Quite a few players with South African connections made their mark in the English season, which has just come to a close
Wisden-CricInfo22-Sep-2003Quite a few players with South African connections made their mark in the English season, which has just come to a close.Kevin Pietersen, who played for KwaZulu-Natal in the 1999-2000 South African home seasons, made 1488 runs for Nottinghamshire at an average of 51.31. And Pietersen, who qualifies for England next year, also topped the runscorers’ list in the one-day National League, with 776 runs at an average of 48.50.The retiring Jonty Rhodes put the lie to long-held suggestions that he is a better one-day player than a four-day one, as he was the only other South African to pass 1000 first-class runs. He finished the season for Gloucestershire – with 1293 runs at 58.77. In the National League he only totalled 197 runs at an average of 19.70.Sven Koenig, the former Gauteng opener, made 974 runs for Middlesex. He would have sailed past four figures if he had converted a couple of his seven half-centuries into hundreds.Nic Pothas, another ex Gauteng player, and Jonathan Trott, the young Western Province allrounder, also had good county seasons for Hampshire and Warwickshire respectively.For Mark Davis the move from Northerns to English cricket has paid off at last, as his county Sussex won the County Championship for the first time. Davis contributed 259 runs – most of them in a career-best 168 – and 14 wickets with his offspin for the new champions.Meanwhile Nantie Hayward will be wandering what more he has to do to regain the favour of the South African selectors after taking 67 wickets at 22.88 as Worcestershire won promotion back to Division one of the Championship. He was once again left out of the team for the on-off South African tour of Pakistan. Perhaps he should think about moving to Western Province – the national team’s coach, bowling coach, manager, physiotherapist and selection convenor all hail from Cape Town.Greg Smith, once of Northerns, finished with 50 wickets for Notts, while Andre Nel disappointed slightly with only 36 wickets in his first season with Northants. However, Nel did lead the other South Africans home in the National League wicket stakes, with 20 wickets at 18.63.Jon Kent played a big role in Scotland’s debut season in the National League, finishing with 469 runs (36.07) and nine wickets. The Scots started well, but faded to bottom spot in the Second Division.Shortened county seasons for Andrew Hall, Dewald Pretorius, Steve Elworthy and Justin Kemp will leave them with memories of a season that might have been promising, while Neil Carter, not a permanent member of the Warwickshire squad, had his moments.In the Lancashire League Andre Seymore (1358 runs and 33 wickets), Johann Louw (1207 and 69), Pierre Joubert (1274 and 43) and Martin van Jaarsveld (1046 and 54) all had excellent seasons with bat and ball.With the South African domestic season about to kick off it will be interesting to see how those players returning home are going to put the experience they have gained into practice.Full county and National League statistics for South African players:County Championship Batting and Bowling Averages (by runs scored and wickets taken)
BattingName Mat I NO Runs HS Ave SR 100 50 Ct S TeamKP Pietersen 15 29 0 1488 221 51.31 81.80 4 10 16 - NOTTSJN Rhodes 15 27 5 1293 151* 58.77 58.61 5 7 7 - GLOUCSSG Koenig 15 26 2 974 96 40.58 44.88 - 7 3 - MIDDXN Pothas 13 20 2 809 146* 44.94 57.13 2 4 38 2 HANTSIJL Trott 9 17 0 685 134 40.29 56.61 2 4 4 - WARWICKSAI Gait 12 24 0 662 110 27.58 43.63 1 4 10 - DERBYJDC Bryant 12 21 1 483 73 24.15 41.31 - 2 8 - SOMERSETJM Kemp 6 11 0 290 90 26.36 53.70 - 1 9 - WORCSGL Brophy 6 10 3 289 152* 41.28 59.58 1 1 11 - NORTHANTSA Nel 13 13 3 258 42 25.80 80.37 - - 4 - NORTHANTSMJG Davis 10 12 2 259 168 25.90 41.24 1 - 4 - SUSSEXAJ Hall 6 7 0 222 104 31.71 71.38 1 1 2 - WORCSS Elworthy 4 7 0 159 52 22.71 70.98 - 1 3 - NOTTSGJ Smith 12 20 3 168 42 9.88 42.42 - - 4 - NOTTSM Hayward 16 21 5 123 28 7.68 87.85 - - 5 - WORCSNM Carter 4 6 0 118 38 19.66 111.32 - - 1 - WARWICKSD Pretorius 4 7 3 32 16 8.00 42.66 - - 3 - DURHAMGM Gilder 2 3 2 19 12 19.00 54.28 - - - - SOMERSETBowlingName Mat O M R W Ave Best 5 SR Econ TeamM Hayward 16 427.3 83 1533 67 22.88 5-46 2 38.2 3.58 WORCSGJ Smith 12 346.1 75 1205 50 24.10 5-42 3 41.5 3.48 NOTTSA Nel 13 422.3 99 1292 36 35.88 5-47 1 70.4 3.05 NORTHANTSAJ Hall 6 110 29 297 17 17.47 3-10 - 38.8 2.70 WORCSD Pretorius 4 79 13 317 16 19.81 4-15 - 29.6 4.01 DURHAMS Elworthy 4 134.1 17 534 16 33.37 5-71 1 50.3 3.98 NOTTSJM Kemp 6 102.1 17 319 14 22.78 5-48 1 43.7 3.12 WORCSMJG Davis 10 220 42 703 14 50.21 3-44 - 94.2 3.19 SUSSEXNM Carter 4 103 13 443 8 55.37 5-75 1 77.2 4.30 WARWICKSIJL Trott 9 37.1 3 168 7 24.00 7-39 1 31.8 4.52 WARWICKSKP Pietersen 15 86.3 10 383 6 63.83 3-95 - 86.5 4.42 NOTTSSG Koenig 15 5 0 19 1 19.00 1-19 - 30.0 3.80 MIDDXGM Gilder 2 4 0 32 0 - - - - 8.00 SOMERSETJDC Bryant 12 1 0 8 0 - - - - 8.00 SOMERSET
National League Batting and Bowling Averages (by runs scored and wickets taken)
BattingName Mat I NO Run HS Ave SR 100 50 Ct S TeamKP Pietersen 18 18 2 776 141* 48.50 111.81 2 5 9 - NOTTSJC Kent 16 15 2 469 115* 36.07 86.85 1 3 5 - SCOTN Pothas 11 8 4 284 78 71.00 71.53 - 2 10 2 HANTSIJL Trott 8 8 2 284 59 47.33 74.34 - 4 4 - WARWICKSNM Carter 14 13 1 228 75 19.00 121.92 - 1 - - WARWICKSJN Rhodes 12 11 1 197 45 19.70 76.95 - - 3 - GLOUCSMJG Davis 18 13 5 185 37 23.12 57.63 - - 4 - SUSSEXJM Kemp 7 7 2 182 50 36.40 65.70 - 1 4 - WORCSGL Brophy 9 8 1 134 35* 19.14 83.75 - - 9 3 NORTHANTSAJ Hall 5 5 1 115 47* 28.75 87.12 - - - - WORCSAI Gait 7 7 1 112 37 18.66 60.21 - - 4 - DERBYJDC Bryant 6 6 1 84 56* 16.80 85.71 - 1 - - SOMERSETA Nel 15 7 3 33 15* 8.25 73.33 - - 4 - NORTHANTSM Hayward 8 3 2 14 11 14.00 100.00 - - - - WORCSS Elworthy 3 3 0 10 5 3.33 90.90 - - - - NOTTSGJ Smith 12 4 1 9 5 3.00 45.00 - - 1 - NOTTSGM Gilder 3 2 2 9 8* - 112.50 - - 1 - SOMERSETD Pretorius 3 1 1 7 7* - 140.00 - - 1 - DURHAMBowlingName Mat O M R W Ave Best 5 SR Econ TeamA Nel 15 115.3 14 410 22 18.63 3-20 - 31.5 3.54 NORTHANTSMJG Davis 18 133.5 6 621 20 31.05 4-14 1 40.1 4.64 SUSSEXGJ Smith 12 96.5 6 421 15 28.06 3-16 - 38.7 4.34 NOTTSNM Carter 14 105.3 4 512 14 36.57 2-19 - 45.2 4.85 WARWICKSM Hayward 8 58 2 289 12 24.08 3-32 - 29.0 4.98 WORCSJC Kent 16 80.2 1 496 9 55.11 3-38 - 53.5 6.17 SCOTD Pretorius 3 21.2 4 65 8 8.12 4-31 1 16.0 3.04 DURHAMS Elworthy 3 23.3 0 134 7 19.14 4-41 1 20.1 5.70 NOTTSGM Gilder 3 24 1 145 5 29.00 2-31 - 28.8 6.04 SOMERSETJM Kemp 7 29.2 0 177 2 88.50 2-13 - 88.0 6.03 WORCSKP Pietersen 18 36.3 0 220 2 110.00 2-11 - 109.5 6.02 NOTTSAJ Hall 5 33 1 160 1 160.00 1-13 - 198.0 4.84 WORCSIJL Trott 8 3 0 19 0 - - - - 6.33 WARWICKS
Lancashire League Professional Batting and Bowling Averages (by runs scored and wickets taken)
BattingName Mat NO HS Runs Ave 50 100 TeamAndre Seymore 28 3 141 1358 54.3 11 3 AccringtonPierre Joubert 28 6 112* 1274 57.9 7 2 BurnleyJohann Louw 28 3 148 1207 50.3 4 4 East LancsMartin van Jaarsveld 19 4 150* 1046 69.7 4 4 EnfieldBowlingName O M R W Ave Best 5w TeamJohann Louw 389.1 70 1140 69 16.5 6-54 3 East LancsMartin van Jaarsveld 272.5 56 830 54 15.4 8-38 4 EnfieldPierre Joubert 334 79 841 43 19.6 4-27 - BurnleyAndre Seymore 245.2 19 924 33 28.0 5-45 1 Accrington