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Eastern Province 1996/97 cricket statistics and records

Eastern Province 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 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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Showing 1996/97 · CSA 4-Day Series · Eastern Province

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Recorded matches: 8
Recorded players: 19
Wins: 4
Recorded venues: 5

Selected season match starts: 1996-11-15 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

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

Leading run scorers

Eastern Province CSA 4-Day Series 1996/97 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
LJ Koen	8	815
KC Wessels	8	633
MW Rushmere	8	489
DJ Callaghan	8	407
G Morgan	6	223

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

Leading wicket takers

Eastern Province CSA 4-Day Series 1996/97 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
EAE Baptiste	8	38
TG Shaw	8	18
Q Ferreira	5	14
DJ Callaghan	8	12
A Badenhorst	3	11

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

Player statistics · 1996/97

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

Batting · 19 players

Eastern Province 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
KC Wessels	Eastern Province	8	14	1	633	179	48.69	50.08	6	1	78	5
MW Rushmere	Eastern Province	8	15	3	489	89*	40.75	37.13	4	0	31	1
DJ Callaghan	Eastern Province	8	15	2	407	102	31.31	49.88	2	1	50	2
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
EAE Baptiste	Eastern Province	8	15	2	201	50	15.46	56.62	1	0	16	0
TG Shaw	Eastern Province	8	15	3	178	40	14.83	49.72	0	0	19	2
PG Amm	Eastern Province	3	5	1	154	81*	38.50	110.79	1	0	12	0
CC Bradfield	Eastern Province	3	6	1	124	50*	24.80	30.47	1	0	14	0
GC Victor	Eastern Province	2	4	0	45	23	11.25	33.33	0	0	4	0
DJ Richardson	Eastern Province	1	2	0	41	41	20.50	73.21	0	0	6	0
Q Ferreira	Eastern Province	5	9	1	33	9	4.13	34.38	0	0	2	0
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
LD Botha	Eastern Province	3	6	1	21	9	4.20	61.76	0	0	3	0
M Hayward	Eastern Province	5	8	1	10	9*	1.43	37.04	0	0	2	0
A Badenhorst	Eastern Province	3	6	1	0	0*	0.00	0.00	0	0	0	0
AV Birrell	Eastern Province	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0	0	0	0

Bowling · 9 players

Eastern Province 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
TG Shaw	Eastern Province	8	14	2,009	112	724	18	40.22	111.61	2.16	0	4/67
Q Ferreira	Eastern Province	5	9	768	25	390	14	27.86	54.86	3.05	0	3/64
DJ Callaghan	Eastern Province	8	12	690	32	252	12	21.00	57.50	2.19	0	2/11
A Badenhorst	Eastern Province	3	6	589	29	268	11	24.36	53.55	2.73	0	4/39
M Hayward	Eastern Province	5	8	1,032	25	596	9	66.22	114.67	3.47	0	2/65
LD Botha	Eastern Province	3	5	605	18	296	8	37.00	75.63	2.94	0	3/52
GT Love	Eastern Province	3	4	528	26	211	5	42.20	105.60	2.40	0	4/38
AV Birrell	Eastern Province	1	2	198	5	118	1	118.00	198.00	3.58	0	1/65

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 1996/97. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Eastern Province 1996/97 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Other	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
Eastern Province	8	4	3	1	0	3,874	113	34.28	476	3,778	121	31.22

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

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 · St George's Park, Port Elizabeth

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

Eastern Province won by 206 runs

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

1997-01-17 to 1997-01-19 · St George's Park, Port Elizabeth

Eastern Province: 265 & 118
Natal: 429

Natal won by an innings and 46 runs

1997-01-03 to 1997-01-06 · St George's Park, Port Elizabeth

Eastern Province: 300/9d & 331/5
Western Province: 401/2d & 228/6d

Eastern Province won by 5 wickets

1996-12-13 to 1996-12-16 · New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg

Transvaal: 334 & 272/3d
Eastern Province: 261 & 185

Transvaal won by 160 runs

1996-12-01 to 1996-12-30 · St George's Park, Port Elizabeth

Eastern Province: 476/6d & 185/3d
Griqualand West: 266 & 306

Eastern Province won by 89 runs

1996-11-15 to 1996-11-18 · Buffalo Park, East London

Border: 261
Eastern Province: 338/5

Match drawn

Recorded venues

Eastern Province 1996/97 venues and recorded match counts
Venue	Matches
St George's Park, Port Elizabeth	4
Boland Bank Park, Paarl	1
Buffalo Park, East London	1
New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg	1
Springbok Park, Bloemfontein	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 1996/97 for Eastern Province, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

CSA 4-Day Series 1996/97 batting innings records for Eastern Province
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
LJ Koen	186	Griqualand West	1996-12-01
KC Wessels	179	Western Province	1997-01-03
LJ Koen	128	Western Province	1997-01-03
DJ Callaghan	102	Griqualand West	1996-12-01
MW Rushmere	89*	Boland	1997-02-02

Best bowling innings

CSA 4-Day Series 1996/97 bowling innings records for Eastern Province
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
EAE Baptiste	5/37	Northern Transvaal	1997-02-14
EAE Baptiste	5/56	Northern Transvaal	1997-02-14
EAE Baptiste	5/60	Griqualand West	1996-12-01
GT Love	4/38	Griqualand West	1996-12-01
A Badenhorst	4/39	Free State	1997-03-07

* 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 · 1894-03-17 to 2026-09-17

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Recorded coverage

The full historical range below is from the match catalogue for Eastern Province 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: 1894-03-17 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 1996/97

Leading run scorers

Leading wicket takers

Player statistics · 1996/97

Batting · 19 players

Bowling · 9 players

Team season summary

Recent recorded matches · 1996/97

Free State v Eastern Province

Eastern Province v Northern Transvaal

Boland v Eastern Province

Eastern Province v Natal

Eastern Province v Western Province

Transvaal v Eastern Province

Eastern Province v Griqualand West

Border v Eastern Province