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Natal 1984/85 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 1984/85; Tests are excluded.

D Bestall leads the displayed batting table with 468 runs. PB Clift leads the bowling table with 25 wickets.

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Showing 1984/85 · CSA 4-Day Series · Natal

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Recorded matches: 9
Recorded players: 20
Wins: 1
Recorded venues: 5

Selected season match starts: 1984-11-23 to 1985-02-22. 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 1984/85. 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 1984/85

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 1984/85 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
D Bestall	9	468
BJ Whitfield	9	465
TR Madsen	9	415
MB Logan	7	381
CL King	7	361

Recorded innings through 1985-02-22. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Natal CSA 4-Day Series 1984/85 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
PB Clift	7	25
HL Alleyne	6	19
TJ Packer	8	18
JK Lever	4	14
RM Bentley	8	7

Recorded innings through 1985-02-22. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1984/85

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 · 20 players

Natal 1984/85 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s	4s	6s
D Bestall	Natal	9	16	3	468	134*	36.00	41.94	1	1	52	2
BJ Whitfield	Natal	9	16	2	465	96*	33.21	32.36	4	0	41	0
TR Madsen	Natal	9	16	1	415	111	27.67	52.53	1	1	43	2
MB Logan	Natal	7	12	1	381	81	34.64	44.77	2	0	41	6
CL King	Natal	7	12	0	361	94	30.08	71.63	2	0	36	10
RM Bentley	Natal	9	16	2	350	75	25.00	45.34	3	0	44	2
RA Smith	Natal	9	16	0	280	69	17.50	34.78	2	0	33	0
PB Clift	Natal	7	13	1	154	39*	12.83	43.26	0	0	19	0
JK Lever	Natal	4	8	3	50	16	10.00	33.78	0	0	6	0
DA Scott	Natal	2	4	0	48	29	12.00	68.57	0	0	6	1
HL Alleyne	Natal	6	10	1	37	11	4.11	74.00	0	0	4	1
MD Mellor	Natal	2	3	1	35	29*	17.50	29.17	0	0	5	0
NP Daniels	Natal	1	2	0	33	31	16.50	38.82	0	0	5	0
KR Cooper	Natal	3	5	0	30	19	6.00	103.45	0	0	5	1
TJ Packer	Natal	8	14	4	25	14	2.50	39.68	0	0	1	0
MD Makin	Natal	2	3	0	10	8	3.33	35.71	0	0	1	0
KD Robinson	Natal	1	2	0	8	8	4.00	100.00	0	0	1	0
C Wulfsohn	Natal	2	4	0	5	5	1.25	7.04	0	0	0	0
I Ebrahim	Natal	1	2	1	4	4	4.00	44.44	0	0	1	0
PE Smith	Natal	1	2	1	3	3*	3.00	9.38	0	0	0	0

Bowling · 18 players

Natal 1984/85 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
PB Clift	Natal	7	12	1,403	53	618	25	24.72	56.12	2.64	0	4/46
HL Alleyne	Natal	6	9	813	16	529	19	27.84	42.79	3.90	1	5/103
TJ Packer	Natal	8	13	1,028	31	586	18	32.56	57.11	3.42	1	5/91
JK Lever	Natal	4	8	1,074	52	434	14	31.00	76.71	2.42	0	4/58
RM Bentley	Natal	8	11	666	25	285	7	40.71	95.14	2.57	0	2/14
KR Cooper	Natal	3	5	399	10	200	7	28.57	57.00	3.01	1	5/80
MD Makin	Natal	2	2	402	12	202	6	33.67	67.00	3.01	0	4/81
C Wulfsohn	Natal	2	4	234	4	168	4	42.00	58.50	4.31	0	3/67
CL King	Natal	7	11	276	4	199	1	199.00	276.00	4.33	0	1/20
PE Smith	Natal	1	1	78	2	81	1	81.00	78.00	6.23	0	1/81
D Bestall	Natal	2	2	30	2	8	1	8.00	30.00	1.60	0	1/3
RA Smith	Natal	1	1	12	0	17	0	—	—	8.50	0	0/17
NP Daniels	Natal	1	1	42	3	26	0	—	—	3.71	0	0/26
I Ebrahim	Natal	1	1	66	2	40	0	—	—	3.64	0	0/40
MB Logan	Natal	1	1	12	0	16	0	—	—	8.00	0	0/16
TR Madsen	Natal	1	1	6	0	4	0	—	—	4.00	0	0/4
MD Mellor	Natal	2	3	144	8	65	0	—	—	2.71	0	0/4
KD Robinson	Natal	1	1	6	0	6	0	—	—	6.00	0	0/6

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 1984/85. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Natal 1984/85 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Other	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
Natal	9	1	4	4	0	3,420	133	25.71	420	3,706	107	34.64

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 · 1984/85

Latest 9 of 9 recorded matches, ordered by start date. This is not a live score feed.

1985-02-22 to 1985-02-24 · New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg

Transvaal: 451/6d
Natal: 308/9d & 139

Transvaal won by an innings and 4 runs

1985-02-09 to 1985-02-11 · Kingsmead, Durban

Natal: 5/0
Eastern Province: 213/4d

Match drawn

1985-01-26 to 1985-01-28 · Kingsmead, Durban

Natal: 228 & 245/6d
Western Province: 280 & 46/1

Match drawn

1985-01-19 to 1985-01-21 · Kingsmead, Durban

Natal: 225 & 175
Transvaal: 421

Transvaal won by an innings and 21 runs

1985-01-12 to 1985-01-14 · Newlands, Cape Town

Western Province: 295 & 198/2
Natal: 392

Match drawn

1985-01-01 to 1985-01-31 · Kingsmead, Durban

Natal: 420/9d & 69/2
Northern Transvaal: 193 & 295

Natal won by 8 wickets

1984-12-26 to 1984-12-28 · New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg

Transvaal: 207 & 205/4
Natal: 241 & 170

Transvaal won by 6 wickets

1984-12-14 to 1984-12-17 · St George's Park, Port Elizabeth

Eastern Province: 299/8d & 184/8d
Natal: 257 & 131/7

Match drawn

1984-11-23 to 1984-11-26 · Berea Park, Pretoria

Northern Transvaal: 293 & 126/4
Natal: 170 & 245

Northern Transvaal won by 6 wickets

Recorded venues

Natal 1984/85 venues and recorded match counts
Venue	Matches
Kingsmead, Durban	4
New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg	2
Berea Park, Pretoria	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 1984/85 for Natal, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

CSA 4-Day Series 1984/85 batting innings records for Natal
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
D Bestall	134*	Western Province	1985-01-12
TR Madsen	111	Northern Transvaal	1985-01-01
D Bestall	96*	Northern Transvaal	1984-11-23
BJ Whitfield	96*	Western Province	1985-01-26
CL King	94	Western Province	1985-01-12

Best bowling innings

CSA 4-Day Series 1984/85 bowling innings records for Natal
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
KR Cooper	5/80	Northern Transvaal	1984-11-23
TJ Packer	5/91	Northern Transvaal	1985-01-01
HL Alleyne	5/103	Western Province	1985-01-12
PB Clift	4/46	Eastern Province	1984-12-14
PB Clift	4/52	Eastern Province	1984-12-14

* 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 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.

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Season overview

CSA 4-Day Series standings

Season leaders · CSA 4-Day Series 1984/85

Leading run scorers

Leading wicket takers

Player statistics · 1984/85

Batting · 20 players

Bowling · 18 players

Team season summary

Recent recorded matches · 1984/85

Transvaal v Natal

Natal v Eastern Province

Natal v Western Province

Natal v Transvaal

Western Province v Natal

Natal v Northern Transvaal

Transvaal v Natal

Eastern Province v Natal

Northern Transvaal v Natal

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