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Natal 1981/82 cricket statistics and records

Natal 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 1981/82; Tests are excluded.

D Bestall leads the displayed batting table with 528 runs. VAP van der Bijl leads the bowling table with 57 wickets.

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Showing 1981/82 · CSA 4-Day Series · Natal

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Recorded matches: 8
Recorded players: 15
Wins: 4
Recorded venues: 6

Selected season match starts: 1981-12-05 to 1982-04-01. 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 1981/82. 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 1981/82

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

Leading run scorers

Natal CSA 4-Day Series 1981/82 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
D Bestall	8	528
BA Richards	6	339
RM Bentley	8	337
MJ Procter	7	314
NP Daniels	8	306

Recorded innings through 1982-04-01. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Natal CSA 4-Day Series 1981/82 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
VAP van der Bijl	8	57
LB Taylor	6	17
PB Clift	6	15
MJ Procter	7	13
NP Daniels	6	13

Recorded innings through 1982-04-01. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1981/82

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

Batting · 15 players

Natal 1981/82 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s	4s	6s
D Bestall	Natal	8	16	1	528	80*	35.20	54.04	3	0	63	1
BA Richards	Natal	6	12	3	339	87*	37.67	67.40	2	0	37	1
RM Bentley	Natal	8	16	1	337	88	22.47	91.83	1	0	29	0
MJ Procter	Natal	7	14	1	314	76	24.15	105.37	3	0	43	2
NP Daniels	Natal	8	16	3	306	66	23.54	73.56	2	0	36	3
CP Wilkins	Natal	8	16	1	294	46	19.60	62.55	0	0	42	1
VAP van der Bijl	Natal	8	16	4	172	53*	14.33	209.76	1	0	19	3
AJS Smith	Natal	8	16	2	165	47	11.79	100.00	0	0	22	0
PB Clift	Natal	6	12	1	156	35	14.18	61.66	0	0	21	0
KR Cooper	Natal	7	14	2	120	38*	10.00	196.72	0	0	17	2
CL Smith	Natal	1	2	0	118	112	59.00	38.94	0	1	14	0
RA Smith	Natal	3	6	0	109	91	18.17	454.17	1	0	10	0
LB Taylor	Natal	6	12	3	22	12	2.44	61.11	0	0	3	0
DK Pearse	Natal	2	4	0	14	11	3.50	233.33	0	0	1	0
EJ Hodkinson	Natal	2	4	0	1	1	0.25	20.00	0	0	0	0

Bowling · 13 players

Natal 1981/82 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
VAP van der Bijl	Natal	8	15	2,156	103	804	57	14.11	37.82	2.24	7	8/47
LB Taylor	Natal	6	10	981	49	404	17	23.76	57.71	2.47	0	4/47
PB Clift	Natal	6	11	918	46	360	15	24.00	61.20	2.35	0	4/45
MJ Procter	Natal	7	9	681	43	245	13	18.85	52.38	2.16	0	3/30
NP Daniels	Natal	6	9	614	22	272	13	20.92	47.23	2.66	0	3/78
KR Cooper	Natal	7	12	822	27	406	10	40.60	82.20	2.96	0	3/53
EJ Hodkinson	Natal	2	4	168	4	84	1	84.00	168.00	3.00	0	1/29
AJS Smith	Natal	1	1	6	0	4	1	4.00	6.00	4.00	0	1/4
CL Smith	Natal	1	1	6	0	14	0	—	—	14.00	0	0/14
RA Smith	Natal	1	1	5	0	6	0	—	—	7.20	0	0/6
RM Bentley	Natal	4	5	120	7	53	0	—	—	2.65	0	0/4
DK Pearse	Natal	2	2	54	6	15	0	—	—	1.67	0	0/1
CP Wilkins	Natal	2	2	12	0	10	0	—	—	5.00	0	0/2

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 1981/82. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Natal 1981/82 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Other	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
Natal	8	4	2	2	0	3,184	122	26.10	371	2,929	128	22.88

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 · 1981/82

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

1982-04-01 to 0001-01-01 · New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg

Transvaal: 277/7d & 270/7
Natal: 371 & 175/5d

Transvaal won by 3 wickets

1982-03-08 to 1982-03-10 · Berea Park, Pretoria

Northern Transvaal: 221 & 110
Natal: 148 & 186/4

Natal won by 6 wickets

1982-02-12 to 1982-02-15 · Newlands, Cape Town

Western Province: 363 & 51/3
Natal: 169 & 243

Western Province won by 7 wickets

1982-02-01 to 0001-01-01 · Kingsmead, Durban

Natal: 279 & 8/0
Eastern Province: 120 & 164

Natal won by 10 wickets

1982-01-16 to 1982-01-18 · Kingsmead, Durban

Natal: 174 & 187/8
Transvaal: 209 & 151

Natal won by 2 wickets

1982-01-01 to 1982-01-03 · St George's Park, Port Elizabeth

Eastern Province: 295
Natal: 145 & 254/5

Match drawn

1981-12-26 to 1981-12-28 · Kingsmead, Durban

Natal: 143 & 160/5
Western Province: 157 & 144

Natal won by 5 wickets

1981-12-05 to 1981-12-07 · Jan Smuts Stadium, Pietermaritzburg

Natal: 358/8d & 184/7d
Northern Transvaal: 277 & 120/1

Match drawn

Recorded venues

Natal 1981/82 venues and recorded match counts
Venue	Matches
Kingsmead, Durban	3
Berea Park, Pretoria	1
Jan Smuts Stadium, Pietermaritzburg	1
New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg	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 1981/82 for Natal, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

CSA 4-Day Series 1981/82 batting innings records for Natal
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
CL Smith	112	Transvaal	1982-04-01
RA Smith	91	Eastern Province	1982-02-01
RM Bentley	88	Northern Transvaal	1981-12-05
BA Richards	87*	Northern Transvaal	1981-12-05
D Bestall	80*	Northern Transvaal	1982-03-08

Best bowling innings

CSA 4-Day Series 1981/82 bowling innings records for Natal
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
VAP van der Bijl	8/47	Northern Transvaal	1982-03-08
VAP van der Bijl	7/31	Western Province	1981-12-26
VAP van der Bijl	7/64	Transvaal	1982-01-16
VAP van der Bijl	6/64	Northern Transvaal	1982-03-08
VAP van der Bijl	5/48	Eastern Province	1982-02-01

* 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

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CSA 4-Day Domestic Series · 1894-03-17 to 1998-03-06

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Recorded coverage

The full historical range below is from the match catalogue for Natal 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 1998-03-06. 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 1981/82

Leading run scorers

Leading wicket takers

Player statistics · 1981/82

Batting · 15 players

Bowling · 13 players

Team season summary

Recent recorded matches · 1981/82

Transvaal v Natal

Northern Transvaal v Natal

Western Province v Natal

Natal v Eastern Province

Natal v Transvaal

Eastern Province v Natal

Natal v Western Province

Natal v Northern Transvaal