Full Name

Hylton Michael Ackerman

Born

April 28, 1947, Springs, Transvaal

Died

September 02, 2009, Cape Town, (aged 62y 127d)

Batting Style

Left hand Bat

Bowling Style

Right arm Medium

RELATIONS

Hylton. Ackerman never played for South Africa but turned out for the Rest of the World XI against Australia in 1971-72.

After playing first-class cricket for nearly 20 years and scoring over 12,000 runs, Ackerman turned to coaching, where he was instrumental in the development of the young Hashim Amla. In 2000 the South African board persuaded him not to take up the job as Zimbabwe national coach by giving him charge of the South Africa A and the Under-19 sides.

He made his debut for South African Schools at the age of 14 years and eight months - the youngest at that time - and his first-class debut for Border at 16. When he scored his maiden first-class century the next year against the visiting MCC side, he became only the second schoolboy to reach the landmark against an international touring team.

Ackerman opened with Gavaskar for the Rest of the World XI and scored a century in the first Test and half-centuries in the final two. He averaged 37.41 on the tour. He led Western Province to victory in the 1977-78 Currie Cup. He also played for Northamptonshire from 1967 to 1971, scoring over 1000 runs in three of those seasons.

His son HD Ackerman, the former South Africa batsman, also played for Western Province and retired from Leicestershire in 2009.
Cricinfo staff September 2009

Hylton Ackerman Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAve100s50sCtSt
FC234409331221920832.4920601990
List A747311197512731.85213300

Bowling

FormatMatBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
FC23424771400324/61-43.753.3977.4-00
List A7416212353/293/2924.604.5532.4000

Debut/Last Matches of Hylton Ackerman

FC Matches

Span
1963/64 - 1981/82

List A Matches

Span
1968 - 1981/82

Recent Matches of Hylton Ackerman

Photos of Hylton Ackerman

Hylton Ackerman is dropped by Keith Stackpole
Hylton Ackerman sways out the way of a Dennis Lillee bouncer
Hylton Ackerman