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Natal B 1970/71 cricket statistics and records

Natal B 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 1970/71; Tests are excluded.

PL Young leads the displayed batting table with 407 runs. JS Driffill leads the bowling table with 20 wickets.

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Showing 1970/71 · CSA 4-Day Series · Natal B

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Recorded matches: 6
Recorded players: 21
Wins: 2
Recorded venues: 5

Selected season match starts: 1970-11-21 to 1971-02-19. 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 1970/71. 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 1970/71

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

Leading run scorers

Natal B CSA 4-Day Series 1970/71 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
PL Young	6	407
BS Groves	6	297
GA Katz	3	285
GD Dyer	6	255
RN Ireland	3	236

Recorded innings through 1971-02-19. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Natal B CSA 4-Day Series 1970/71 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
JS Driffill	4	20
AG Wood	6	20
PJ Lyons	3	13
IR Tayfield	3	11
BD Gessner	1	6

Recorded innings through 1971-02-19. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1970/71

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

Batting · 21 players

Natal B 1970/71 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s	4s	6s
PL Young	Natal B	6	11	1	407	116	40.70	—	2	1	30	1
BS Groves	Natal B	6	11	0	297	81	27.00	—	2	0	0	0
GA Katz	Natal B	3	5	2	285	129	95.00	—	2	1	17	1
GD Dyer	Natal B	6	11	1	255	46*	25.50	—	0	0	0	0
RN Ireland	Natal B	3	5	0	236	61	47.20	—	1	0	0	0
GC Heath	Natal B	6	11	0	161	62	14.64	—	1	0	0	0
IR Tayfield	Natal B	3	6	1	133	61	26.60	—	1	0	11	0
RJ Kasper	Natal B	1	2	1	122	122*	122.00	—	0	1	0	0
AG Wood	Natal B	6	11	2	122	34	13.56	—	0	0	0	0
TC MacDonald	Natal B	3	6	0	113	47	18.83	—	0	0	0	0
MJ Smithyman	Natal B	3	5	0	113	64	22.60	—	1	0	0	0
PP Henwood	Natal B	2	4	0	62	46	15.50	—	0	0	0	0
MA Riddell	Natal B	2	4	0	55	31	13.75	—	0	0	0	0
NA McDonald	Natal B	2	4	3	50	36*	50.00	—	0	0	0	0
PJ Lyons	Natal B	3	5	0	40	19	8.00	—	0	0	0	0
DG MacLeod	Natal B	3	5	0	40	18	8.00	—	0	0	0	0
DS Pascal	Natal B	1	2	0	19	10	9.50	—	0	0	0	0
JS Driffill	Natal B	4	7	2	10	4*	2.00	—	0	0	0	0
RR Collins	Natal B	1	2	0	8	8	4.00	—	0	0	0	0
AR Lilley	Natal B	1	2	1	2	2*	2.00	—	0	0	0	0
BD Gessner	Natal B	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	—	0	0	0	0

Bowling · 15 players

Natal B 1970/71 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
JS Driffill	Natal B	4	8	951	63	295	20	14.75	47.55	1.86	1	7/28
AG Wood	Natal B	6	12	1,314	79	554	20	27.70	65.70	2.53	2	6/26
PJ Lyons	Natal B	3	6	724	37	250	13	19.23	55.69	2.07	1	5/49
IR Tayfield	Natal B	3	5	622	20	301	11	27.36	56.55	2.90	2	5/89
BD Gessner	Natal B	1	2	210	11	69	6	11.50	35.00	1.97	0	3/13
GC Heath	Natal B	6	8	469	24	177	5	35.40	93.80	2.26	0	3/16
DG MacLeod	Natal B	3	4	186	11	103	5	20.60	37.20	3.32	0	3/42
NA McDonald	Natal B	2	4	420	13	236	5	47.20	84.00	3.37	0	2/96
RN Ireland	Natal B	1	1	54	1	35	3	11.67	18.00	3.89	0	3/35
PP Henwood	Natal B	2	2	221	9	150	2	75.00	110.50	4.07	0	2/73
AR Lilley	Natal B	1	2	300	28	58	1	58.00	300.00	1.16	0	1/38
GA Katz	Natal B	1	2	18	2	1	1	1.00	18.00	0.33	0	1/1
MJ Smithyman	Natal B	3	3	270	15	69	1	69.00	270.00	1.53	0	1/23
RJ Kasper	Natal B	1	2	84	3	45	0	—	—	3.21	0	0/15
DS Pascal	Natal B	1	1	24	1	11	0	—	—	2.75	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 1970/71. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Natal B 1970/71 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Other	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
Natal B	6	2	3	1	0	2,650	92	28.80	384	2,423	95	25.51

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 · 1970/71

Latest 6 of 6 recorded matches, ordered by start date. This is not a live score feed.

1971-02-19 to 1971-02-22 · Jan Smuts Ground, East London

Border: 288 & 88
Natal B: 384 & 201/2d

Natal B won by 209 runs

1971-01-22 to 1971-01-25 · Jan Smuts Stadium, Pietermaritzburg

Natal B: 277/7d & 128/3
Griqualand West: 269 & 194/5d

Match drawn

1971-01-15 to 1971-01-18 · Settler's Park, Ladysmith

Natal B: 338
Orange Free State: 190 & 61

Natal B won by an innings and 87 runs

1970-12-26 to 1970-12-29 · Jan Smuts Stadium, Pietermaritzburg

Natal B: 141 & 274
Transvaal B: 134 & 285/7

Transvaal B won by 3 wickets

1970-12-18 to 1970-12-21 · Berea Park, Pretoria

North Eastern Transvaal: 400 & 39/2
Natal B: 250 & 186

North Eastern Transvaal won by 8 wickets

1970-11-21 to 1970-11-23 · Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo

Rhodesia: 376 & 99/1
Natal B: 188 & 283

Rhodesia won by 9 wickets

Recorded venues

Natal B 1970/71 venues and recorded match counts
Venue	Matches
Jan Smuts Stadium, Pietermaritzburg	2
Berea Park, Pretoria	1
Jan Smuts Ground, East London	1
Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo	1
Settler's Park, Ladysmith	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 1970/71 for Natal B, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

CSA 4-Day Series 1970/71 batting innings records for Natal B
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
GA Katz	129	Border	1971-02-19
RJ Kasper	122*	Transvaal B	1970-12-26
PL Young	116	Border	1971-02-19
PL Young	92	Orange Free State	1971-01-15
BS Groves	81	Rhodesia	1970-11-21

Best bowling innings

CSA 4-Day Series 1970/71 bowling innings records for Natal B
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
JS Driffill	7/28	Transvaal B	1970-12-26
AG Wood	6/26	Orange Free State	1971-01-15
AG Wood	6/113	Rhodesia	1970-11-21
PJ Lyons	5/49	Orange Free State	1971-01-15
IR Tayfield	5/89	North Eastern Transvaal	1970-12-18

* 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 · 1965-12-27 to 1991-02-15

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Recorded coverage

The full historical range below is from the match catalogue for Natal B 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: 1965-12-27 to 1991-02-15. 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 1970/71

Leading run scorers

Leading wicket takers

Player statistics · 1970/71

Batting · 21 players

Bowling · 15 players

Team season summary

Recent recorded matches · 1970/71

Border v Natal B

Natal B v Griqualand West

Natal B v Orange Free State

Natal B v Transvaal B

North Eastern Transvaal v Natal B

Rhodesia v Natal B