Dale Benkenstein

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Dale Benkenstein
Personal information
Full name Dale Martin Benkenstein
Born (1974-06-09) 9 June 1974
Salisbury, Rhodesia
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Right arm medium, off break
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 51) 25 October 1998 v England
Last ODI 6 October 2002 v Bangladesh
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2005–present Durham (squad no. 44)
1993–present Natal
Career statistics
Competition ODI FC LA T20
Matches 23 237 284 89
Runs scored 305 14,757 6,988 1,679
Batting average 17.94 46.40 35.47 29.23
100s/50s 0/1 38/78 1/43 0/6
Top score 69 259 107* 60
Balls bowled 65 7,427 3,197 444
Wickets 4 99 87 21
Bowling average 11.00 35.73 30.81 25.76
5 wickets in innings – 0 0 0
10 wickets in match n/a 0 n/a n/a
Best bowling 3/5 4/16 4/16 3/10
Catches/stumpings 3/– 155/– 106/– 31/–
Source: Cricinfo, 19 July 2011

Dale Martin Benkenstein (born 9 June 1974) is a South African cricketer and all-rounder.

Early life

Benkenstein was born in Salisbury, Rhodesia (now Harare, Zimbabwe), the son of Martin Benkenstein, who had played for Rhodesia in the Currie Cup in the 1970s. In 1980, around the time of Zimbabwean independence, Martin moved his family to Durban, South Africa. There, Benkenstein attended Highbury Preparatory School and Michaelhouse schools. He captained the SA Schools side in 1992, and led the SA Colts team to the West Indies in the same year.[1]

Professional career

Natal

Benkenstein made his debut at the age of 18 for Natal in the 1993/94 season, playing under the tutelage of Malcolm Marshall. Marshall's analytical captaincy style made an impression on the young Benkenstein, who was later quoted as saying "In my eyes, he took the art of captaincy to another level."[1] When Marshall left Natal at the end of the 1996 season, Benkenstein, still only 22, was selected to succeed him as captain. While he got off to an unsteady start as captain, with Natal being heavily defeated by Border in his first game at the helm, he later recovered and led the team to win both the four-day and one-day domestic competitions.[1]

South Africa

Benkenstein had represented his country many times as a junior, including a stint as captain of the South African Schools side, and in the under-19 development team. Benkenstein's senior ODI debut for South Africa came against England at Dhaka in 1998/99, when the teams were playing in the quarter-final of the Wills International Cup. Despite some useful contributions, including 69 against the West Indies at Cape Town in 1998[2] and 3/5 against Kenya in the 2002/03 ICC Champions Trophy tournament,[3] he never managed to establish himself as a permanent member of the team. Benkenstein later admitted that he had not taken full advantage of the opportunities that came his way at the international level.[4]

Durham

When Benkenstein joined Durham for the 2005 season, he collected the club's player of the year award during his first attempt. During this time he also filled in as skipper for the absent Mike Hussey and Paul Collingwood. He went on to score 1,427 runs, which was a run scoring record at Durham until his mark was overtaken by Michael Di Venuto in 2009.[5]

Dale has been quoted as to saying 2008 may be his last season in the sport as he wants to spend more time with his wife Jacqueline and children in Consett

Awards

Benkenstein was named one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 2009, based on his work with Durham in the English county championship.[1]

Style

Benkenstein is a right-handed batsman, and a right-arm off-break or right-arm medium paced bowler.[4]

Career best performances

as of 19 July 2011

Batting Bowling
Score Fixture Venue Season Score Fixture Venue Season
ODI 69 South Africa v West Indies Cape Town 1999 3–5 South Africa v Kenya Colombo (RPS) 2002
FC 259 KwaZulu-Natal v Northerns Durban 2005 4–16 Dolphins v Warriors Durban 2005
LA 107* Natal v North West Fochville 1997 4–16 Durham v Surrey Chester-le-Street 2005
T20 60 Durham v Lamcashire Chester-le-Street 2011 3–10 Durham v Yorkshire Leeds 2005

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Westerby, John. "Wisden Cricketer of the Year – Dale Benkenstein". Wisden. Retrieved 2009-09-20. 
  2. ↑ "5th ODI: South Africa v West Indies at Cape Town, Feb 2, 1999". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2009-09-20. 
  3. ↑ "9th Match: Kenya v South Africa at Colombo (RPS), Sep 20, 2002". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2009-09-20. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Dale Benkenstein". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2009-09-20. 
  5. ↑ Wellock, Tim (15 September 2009). "Another landmark". Durham Times. Retrieved 2009-09-20. 

External links

South Africa squad – 1999 Cricket World Cup Semi-Finalists
South Africa
Ntini was named in the original squad, but was replaced on 23 April 1999 by Dawson
Durham County Cricket Club – current squad
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