Full name Dale Martin Benkenstein
Born June 9, 1974, Salisbury (now Harare), Rhodesia
Current age 43 years 318 days
Major teams South Africa, Delhi Giants, Dolphins, Durham, KwaZulu-Natal, Marylebone Cricket Club, Natal
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium, Right-arm offbreak
Relation Father - MM Benkenstein, Brother - BN Benkenstein, Brother - BR Benkenstein
Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | Ct | St | |
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ODIs ![]() |
23 | 20 | 3 | 305 | 69 | 17.94 | 463 | 65.87 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
First-class | 264 | 408 | 47 | 15962 | 259 | 44.21 | 38 | 86 | 169 | 0 | ||||
List A | 300 | 270 | 62 | 7308 | 107* | 35.13 | 1 | 44 | 113 | 0 | ||||
T20s ![]() |
99 | 89 | 16 | 1769 | 60 | 24.23 | 1380 | 128.18 | 0 | 6 | 149 | 59 | 32 | 0 |
Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ODIs ![]() |
23 | 4 | 65 | 44 | 4 | 3/5 | 3/5 | 11.00 | 4.06 | 16.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
First-class | 264 | 7577 | 3615 | 100 | 4/16 | 36.15 | 2.86 | 75.7 | 0 | 0 | |||
List A | 300 | 3197 | 2681 | 87 | 4/16 | 4/16 | 30.81 | 5.03 | 36.7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
T20s ![]() |
99 | 31 | 468 | 579 | 21 | 3/10 | 3/10 | 27.57 | 7.42 | 22.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
ODI debut | England v South Africa at Dhaka, Oct 25, 1998 scorecard |
Last ODI | South Africa v Bangladesh at Benoni, Oct 6, 2002 scorecard |
ODI statistics | |
First-class debut | 1993/94 |
Last First-class | Surrey v Durham at The Oval, May 10-13, 2013 scorecard |
List A debut | 1992/93 |
Last List A | Surrey v Durham at The Oval, May 9, 2013 scorecard |
T20s debut | Western Province Boland v Dolphins at Cape Town, Apr 7, 2004 scorecard |
Last T20s | Durham v Lancashire at Chester-le-Street, Jul 8, 2012 scorecard |
Bat & Bowl | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
0/22, 9* | M.C.C. | v Herts | Lord's | 22 Jun 2014 | Other OD |
6 | Durham 2nd | v MCC YC | Brandon | 3 Jun 2013 | Other OD |
0/1, 74*, 6 | Durham | v Surrey | The Oval | 10 May 2013 | FC |
- | Durham | v Surrey | The Oval | 9 May 2013 | LA |
17* | Durham | v Lancashire | Manchester | 6 May 2013 | LA |
16 | Durham | v Essex | Chester-le-Street | 5 May 2013 | LA |
27, 9 | Durham | v Notts | Nottingham | 29 Apr 2013 | FC |
40, 61* | Durham | v Yorkshire | Chester-le-Street | 24 Apr 2013 | FC |
5, 3 | Durham | v Warwickshire | Birmingham | 17 Apr 2013 | FC |
0, 8 | Durham | v Somerset | Chester-le-Street | 10 Apr 2013 | FC |
Dale Martin Benkenstein, born in Zimbabwe but educated at Michaelhouse in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands, comes from a serious cricketing family. His father Martin represented Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe); his brothers Brett and Boyd both played for Natal B, but it was Dale who first played for and captained both Natal Schools and South African Schools before making his debut for Natal in 1993-94 and the national team in 1998. At an early stage Dale showed his captaincy skills and was at one stage earmarked as the successor to Hansie Cronje as South Africa captain. Benkenstein played 23 ODIs, the last against Bangladesh in Benoni in 2002, but was never a regular member of the national side and for some reason was never selected to play Test cricket. Dale agrees that he never took advantage of the chances that did come his way.