dawson	Western Province	7	14	1,640	82	686	27	25.41	60.74	2.51	1	5/80
VC Drakes	Border	8	12	1,441	64	592	25	23.68	57.64	2.47	1	5/75
N Boje	Free State	7	12	1,726	95	552	25	22.08	69.04	1.92	2	6/34
S Elworthy	Northerns	8	14	1,589	65	776	25	31.04	63.56	2.93	2	5/2
JF Venter	Free State	6	10	1,271	60	625	25	25.00	50.84	2.95	1	5/123
GM Gilder	Natal	7	12	1,159	42	538	25	21.52	46.36	2.79	0	4/54
M Hayward	Eastern Province	7	12	1,268	38	640	25	25.60	50.72	3.03	0	4/49
HC Bakkes	Free State	8	16	1,213	46	484	24	20.17	50.54	2.39	1	5/70
GA Roe	Griqualand West	7	13	1,647	77	548	24	22.83	68.63	2.00	0	4/35
HR Bryan	Griqualand West	7	12	1,338	37	683	23	29.70	58.17	3.06	1	6/71
PR Adams	Western Province	4	7	1,246	52	546	22	24.82	56.64	2.63	2	7/69
R Telemachus	Boland	5	9	864	27	429	22	19.50	39.27	2.98	2	5/43
EW Kidwell	Gauteng	4	8	664	14	448	22	20.36	30.18	4.05	2	7/58
D Taljard	Border	8	12	1,276	62	595	22	27.05	58.00	2.80	1	5/54
CF Craven	Free State	4	6	426	24	165	21	7.86	20.29	2.32	2	5/25
CR Tatton	Natal	4	8	1,399	68	493	21	23.48	66.62	2.11	0	4/60
PJ Botha	Border	8	12	1,318	51	514	20	25.70	65.90	2.34	1	6/32
HS Williams	Boland	6	11	1,226	56	448	20	22.40	61.30	2.19	0	4/65
EAE Baptiste	Eastern Province	5	10	1,135	66	346	19	18.21	59.74	1.83	0	4/28

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CSA 4-Day Series 1997/98 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
SA Cilliers	Free State	8	16	846	17	480	17	28.24	49.76	3.40	0	3/10
KM Curran	Boland	7	12	708	42	210	16	13.13	44.25	1.78	0	4/17
MF George	Western Province	4	8	684	18	406	16	25.38	42.75	3.56	1	6/61
CJ Vorster	Free State	5	9	695	27	357	15	23.80	46.33	3.08	0	4/34
SM Adam	Natal	4	8	721	33	273	15	18.20	48.07	2.27	1	5/57
NC Johnson	Natal	8	14	1,038	37	433	14	30.93	74.14	2.50	0	4/64
RB MacQueen	Natal	6	10	1,585	59	703	14	50.21	113.21	2.66	1	5/125
DJ Terbrugge	Gauteng	5	9	894	37	430	14	30.71	63.86	2.89	0	3/44
DJ Callaghan	Eastern Province	7	12	761	45	242	13	18.62	58.54	1.91	0	3/19
S Jacobs	Gauteng	5	9	863	44	312	13	24.00	66.38	2.17	1	5/55
BT Player	Western Province	6	10	1,225	40	586	12	48.83	102.08	2.87	0	4/96
PAN Emslie	Border	5	7	957	30	434	10	43.40	95.70	2.72	0	3/55
M Strydom	Griqualand West	7	12	1,078	42	558	10	55.80	107.80	3.11	0	4/33
Zahir Shah	Natal	3	6	521	18	289	10	28.90	52.10	3.33	1	5/67
K Ingram	Gauteng	4	8	612	16	373	10	37.30	61.20	3.66	0	4/43
AJ Swanepoel	Griqualand West	6	10	1,122	52	433	9	48.11	124.67	2.32	0	3/23
CR Matthews	Western Province	2	4	432	10	198	8	24.75	54.00	2.75	0	4/71
EO Simons	Western Province	5	8	780	45	250	8	31.25	97.50	1.92	0	3/39
GT Love	Eastern Province	5	10	667	27	328	8	41.00	83.38	2.95	0	4/56
AP Kuiper	Boland	4	6	324	7	189	7	27.00	46.29	3.50	0	3/36
DN Crookes	Gauteng	6	10	828	26	405	7	57.86	118.29	2.93	0	3/86
MJR Rindel	Northerns	4	6	252	8	112	7	16.00	36.00	2.67	0	4/17
DJJ de Vos	Northerns	6	7	486	15	306	7	43.71	69.43	3.78	0	3/117
IL Howell	Border	6	9	634	27	299	7	42.71	90.57	2.83	0	4/35
BJ Drew	Boland	3	6	636	32	206	6	34.33	106.00	1.94	0	2/38
M Ntini	Border	3	4	408	16	236	6	39.33	68.00	3.47	0	3/101
JM Kemp	Eastern Province	3	4	195	6	106	6	17.67	32.50	3.26	0	4/12
CK Langeveldt	Boland	2	3	294	10	149	6	24.83	49.00	3.04	0	4/70
BA Murphy	Western Province	3	5	425	8	264	6	44.00	70.83	3.73	0	2/38
AA Donald	Free State	1	2	186	9	64	5	12.80	37.20	2.06	0	3/25
BN Schultz	Western Province	1	2	156	10	72	5	14.40	31.20	2.77	0	4/42
SM Pollock	Natal	1	2	168	12	41	5	8.20	33.60	1.46	0	3/18
RE Bryson	Northerns	3	4	336	9	237	5	47.40	67.20	4.23	0	2/88
MJG Davis	Northerns	6	9	937	28	478	5	95.60	187.40	3.06	0	1/16
CV English	Griqualand West	4	6	623	18	364	5	72.80	124.60	3.51	0	2/84
AJ Hall	Gauteng	2	4	233	9	113	5	22.60	46.60	2.91	0	3/48
KG Storey	Natal	3	4	491	23	212	5	42.40	98.20	2.59	0	2/45
CM Willoughby	Boland	3	5	474	29	193	5	38.60	94.80	2.44	0	2/49
Q Ferreira	Eastern Province	2	3	292	15	100	5	20.00	58.40	2.05	0	3/44
BM White	Border	6	7	234	16	91	4	22.75	58.50	2.33	0	3/23
S Abrahams	Eastern Province	2	3	324	11	165	4	41.25	81.00	3.06	0	4/101
JD Albanie	Boland	2	2	229	5	139	4	34.75	57.25	3.64	0	3/32
A Badenhorst	Eastern Province	1	2	168	6	71	4	17.75	42.00	2.54	0	3/36
DG Payne	Western Province	1	2	174	8	122	4	30.50	43.50	4.21	0	3/10
PC Strydom	Border	7	8	431	14	216	4	54.00	107.75	3.01	0	2/75
RE Veenstra	Gauteng	4	7	516	21	322	4	80.50	129.00	3.74	0	2/20
JE Bastow	Natal	3	4	306	11	181	4	45.25	76.50	3.55	0	2/49
JH Kallis	Western Province	1	2	216	14	76	3	25.33	72.00	2.11	0	2/55
P de Bruyn	Northerns	3	5	336	9	190	3	63.33	112.00	3.39	0	1/34
P Joubert	Northerns	1	2	228	12	74	3	24.67	76.00	1.95	0	2/59
ZA Abrahim	Griqualand West	2	2	234	6	120	2	60.00	117.00	3.08	0	2/93
AG Botha	Natal	2	3	288	11	147	2	73.50	144.00	3.06	0	1/38
MI Gidley	Griqualand West	8	13	453	25	192	2	96.00	226.50	2.54	0	1/0
SC Pope	Border	3	3	108	2	85	2	42.50	54.00	4.72	0	1/26
DJ Watson	Natal	1	1	42	4	7	2	3.50	21.00	1.00	0	2/7
D Pretorius	Free State	2	2	114	3	57	2	28.50	57.00	3.00	0	2/49
AV Birrell	Eastern Province	2	4	138	5	59	2	29.50	69.00	2.57	0	1/3
RP Snell	Gauteng	2	3	165	4	101	1	101.00	165.00	3.67	0	1/32
ELR Stewart	Natal	1	1	48	2	19	1	19.00	48.00	2.38	0	1/19
Z de Bruyn	Gauteng	3	3	108	3	78	1	78.00	108.00	4.33	0	1/28
BC Fourie	Border	2	3	282	5	163	1	163.00	282.00	3.47	0	1/74
LE Bosman	Griqualand West	2	2	42	2	24	1	24.00	42.00	3.43	0	1/20
KR Rutherford	Gauteng	2	2	8	1	4	0	—	—	3.00	0	0/0
WJ Cronje	Free State	1	1	30	1	6	0	—	—	1.20	0	0/6
BM McMillan	Western Province	2	3	168	6	74	0	—	—	2.64	0	0/1
G Kirsten	Western Province	1	2	36	1	25	0	—	—	4.17	0	0/11
C Grainger	Boland	1	1	6	0	7	0	—	—	7.00	0	0/7
MR Benfield	Gauteng	1	1	36	1	22	0	—	—	3.67	0	0/22
CC Bradfield	Eastern Province	1	1	6	0	5	0	—	—	5.00	0	0/5
ML Bruyns	Natal	3	3	78	6	17	0	—	—	1.31	0	0/0
F Davids	Western Province	3	4	132	3	78	0	—	—	3.55	0	0/10
KC Jackson	Boland	2	2	17	0	15	0	—	—	5.29	0	0/6
C Light	Griqualand West	1	1	6	0	4	0	—	—	4.00	0	0/4
R Maron	Western Province	1	1	24	0	20	0	—	—	5.00	0	0/20
ND McKenzie	Gauteng	1	1	12	0	18	0	—	—	9.00	0	0/18
CC van der Merwe	Border	2	2	78	3	36	0	—	—	2.77	0	0/16
AK Volsteedt	Free State	1	1	6	0	8	0	—	—	8.00	0	0/8
JV Wiggill	Boland	1	1	48	0	34	0	—	—	4.25	0	0/34
PV Mpitsang	Free State	1	1	24	0	20	0	—	—	5.00	0	0/20
JL Ontong	Boland	1	1	24	1	3	0	—	—	0.75	0	0/3
JA Beukes	Free State	1	1	12	0	7	0	—	—	3.50	0	0/7
GM Hammond	Border	1	1	12	0	11	0	—	—	5.50	0	0/11
AN Newman	Boland	1	1	90	2	88	0	—	—	5.87	0	0/88

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 1997/98. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

CSA 4-Day Series 1997/98 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
Free State	8	6	1	1	3,234	97	33.34	471	2,964	142	20.87
Eastern Province	8	4	1	3	3,981	96	41.47	514	3,068	121	25.36
Boland	8	3	4	1	2,784	141	19.74	274	2,970	120	24.75
Natal	8	3	1	4	3,257	98	33.23	500	3,497	120	29.14
Northerns	8	3	3	2	3,331	121	27.53	483	3,417	121	28.24
Border	8	2	3	3	3,353	133	25.21	375	3,413	103	33.14
Gauteng	8	2	4	2	2,970	115	25.83	431	3,556	119	29.88
Western Province	8	2	3	3	3,907	121	32.29	581	3,555	113	31.46
Griqualand West	8	1	6	1	3,435	146	23.53	425	3,812	109	34.97

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 · 1997/98

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

1998-03-13 to 1998-03-16 · Supersport Centurion, Centurion

Northerns: 483/8d & 120/5
Western Province: 153 & 581/7d

Match drawn

1998-03-13 to 1998-03-15 · New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg

Gauteng: 431
Griqualand West: 207 & 128

Gauteng won by an innings and 96 runs

1998-03-13 to 1998-03-15 · Buffalo Park, East London

Border: 120 & 264
Free State: 459

Free State won by an innings and 75 runs

1998-03-06 to 1998-03-09 · Kimberley Country Club, Kimberley

Griqualand West: 425/9d & 165/5
Natal: 379 & 239/4d

Match drawn

1998-03-01 to 1998-03-28 · St George's Park, Port Elizabeth

Eastern Province: 382 & 36/0
Free State: 250/5d

Match drawn

1998-03-01 to 1998-03-28 · Buffalo Park, East London

Border: 199/8
Northerns: 326

Match drawn

1998-02-20 to 1998-02-23 · Supersport Centurion, Centurion

Northerns: 233 & 219
Eastern Province: 169 & 431/4d

Eastern Province won by 148 runs

1998-02-20 to 1998-02-23 · Boland Bank Park, Paarl

Boland: 177 & 253
Natal: 190 & 242/4

Natal won by 6 wickets

1998-02-13 to 1998-02-16 · Newlands, Cape Town

Western Province: 500/6d
Griqualand West: 239 & 216

Western Province won by an innings and 45 runs

1998-02-06 to 1998-02-09 · Newlands, Cape Town

Western Province: 145 & 427/8d
Eastern Province: 204 & 245

Western Province won by 123 runs

1998-02-06 to 1998-02-09 · Kingsmead, Durban

Natal: 434 & 220
Gauteng: 333 & 100/3

Match drawn

1998-02-06 to 1998-02-08 · Springbok Park, Bloemfontein

Free State: 471
Boland: 184 & 158

Free State won by an innings and 129 runs

Recorded venues

CSA 4-Day Series 1997/98 venues and recorded match counts
Venue	Matches
Boland Bank Park, Paarl	4
Buffalo Park, East London	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
Supersport Centurion, Centurion	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 1997/98, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

CSA 4-Day Series 1997/98 batting innings records
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
AC Hudson	206	Gauteng	1998-02-06
HD Ackerman	202*	Northerns	1998-03-13
KC Wessels	179*	Border	1998-02-01
W Wiblin	177	Western Province	1998-01-16
HD Ackerman	174	Griqualand West	1998-02-13

Best bowling innings

CSA 4-Day Series 1997/98 bowling innings records
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
GJ Kruis	7/58	Northerns	1997-12-12
EW Kidwell	7/58	Northerns	1998-01-23
PR Adams	7/69	Griqualand West	1998-02-13
MW Pringle	7/78	Gauteng	1998-01-16
PJ Botha	6/32	Boland	1997-11-14

* 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.

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Batting · 164 players

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Recent recorded matches · 1997/98

Northerns v Western Province

Gauteng v Griqualand West

Border v Free State

Griqualand West v Natal

Eastern Province v Free State

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Boland v Natal

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