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Full name Dale Martin Benkenstein
Born June 9, 1974, Salisbury (now Harare), Rhodesia
Current age 34 years 88 days
Major teams South Africa,Delhi Giants,Dolphins,Durham,KwaZulu-Natal,Natal
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium, Right-arm offbreak
Relations Father - MM Benkenstein,Brother - BN Benkenstein,Brother - BR Benkenstein
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
ODIs
23
20
3
305
69
17.94
463
65.87
0
1
20
0
3
0
First-class
187
287
35
11577
259
45.94
28
61
126
0
List A
255
228
55
6115
107*
35.34
1
36
94
0
Twenty20
44
42
9
860
56*
26.06
656
131.09
0
2
74
29
15
0
Bowling averages
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
187
6239
3058
85
4/16
35.97
2.94
73.4
0
0
List A
255
2957
2463
82
4/16
4/16
30.03
4.99
36.0
3
0
0
Twenty20
44
15
264
339
14
3/10
3/10
24.21
7.70
18.8
0
0
0
Career statistics
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
Hampshire v Durham at Basingstoke, Aug 27-29, 2008 scorecard
List A debut
1992/93
Last List A
Hampshire v Durham at Southampton, Sep 1, 2008 scorecard
Twenty20 debut
Western Province Boland v Dolphins at Cape Town, Apr 7, 2004 scorecard
Last Twenty20
Durham v Middlesex at Southampton, Jul 26, 2008 scorecard
Profile
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 Zimbabwe (formerly Rhodesia); 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's 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. Perhaps wrongly regarded as solely a limited overs specialist Benkenstein has scored over 4,000 runs and has one hundred as a middle order batsman. He is also more than useful with the ball as a third change bowler. His first class career speaks volumes for his ability. He has scored over 8,000 runs at an average of 45 and has scored 21 hundreds with a best of 259. He also boasts 70 wickets with his seamers and has the reputation of being a partnership breaker. Having captained Natal and the Dolphins, Benkenstein was made Durham's captain for the 2006 season. He is married to Jacquiline and enjoys golf and fishing when not on the cricket field. Keith Lane, September 2006
