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Free State 2002/03 cricket statistics and records

Free State 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 2002/03; Tests are excluded.

GFJ Liebenberg leads the displayed batting table with 370 runs. JF Venter leads the bowling table with 20 wickets.

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Showing 2002/03 · CSA 4-Day Series · Free State

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Recorded matches: 5
Recorded players: 14
Wins: 3
Recorded venues: 3

Selected season match starts: 2002-09-20 to 2002-10-18. 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 2002/03. 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 2002/03

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

Leading run scorers

Free State CSA 4-Day Series 2002/03 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
GFJ Liebenberg	5	370
MN van Wyk	5	323
HH Dippenaar	2	295
JA Beukes	5	244
JF Venter	5	223

Recorded innings through 2002-10-18. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Free State CSA 4-Day Series 2002/03 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
JF Venter	5	20
PV Mpitsang	5	20
JJ van der Wath	5	14
D Pretorius	3	13
HC Bakkes	4	10

Recorded innings through 2002-10-18. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 2002/03

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

Batting · 14 players

Free State 2002/03 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s	4s	6s
GFJ Liebenberg	Free State	5	8	1	370	115	52.86	51.46	1	2	54	0
MN van Wyk	Free State	5	8	1	323	80	46.14	58.30	4	0	38	1
HH Dippenaar	Free State	2	3	0	295	144	98.33	40.52	2	1	38	0
JA Beukes	Free State	5	8	0	244	89	30.50	48.13	2	0	33	0
JF Venter	Free State	5	8	0	223	111	27.88	41.68	0	1	27	0
JC Adams	Free State	5	8	1	205	67*	29.29	27.67	1	0	20	0
HC Bakkes	Free State	4	6	1	161	62*	32.20	67.93	2	0	21	1
JJ van der Wath	Free State	5	8	0	152	56	19.00	48.72	1	0	20	0
MR Lewis	Free State	4	6	2	62	22*	15.50	44.29	0	0	9	0
RG Arendse	Free State	5	8	1	60	24	8.57	21.20	0	0	7	0
D Pretorius	Free State	3	5	1	34	16*	8.50	38.20	0	0	2	1
AA Donald	Free State	1	2	0	18	18	9.00	45.00	0	0	1	0
PV Mpitsang	Free State	5	8	3	14	8	2.80	26.92	0	0	0	0
SR Sibande	Free State	1	2	0	8	6	4.00	5.67	0	0	0	0

Bowling · 9 players

Free State 2002/03 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
JF Venter	Free State	5	9	1,065	36	484	20	24.20	53.25	2.73	0	4/31
PV Mpitsang	Free State	5	9	959	44	400	20	20.00	47.95	2.50	0	3/37
JJ van der Wath	Free State	5	8	896	41	357	14	25.50	64.00	2.39	1	5/47
D Pretorius	Free State	3	5	655	33	285	13	21.92	50.38	2.61	1	5/65
HC Bakkes	Free State	4	6	624	37	228	10	22.80	62.40	2.19	0	3/49
AA Donald	Free State	1	2	198	10	90	6	15.00	33.00	2.73	0	3/37
JC Adams	Free State	3	4	174	8	64	0	—	—	2.21	0	0/1
JA Beukes	Free State	1	1	6	0	5	0	—	—	5.00	0	0/5
MR Lewis	Free State	3	5	174	7	87	0	—	—	3.00	0	0/7

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 2002/03. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Free State 2002/03 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Other	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
Free State	5	3	1	1	0	2,331	71	32.83	474	2,076	86	24.14

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 · 2002/03

Latest 5 of 5 recorded matches, ordered by start date. This is not a live score feed.

2002-10-18 to 2002-10-21 · BOE Park, Paarl

Boland: 289 & 200/7
Free State: 474/7d

Match drawn

2002-10-11 to 2002-10-14 · Goodyear Park, Bloemfontein

Free State: 322 & 269/9d
Griqualand West: 219 & 132

Free State won by 240 runs

2002-10-04 to 2002-10-07 · Goodyear Park, Bloemfontein

Free State: 323 & 232/5
KwaZulu-Natal: 211 & 341

Free State won by 5 wickets

2002-09-27 to 2002-09-29 · Buffalo Park, East London

Border: 172 & 136
Free State: 349

Free State won by an innings and 41 runs

2002-09-20 to 2002-09-23 · Goodyear Park, Bloemfontein

Free State: 164 & 198
Western Province: 376/9d

Western Province won by an innings and 14 runs

Recorded venues

Free State 2002/03 venues and recorded match counts
Venue	Matches
Goodyear Park, Bloemfontein	3
BOE Park, Paarl	1
Buffalo Park, East London	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 2002/03 for Free State, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

CSA 4-Day Series 2002/03 batting innings records for Free State
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
HH Dippenaar	144	Boland	2002-10-18
GFJ Liebenberg	115	KwaZulu-Natal	2002-10-04
JF Venter	111	Boland	2002-10-18
GFJ Liebenberg	110*	KwaZulu-Natal	2002-10-04
HH Dippenaar	94	Griqualand West	2002-10-11

Best bowling innings

CSA 4-Day Series 2002/03 bowling innings records for Free State
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
JJ van der Wath	5/47	KwaZulu-Natal	2002-10-04
D Pretorius	5/65	Border	2002-09-27
JF Venter	4/31	Border	2002-09-27
JJ van der Wath	4/37	Griqualand West	2002-10-11
JF Venter	4/74	KwaZulu-Natal	2002-10-04

* 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 Free State 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: 1995-10-27 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.