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Gauteng 1997/98 cricket statistics and records

Gauteng 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.

KR Rutherford leads the displayed batting table with 532 runs. CE Eksteen leads the bowling table with 38 wickets.

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

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Recorded matches: 8
Recorded players: 20
Wins: 2
Recorded venues: 5

Selected season match starts: 1997-11-21 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 Gauteng only. Top five by recorded total; equal totals are ordered by player ID. Cross-year editions retain their full season.

Leading run scorers

Gauteng CSA 4-Day Series 1997/98 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
KR Rutherford	8	532
DN Crookes	7	332
DJ Cullinan	2	310
MR Benfield	5	297
ND McKenzie	6	191

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

Leading wicket takers

Gauteng CSA 4-Day Series 1997/98 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
CE Eksteen	8	38
EW Kidwell	4	22
DJ Terbrugge	5	14
S Jacobs	5	13
K Ingram	4	10

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

Player statistics · 1997/98

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

Batting · 20 players

Gauteng 1997/98 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s	4s	6s
KR Rutherford	Gauteng	8	14	2	532	143	44.33	58.46	1	2	73	6
DN Crookes	Gauteng	7	12	1	332	106*	30.18	64.22	1	1	37	6
DJ Cullinan	Gauteng	2	3	1	310	172	155.00	55.16	0	2	31	4
MR Benfield	Gauteng	5	10	0	297	73	29.70	40.14	2	0	29	0
ND McKenzie	Gauteng	6	10	0	191	84	19.10	43.31	1	0	27	0
N Pothas	Gauteng	8	14	1	182	76	14.00	36.11	1	0	22	0
AJ Seymore	Gauteng	3	5	0	162	96	32.40	40.20	1	0	22	0
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
RP Snell	Gauteng	3	5	0	109	40	21.80	68.55	0	0	14	2
SG Koenig	Gauteng	5	9	0	77	32	8.56	32.77	0	0	7	0
RE Veenstra	Gauteng	4	7	0	60	35	8.57	55.05	0	0	6	1
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
HA Manack	Gauteng	2	3	0	27	25	9.00	28.72	0	0	4	0
DJ Terbrugge	Gauteng	5	9	4	22	17	4.40	21.15	0	0	3	0
AJ Hall	Gauteng	2	3	0	20	13	6.67	47.62	0	0	2	0
DR Gain	Gauteng	1	2	0	10	6	5.00	19.61	0	0	1	0
EW Kidwell	Gauteng	4	7	1	8	5	1.33	10.39	0	0	1	0
K Ingram	Gauteng	4	7	5	8	5*	4.00	22.22	0	0	0	0

Bowling · 13 players

Gauteng 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
EW Kidwell	Gauteng	4	8	664	14	448	22	20.36	30.18	4.05	2	7/58
DJ Terbrugge	Gauteng	5	9	894	37	430	14	30.71	63.86	2.89	0	3/44
S Jacobs	Gauteng	5	9	863	44	312	13	24.00	66.38	2.17	1	5/55
K Ingram	Gauteng	4	8	612	16	373	10	37.30	61.20	3.66	0	4/43
DN Crookes	Gauteng	6	10	828	26	405	7	57.86	118.29	2.93	0	3/86
AJ Hall	Gauteng	2	4	233	9	113	5	22.60	46.60	2.91	0	3/48
RE Veenstra	Gauteng	4	7	516	21	322	4	80.50	129.00	3.74	0	2/20
RP Snell	Gauteng	2	3	165	4	101	1	101.00	165.00	3.67	0	1/32
Z de Bruyn	Gauteng	3	3	108	3	78	1	78.00	108.00	4.33	0	1/28
KR Rutherford	Gauteng	2	2	8	1	4	0	—	—	3.00	0	0/0
MR Benfield	Gauteng	1	1	36	1	22	0	—	—	3.67	0	0/22
ND McKenzie	Gauteng	1	1	12	0	18	0	—	—	9.00	0	0/18

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.

Gauteng 1997/98 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Other	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
Gauteng	8	2	4	2	0	2,970	115	25.83	431	3,556	119	29.88

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 · New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg

Gauteng: 431
Griqualand West: 207 & 128

Gauteng won by an innings and 96 runs

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

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

Match drawn

1998-02-01 to 0001-01-01 · Boland Bank Park, Paarl

Boland: 228 & 174/1
Gauteng: 235 & 166

Boland won by 9 wickets

1998-01-23 to 1998-01-26 · New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg

Gauteng: 202/7d & 74
Northerns: 235 & 277/7d

Northerns won by 236 runs

1998-01-16 to 1998-01-19 · St George's Park, Port Elizabeth

Eastern Province: 401/5d & 259/6d
Gauteng: 307 & 236

Eastern Province won by 117 runs

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

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

Gauteng won by 163 runs

1997-12-01 to 1997-12-30 · New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg

Gauteng: 89 & 183
Free State: 205 & 70/3

Free State won by 7 wickets

1997-11-21 to 1997-11-24 · Newlands, Cape Town

Western Province: 267/7
Gauteng: Score unavailable

Match drawn

Recorded venues

Gauteng 1997/98 venues and recorded match counts
Venue	Matches
New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg	4
Boland Bank Park, Paarl	1
Kingsmead, Durban	1
Newlands, Cape Town	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 Gauteng, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

CSA 4-Day Series 1997/98 batting innings records for Gauteng
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
DJ Cullinan	172	Griqualand West	1998-03-13
KR Rutherford	143	Border	1997-12-12
KR Rutherford	125	Natal	1998-02-06
DN Crookes	106*	Border	1997-12-12
DJ Cullinan	103	Natal	1998-02-06

Best bowling innings

CSA 4-Day Series 1997/98 bowling innings records for Gauteng
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
EW Kidwell	7/58	Northerns	1998-01-23
CE Eksteen	6/54	Natal	1998-02-06
CE Eksteen	6/56	Boland	1998-02-01
EW Kidwell	6/115	Natal	1998-02-06
S Jacobs	5/55	Free State	1997-12-01

* 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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Competitions and other teams

Includes historical participants; this is not a current squad or membership list.

CSA 4-Day Domestic Series · 1997-11-21 to 2026-09-17

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Recorded coverage

The full historical range below is from the match catalogue for Gauteng 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: 1997-11-21 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 · 20 players

Bowling · 13 players

Team season summary

Recent recorded matches · 1997/98

Gauteng v Griqualand West

Natal v Gauteng

Boland v Gauteng

Gauteng v Northerns

Eastern Province v Gauteng

Gauteng v Border

Gauteng v Free State

Western Province v Gauteng