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Orange Free State 1988/89 cricket statistics and records

Orange 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 1988/89; Tests are excluded.

PJR Steyn leads the displayed batting table with 453 runs. AA Donald leads the bowling table with 28 wickets.

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Showing 1988/89 · CSA 4-Day Series · Orange Free State

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Recorded matches: 8
Recorded players: 14
Wins: 1
Recorded venues: 5

Selected season match starts: 1988-12-17 to 1989-03-10. 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 1988/89. 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 1988/89

Figures earned for Orange 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

Orange Free State CSA 4-Day Series 1988/89 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
PJR Steyn	8	453
AA Metcalfe	8	282
LJ Wilkinson	8	252
JJ Strydom	8	229
CJ van Heerden	5	224

Recorded innings through 1989-03-10. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Orange Free State CSA 4-Day Series 1988/89 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
AA Donald	8	28
CJPG van Zyl	8	28
GJ Parsons	8	14
DJ Ferrant	7	13
CJ van Heerden	5	7

Recorded innings through 1989-03-10. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1988/89

All recorded players for Orange 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

Orange Free State 1988/89 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s	4s	6s
PJR Steyn	Orange Free State	8	14	2	453	178	37.75	64.71	2	1	30	1
AA Metcalfe	Orange Free State	8	14	0	282	66	20.14	98.60	2	0	24	0
LJ Wilkinson	Orange Free State	8	14	0	252	53	18.00	55.75	1	0	23	0
JJ Strydom	Orange Free State	8	14	1	229	67	17.62	62.74	2	0	5	0
CJ van Heerden	Orange Free State	5	10	0	224	104	22.40	35.84	1	1	22	2
CJPG van Zyl	Orange Free State	8	14	3	216	54*	19.64	77.14	1	0	10	2
DJ Ferrant	Orange Free State	7	12	3	188	64*	20.89	66.20	1	0	9	1
GC Victor	Orange Free State	3	5	0	184	133	36.80	96.34	0	1	21	6
RJ East	Orange Free State	7	12	1	180	68	16.36	80.36	1	0	23	0
WJ Cronje	Orange Free State	8	14	2	177	53*	14.75	53.47	1	0	15	2
GJ Parsons	Orange Free State	8	14	1	150	44	11.54	59.06	0	0	13	1
AA Donald	Orange Free State	8	14	5	74	21	8.22	74.75	0	0	3	0
P Moores	Orange Free State	1	2	0	50	50	25.00	—	1	0	0	0
FJC Cronje	Orange Free State	1	1	0	0	0	0.00	—	0	0	0	0

Bowling · 11 players

Orange Free State 1988/89 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
AA Donald	Orange Free State	8	15	1,558	55	815	28	29.11	55.64	3.14	1	5/46
CJPG van Zyl	Orange Free State	8	15	1,563	60	705	28	25.18	55.82	2.71	2	5/51
GJ Parsons	Orange Free State	8	14	1,176	41	556	14	39.71	84.00	2.84	1	5/33
DJ Ferrant	Orange Free State	7	12	1,147	51	613	13	47.15	88.23	3.21	0	3/57
CJ van Heerden	Orange Free State	5	7	461	17	215	7	30.71	65.86	2.80	0	2/16
LJ Wilkinson	Orange Free State	6	8	439	14	235	3	78.33	146.33	3.21	0	1/39
AA Metcalfe	Orange Free State	2	2	7	0	18	1	18.00	7.00	15.43	0	1/14
WJ Cronje	Orange Free State	1	1	12	0	23	0	—	—	11.50	0	0/23
JJ Strydom	Orange Free State	4	6	137	1	104	0	—	—	4.55	0	0/4
FJC Cronje	Orange Free State	1	1	12	0	9	0	—	—	4.50	0	0/9
RJ East	Orange Free State	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 1988/89. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Orange Free State 1988/89 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Other	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
Orange Free State	8	1	4	3	0	2,877	118	24.38	449	3,434	96	35.77

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 · 1988/89

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

1989-03-10 to 1989-03-13 · University of Orange Free State Ground, Bloemfontein

Orange Free State: 386 & 6/0
Border: 158 & 229

Orange Free State won by 10 wickets

1989-01-27 to 1989-01-28 · Centurion Park, Verwoerdburg

Northern Transvaal: 250 & 82/3
Orange Free State: 160 & 169

Northern Transvaal won by 7 wickets

1989-01-20 to 1989-01-22 · Newlands, Cape Town

Western Province: 301/7d & 196/6
Orange Free State: 449

Match drawn

1989-01-13 to 1989-01-16 · University of Orange Free State Ground, Bloemfontein

Orange Free State: 303/9d & 242
Transvaal: 301/5d & 350/2d

Transvaal won by 106 runs

1989-01-06 to 1989-01-09 · University of Orange Free State Ground, Bloemfontein

Orange Free State: 80/0
Natal: 290/3d

Match drawn

1989-01-01 to 1989-01-31 · Kingsmead, Durban

Natal: 259 & 243/3d
Orange Free State: 167 & 330/9

Match drawn

1988-12-26 to 1988-12-28 · St George's Park, Port Elizabeth

Eastern Province: 251 & 171/7d
Orange Free State: 135 & 98

Eastern Province won by 189 runs

1988-12-17 to 1988-12-20 · University of Orange Free State Ground, Bloemfontein

Orange Free State: 178 & 174
Eastern Province: 334 & 19/0

Eastern Province won by 10 wickets

Recorded venues

Orange Free State 1988/89 venues and recorded match counts
Venue	Matches
University of Orange Free State Ground, Bloemfontein	4
Centurion Park, Verwoerdburg	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 1988/89 for Orange Free State, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

CSA 4-Day Series 1988/89 batting innings records for Orange Free State
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
PJR Steyn	178	Western Province	1989-01-20
GC Victor	133	Transvaal	1989-01-13
CJ van Heerden	104	Natal	1989-01-01
PJR Steyn	70	Border	1989-03-10
CJ van Heerden	68	Eastern Province	1988-12-17

Best bowling innings

CSA 4-Day Series 1988/89 bowling innings records for Orange Free State
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
GJ Parsons	5/33	Natal	1989-01-01
AA Donald	5/46	Border	1989-03-10
CJPG van Zyl	5/51	Border	1989-03-10
CJPG van Zyl	5/95	Eastern Province	1988-12-17
CJPG van Zyl	4/47	Eastern Province	1988-12-26

* 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 Orange 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: 1904-01-01 to 1995-02-17. 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 1988/89

Leading run scorers

Leading wicket takers

Player statistics · 1988/89

Batting · 14 players

Bowling · 11 players

Team season summary

Recent recorded matches · 1988/89

Orange Free State v Border

Northern Transvaal v Orange Free State

Western Province v Orange Free State

Orange Free State v Transvaal

Orange Free State v Natal

Natal v Orange Free State

Eastern Province v Orange Free State

Orange Free State v Eastern Province

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Season innings records

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