| Personal information | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Robert Mulock Bentley | |||
| Born | 3 November 1958 Bindura, Mashonaland, Rhodesia |
|||
| Batting style | Left-hand batsman | |||
| Bowling style | Right-arm off-break | |||
| Role | Batsman | |||
| Domestic team information | ||||
| Years | Team | |||
| 1978-1979 | Rhodesia | |||
| 1980-1992 | Natal | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Competition | FC | List A | ||
| Matches | 98 | 100 | ||
| Runs scored | 5091 | 2455 | ||
| Batting average | 32.84 | 29.93 | ||
| 100s/50s | 5/35 | 3/13 | ||
| Top score | 151 | 112 | ||
| Balls bowled | 6818 | 1158 | ||
| Wickets | 91 | 26 | ||
| Bowling average | 33.04 | 34.61 | ||
| 5 wickets in innings | 0 | 0 | ||
| 10 wickets in match | 0 | 0 | ||
| Best bowling | 4-33 | 3-20 | ||
| Catches/stumpings | 47/0 | 21/0 | ||
| Source: CricketArchive, October 24 1992 | ||||
Robert Mulock Bentley (born November 3, 1958 in Bindura, Rhodesia) is a former first-class cricketer who played for both his native Rhodesia and Natal in the Currie Cup.
Bentley lined up for Rhodesia for the first time in the 1978/79 Currie Cup. In the following season's campaign the team was renamed Zimbabwe-Rhodesia before the county became fully independent in 1980. Later that year he represented Zimbabwe in two first-class matches against Middlesex who were touring the country.[1] While many of his teammates went on to play One Day International cricket for Zimbabwe, Bentley instead moved to South Africa and joined Natal. He was a regular batsman in the middle order at Natal, often at three, throughout the 1980s and early 1990s.
After spending the 1982 English summer as a professional at Lancashire League club Haslingden, Bentley returned to South Africa and had his most prolific season with 639 runs at 45.64.[2]
Also a capable off spin bowler, his first-class wickets include Graeme Pollock, Kepler Wessels, Peter Kirsten and Allan Lamb.[3]