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Full name Dale Martin Benkenstein
Born June 9, 1974, Salisbury (now Harare), Rhodesia
Current age 34 years 120 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

Runs

Ave

100

ODIs

305

17.94

463

65.87

First-class

191

291

11733

259

46.19

129

List A

256

229

6140

107*

35.28

Twenty20

860

56*

26.06

656

131.09

Bowling averages

Mat

Inns

Balls

Runs

Wkts

BBI

BBM

Ave

Econ

ODIs

3/5

11.00

4.06

16.2

First-class

191

6251

3059

4/16

35.98

2.93

73.5

List A

256

2963

2465

4/16

29.69

4.99

35.6

Twenty20

264

339

3/10

24.21

7.70

18.8

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

Kent v Durham at Canterbury, Sep 24-27, 2008 scorecard

List A debut

1992/93

Last List A

Durham v Gloucestershire at Chester-le-Street, Sep 14, 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

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

Sep 29, 2008

Durham captain Dale Benkenstein kisses the Championship trophy © Getty Images

Sep 29, 2008

Durham captain Dale Benkenstein during the presentation of the Championship trophy © Getty Images

May 31, 2008

Dale Benkenstein helped rescue Durham with 110 © Getty Images

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