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Full name Hendrik Human Dippenaar
Born June 14, 1977, Kimberley, Cape Province
Current age 31 years 55 days
Major teams South Africa,Africa XI,Eagles,Free State,Leicestershire
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
38
62
5
1718
177*
30.14
4128
41.61
3
7
237
5
27
0
ODIs
107
95
14
3421
125*
42.23
5047
67.78
4
26
334
16
36
0
T20Is
1
1
0
1
1
1.00
5
20.00
0
0
0
0
0
0
First-class
145
240
20
9190
250*
41.77
28
36
139
0
List A
208
189
27
6471
125*
39.94
8
44
76
0
Twenty20
30
26
2
387
47
16.12
402
96.26
0
0
35
5
15
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
38
1
12
1
0
-
-
-
0.50
-
0
0
0
ODIs
107
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T20Is
1
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-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
First-class
145
31
17
0
-
-
-
3.29
-
0
0
0
List A
208
6
2
0
-
-
-
2.00
-
0
0
0
Twenty20
30
-
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-
-
-
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Career statistics
Test debut
South Africa v Zimbabwe at Bloemfontein, Oct 29-Nov 1, 1999 scorecard
Last Test
South Africa v Pakistan at Cape Town, Jan 26-28, 2007 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
India v South Africa at Nairobi (Gym), Sep 26, 1999 scorecard
Last ODI
Africa XI v Asia XI at Chennai, Jun 10, 2007 scorecard
ODI statistics
Only T20I
Australia v South Africa at Brisbane, Jan 9, 2006 scorecard
T20I statistics
First-class debut
1995/96
Last First-class
Leicestershire v Warwickshire at Leicester, Jul 30-Aug 2, 2008 scorecard
List A debut
1995/96
Last List A
Yorkshire v Leicestershire at Leeds, Aug 3, 2008 scorecard
Twenty20 debut
Dolphins v Eagles at Durban, Apr 11, 2004 scorecard
Last Twenty20
Leicestershire v Derbyshire at Leicester, Jun 27, 2008 scorecard
Profile
A year after making his Test debut, Boeta Dippenaar scored his maiden century against New Zealand at the Wanderers before he unluckily lost his place at the top of the order to the recalled Herschelle Gibbs. He grabbed his chance of returning to the Test team, after South Africa's disastrous 2003 World Cup, with an unbeaten 178 against lowly Bangladesh.
Prolific first-class runscorers occasionally have weaknesses found out against top-class opposition, and so it was with Dippenaar who quickly found that his tendency to play across and around his back-foot defensive strokes was costly against quality Test bowlers. He worked hard to rectify the problem. On good days, however, he can please the eye for six hours and more. He is not a tall man yet he bats like one, seemingly able to reach the pitch of every ball bowled on or outside off stump and drive it through the covers. The reach and the sweetness of the timing are the foundations of his game; his ability as a cover fielder is a bonus.
He has had great success while opening the batting in one-dayers and cemented his place in the one-day side after a fantastic series against West Indies in 2005, when he ended with an average of more than 100. Dippenaar revels in the outdoor pursuits which kept him busy as a boy growing up in the Free State, and touring is almost as much an opportunity to fish new waters as it is to play cricket. He scored a crucial unbeaten 85 to take South Africa to victory in the first of three ODIs against Zimbabwe at home in September, and was part of a 14-man squad for October's Champions Trophy in India. But despite a year of sustained one-day success he was overlooked for the World Cup squad. After leading Eagles to the SuperSport Series title in 2007-08 he announced his retirement from international cricket with a modest and rather unfulfilled record.
Neil Manthorp January 2008
Notes
Education: Grey College (Bfn) Junior Representative Cricket: OFS Nuff 1992-1994
