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Border 1997/98 cricket statistics and records

Border in 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.

W Wiblin leads the displayed batting table with 595 runs. VC Drakes leads the bowling table with 25 wickets.

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Showing 1997/98 · CSA 4-Day Series · Border

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Recorded matches: 8
Recorded players: 17
Wins: 2
Recorded venues: 5

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

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

Leading run scorers

Border CSA 4-Day Series 1997/98 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
W Wiblin	8	595
PC Strydom	8	496
SC Pope	8	482
VC Drakes	8	366
BM White	7	330

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

Leading wicket takers

Border CSA 4-Day Series 1997/98 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
VC Drakes	8	25
D Taljard	8	22
PJ Botha	8	20
PAN Emslie	5	10
IL Howell	6	7

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

Player statistics · 1997/98

All recorded players for Border in this competition and season. Ordered by runs or wickets, then player ID for ties. Figures include only recorded innings.

Batting · 17 players

Border 1997/98 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s	4s	6s
W Wiblin	Border	8	15	2	595	177	45.77	46.70	0	2	81	3
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
VC Drakes	Border	8	15	1	366	98	26.14	69.06	3	0	44	12
BM White	Border	7	14	1	330	83	25.38	31.95	2	0	34	1
PJ Botha	Border	8	15	0	177	32	11.80	36.20	0	0	21	0
BC Fourie	Border	2	4	0	106	57	26.50	34.98	1	0	10	1
CC van der Merwe	Border	4	7	0	100	34	14.29	32.26	0	0	9	1
D Taljard	Border	8	15	7	81	29*	10.13	45.76	0	0	10	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
MV Boucher	Border	2	4	0	57	29	14.25	33.33	0	0	6	0
GM Hammond	Border	3	5	0	44	23	8.80	20.56	0	0	3	0
M Ntini	Border	3	5	1	36	22	9.00	61.02	0	0	5	0
PG Amm	Border	3	6	0	26	20	4.33	19.70	0	0	2	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

Bowling · 12 players

Border 1997/98 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
VC Drakes	Border	8	12	1,441	64	592	25	23.68	57.64	2.47	1	5/75
D Taljard	Border	8	12	1,276	62	595	22	27.05	58.00	2.80	1	5/54
PJ Botha	Border	8	12	1,318	51	514	20	25.70	65.90	2.34	1	6/32
PAN Emslie	Border	5	7	957	30	434	10	43.40	95.70	2.72	0	3/55
IL Howell	Border	6	9	634	27	299	7	42.71	90.57	2.83	0	4/35
M Ntini	Border	3	4	408	16	236	6	39.33	68.00	3.47	0	3/101
BM White	Border	6	7	234	16	91	4	22.75	58.50	2.33	0	3/23
PC Strydom	Border	7	8	431	14	216	4	54.00	107.75	3.01	0	2/75
SC Pope	Border	3	3	108	2	85	2	42.50	54.00	4.72	0	1/26
BC Fourie	Border	2	3	282	5	163	1	163.00	282.00	3.47	0	1/74
CC van der Merwe	Border	2	2	78	3	36	0	—	—	2.77	0	0/16
GM Hammond	Border	1	1	12	0	11	0	—	—	5.50	0	0/11

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 season summary

Match outcomes and team scorecards for 1997/98. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Border 1997/98 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Other	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
Border	8	2	3	3	0	3,353	133	25.21	375	3,413	103	33.14

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 8 of 8 recorded matches, ordered by start date. This is not a live score feed.

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

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

Border: 199/8
Northerns: 326

Match drawn

1998-02-01 to 0001-01-01 · St George's Park, Port Elizabeth

Eastern Province: 514/5d
Border: 220 & 144

Eastern Province won by an innings and 150 runs

1998-01-16 to 1998-01-19 · Buffalo Park, East London

Border: 375 & 270/8d
Western Province: 395 & 106/3

Match drawn

1997-12-12 to 1997-12-15 · New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg

Gauteng: 361 & 253/5d
Border: 216 & 235

Gauteng won by 163 runs

1997-11-27 to 1997-11-30 · Kimberley Country Club, Kimberley

Griqualand West: 257 & 162
Border: 278 & 192

Border won by 51 runs

1997-11-21 to 1997-11-24 · Buffalo Park, East London

Border: 341 & 265/7d
Natal: 350

Match drawn

1997-11-14 to 1997-11-15 · Boland Bank Park, Paarl

Boland: 85 & 145
Border: 221 & 13/0

Border won by 10 wickets

Recorded venues

Border 1997/98 venues and recorded match counts
Venue	Matches
Buffalo Park, East London	4
Boland Bank Park, Paarl	1
Kimberley Country Club, Kimberley	1
New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg	1
St George's Park, Port Elizabeth	1

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 for Border, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

CSA 4-Day Series 1997/98 batting innings records for Border
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
W Wiblin	177	Western Province	1998-01-16
W Wiblin	119*	Western Province	1998-01-16
PC Strydom	106	Natal	1997-11-21
SC Pope	100	Western Province	1998-01-16
VC Drakes	98	Griqualand West	1997-11-27

Best bowling innings

CSA 4-Day Series 1997/98 bowling innings records for Border
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
PJ Botha	6/32	Boland	1997-11-14
D Taljard	5/54	Northerns	1998-03-01
VC Drakes	5/75	Gauteng	1997-12-12
VC Drakes	4/17	Boland	1997-11-14
IL Howell	4/35	Griqualand West	1997-11-27

* 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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CSA 4-Day Domestic Series · 1898-03-30 to 2026-09-17

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Recorded coverage

The full historical range below is from the match catalogue for Border in 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: 1898-03-30 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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Season overview

CSA 4-Day Series standings

Season leaders · CSA 4-Day Series 1997/98

Leading run scorers

Leading wicket takers

Player statistics · 1997/98

Batting · 17 players

Bowling · 12 players

Team season summary

Recent recorded matches · 1997/98

Border v Free State

Border v Northerns

Eastern Province v Border

Border v Western Province

Gauteng v Border

Griqualand West v Border

Border v Natal

Boland v Border

Recorded venues

Season innings records

Highest innings

Best bowling innings

Competitions and other teams

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