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tops batting averages Christo Buchner 12/12/2000 Johannesburg - Northern Titans sole representative in the South African cricket side, Neil McKenzie, tops the batting averages after the first round of the local SuperSport Series with an average of 89.33 runs. Boland? new opening bat Henry Davids is in second place with an average of 66.67 runs. In his four innings McKenzie scored 268 runs. The leading run scorer in the series is Highveld Striker Sven Koenig who scored 460 runs in eight journeys to the crease at an average of 57.70. Titan Martin van Jaarsveld? 439 is the second most at an average of 48.78. Louis Wilkinson of Free State is the only other batsman to have scored more than 400 runs (412) at an average of 58.86. Boland? Henry Williams fared the best with the ball taking 13 wickets at an average 14.15. Teammate Charl Langeveld with 21 wickets at an average of 16.29 is in second place. Three of the four bowlers taking the most wickets in the series are West Indians. Easterns?Kenny Benjamin took 27 wickets in four matches. Mark Lavine took 23 wickets in five matches for North West with another North West player, Garth Roe taking 22 wickets. Vasbert Drakes of Border also claimed 22 scalps. The best batsmen, bowlers, wicketkeepers and fielders are: SuperSport series batting averages 2000/01 Name M Inns NO Runs HS Avg 100 50 1. ND McKenzie Nor 2 4 1 268 123 89.33 1 2 2. H Davids Bol 2 4 1 200 124 66.67 1 1 3. AG Puttick WP 3 6 1 318 153* 63.60 1 1 4. LJ Wilkinson FS 5 7 0 412 169 58.86 1 2 5. JC Kent KZN 4 8 3 290 178* 58.00 1 1 6. SG Koenig Gau 4 8 0 460 116 57.50 2 2 7. GFJ Liebenberg FS 5 7 0 397 202 56.71 1 2 8. AG Prince WP 3 6 3 165 47 55.00 0 0 9. DN Crookes Eas 4 8 1 369 117 52.71 1 2 10. MF George Gau 3 5 2 149 58 49.67 0 1 11. JF Venter FS 5 7 2 244 112* 48.80 1 1 12. M van Jaarsveld Nor 5 9 0 439 132 48.78 1 4 13. JM Henderson Bol 3 6 1 229 86 45.80 0 2 14. AC Thomas NW 5 9 3 271 106* 45.17 1 0 15. PJR Steyn Nor 5 9 1 360 188* 45.00 1 1 16. G Dros Nor 5 8 2 269 100* 44.83 1 0 17. JM Arthur GW 3 5 0 222 165 44.40 1 0 18. HD Ackerman WP 4 8 0 341 128 42.63 1 2 19. LJ Koen Bol 4 6 0 241 97 40.17 0 2 20. WJ Smit FS 4 5 0 198 94 39.60 0 2 (Qualification: 3 completed innings) SuperSport Series Bowling Averages 2000/01 As at 12 December 2000 Name M Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Avg BB 5I 10M 1. HS Williams Bol 2 79 25 184 13 14.15 6Z40 2 0 2. CK Langeveldt Bol 4 122.4 33 342 21 16.29 5Z19 1 0 3. GA Roe NW 5 175.2 55 375 23 16.30 7Z47 1 0 4. GE Flusk Eas 4 60 9 201 12 16.75 5Z55 1 0 5. KCG Benjamin Eas 4 163.4 37 458 27 16.96 6Z73 1 0 6. PV Mpitsang FS 5 142.3 38 353 19 18.58 5Z24 2 0 7. JM Kemp EP 4 158.4 52 336 18 18.67 6Z56 2 0 8. BT Player Bol 4 106.4 36 204 10 20.40 5Z26 1 0 9. AC Dawson WP 4 156 47 373 18 20.72 5Z51 1 0 10. VC Drakes Bdr 4 179.1 43 475 22 21.59 5Z80 1 0 11. PC Strydom Bdr 4 111.1 31 244 11 22.18 2Z22 0 0 12. D Pretorius FS 5 158.2 38 492 22 22.36 4Z51 0 0 13. DH Townsend Nor 4 133 36 392 17 23.06 4Z35 0 0 14. JC Kent KZN 4 117.5 26 376 16 23.50 6Z77 1 0 15. MJ Lavine NW 5 195 49 543 23 23.61 6Z53 3 1 16. G Dros Nor 5 102.3 27 290 12 24.17 3Z32 0 0 17. A Nel Eas 3 118 28 290 12 24.17 5Z64 1 0 18. CW Henderson WP 2 107.5 30 242 10 24.20 5Z40 1 0 19. NM Carter Bol 3 109 27 322 13 24.77 6Z63 1 0 20. S Elworthy Nor 5 171.2 47 502 20 25.10 5Z41 2 0 (Qualification: 10 wickets) Leading wicketkeepers and fielders Name Ct St Total Name Ct 1. D Jennings Eas 22 1 23 1 GD Elliott GW 10 2. CFK van Wyk Nor 17 2 19 = 2 NC Johnson WP 9 3. EG Poole NW 18 0 18 LJ Koen Bol 9 4. W Bossenger GW 17 0 17 = 4 CC Bradfield EP 8 5. SJ Palframan Bol 17 0 17 JC Kent KZN 8 6. DW Murray EP 16 0 16 GFJ Liebenberg FS 8 7. GC Smith WP 8 8. M van Jaarsveld Nor 8 9. G Dros Nor 7 10. GM Hewitt NW 7 11. E Mokoenenyane Eas 7 News24 |