South Africa / Players
Full name Dale Martin Benkenstein
Born June 9, 1974, Salisbury (now Harare), Rhodesia
Current age 35 years 166 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
Relation Father - MM Benkenstein, Brother - BN Benkenstein, Brother - BR Benkenstein
Batting | Bowling | Career statistics | Profile | Notes | Latest Articles | Latest Photos
| 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 | 209 | 315 | 37 | 12901 | 259 | 46.40 | 33 | 67 | 139 | 0 | ||||
| List A | 267 | 240 | 58 | 6471 | 107* | 35.55 | 1 | 39 | 99 | 0 | ||||
| Twenty20 | 54 | 52 | 11 | 1136 | 56* | 27.70 | 879 | 129.23 | 0 | 3 | 93 | 41 | 19 | 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 | 209 | 6551 | 3232 | 93 | 4/16 | 34.75 | 2.96 | 70.4 | 0 | 0 | |||
| List A | 267 | 3029 | 2541 | 83 | 4/16 | 4/16 | 30.61 | 5.03 | 36.4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Twenty20 | 54 | 18 | 282 | 352 | 14 | 3/10 | 3/10 | 25.14 | 7.48 | 20.1 | 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 | Worcestershire v Durham at Worcester, Sep 23-26, 2009 scorecard |
| List A debut | 1992/93 |
| Last List A | Durham v Worcestershire at Chester-le-Street, Aug 6, 2009 scorecard |
| Twenty20 debut | Western Province Boland v Dolphins at Cape Town, Apr 7, 2004 scorecard |
| Last Twenty20 | Kent v Durham at Canterbury, Jul 27, 2009 scorecard |
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
Wisden Cricketer of the Year 2009
- Di Venuto and Chanderpaul feed on rubbish (Sep 24, 2009)
- Record-breaking Durham close in (Sep 10, 2009)
- Thorp's five skittles Warwickshire (Aug 19, 2009)
- Ealham strikes after Benkenstein hundred (Jul 15, 2009)
- Durham survive late scare (May 25, 2009)
Sep 10, 2009
Dale Benkenstein acknowledges his century
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Sep 10, 2009
Dale Benkenstein was another Durham batsman to pile on the runs
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Jul 15, 2009
Dale Benkenstein drives during his important innings
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