Boeta Dippenaar

Hendrik Human Dippenaar (born 14 June 1977), known as Boeta Dippenaar, is a former South African cricketer who played all formats of the game. He is also a member of ACA African XI. He has played as a specialist batsman in most of his matches, and has played Test cricket in all batting positions from one through seven . He bats right-handed and bowls occasional off breaks .

In January 2008 Dippenaar retired from international cricket at the age of 30 to concentrate on improving his qualifications for life after cricket . He finished his career with a high average of 42.23 in ODIs for South Africa.

International career

Dippenaar made his international debut in September 1999, playing two of South Africa's four One Day Internationals as an opening batsman during the LG Cup in Kenya, which South Africa won, and he also played both Tests in the home-and-away Test series with Zimbabwe in October and November that same month, making 56 runs in four innings.

He was in and out of both the Test and One Day International team during the next five years, never playing more than eight Tests in succession, but during the tour of the West Indies in 2004–05 Dippenaar's form showed signs of improving. He was selected for two Tests against the West Indies, recording two fifties in three innings, and subsequently averaged 105.66 in the 5-ODI series against the West Indies.

However, he made four sub-25 scores in his next ODIs, before a wrist injury ruled him out of the remaining four matches against New Zealand and the tour of India in November. By December, Dippenaar had recovered, and he turned out for the Eagles in three Standard Bank Cup matches in that month, scoring 49 runs in his three innings. The South African selectors did, however, call on him for the one-day leg of the tour of Australia, which included the VB Series.

International centuries

Test centuries

Test centuries of Boeta Dippenaar
No	Runs	Match	Against	City/Country	Venue	Start date	Result
[1]	100	5	New Zealand	Johannesburg, South Africa	New Wanderers Stadium	8 December 2000	Drawn
[2]	177*	18	Bangladesh	Chittagong, Bangladesh	MA Aziz Stadium	24 April 2003	Won
[3]	110	29	England	Johannesburg, South Africa	St George's Park	17 December 2004	Lost

ODI centuries

One Day International centuries of Boeta Dippenaar
No	Runs	Match	Against	City/Country	Venue	Date	Result
[1]	110*	63	Pakistan	Lahore, Pakistan	Gaddafi Stadium	3 October 2003	Won
[2]	123	80	West Indies	Bridgetown, Barbados	Kensington Oval	3 October 2003	Won
[3]	125*	90	Sri Lanka	Adelaide, Australia	Adelaide Oval	24 January 2006	Won
[4]	101	98	Australia	Durban, South Africa	Kingsmead Cricket Ground	10 March 2006	Lost

International awards

One Day International Cricket

Man of the Match awards

S No	Opponent	Venue	Date	Match Performance	Result
1	Canada	Buffalo Park, East London	27 February 2003	80 (118 balls: 7x4)	South Africa won by 118 runs.[1]
2	Pakistan	Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi	12 October 2003	74 (125 balls: 5x4)	South Africa won by 7 wickets.[2]
3	West Indies	St George's Park, Port Elizabeth	28 January 2004	83 (123 balls: 8x4) ; 1 ct.	South Africa won by 16 runs.[3]
4	West Indies	Sabina Park, Kingston	8 May 2005	60* (78 balls: 4x4)	South Africa won by 8 wickets (D/L).[4]
5	West Indies	Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain	15 May 2005	1 ct. ; 61* (47 balls: 5x4, 1x6)	South Africa won by 7 wickets.[5]
6	Sri Lanka	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide	24 January 2006	125* (145 balls: 7x4)	South Africa won by 9 runs.[6]
7	Zimbabwe	Mangaung Oval, Bloemfontein	15 September 2006	85* (127 balls: 5x4)	South Africa won by 5 wickets.[7]

Notes

1. ^ Cricinfo Stats Guru filter, accessed 27 December 2005
2. ^ Boeta Dippenaar at ESPNcricinfo
3. ^ Cricinfo Stats Guru filter, accessed 27 December 2005
4. ^ May 2005 – Lucky Dippenaar, by Neil Pickup for Cricketweb.net, published 10 June 2005
5. ^ Rudolph added to South Africa squad
6. ^ Eagles v Dolphins scorecard, Lions v Eagles scorecard and Dolphins v Eagles scorecard from CricketArchive
7. ^ Kallis in doubt for one-day series with elbow injury from AFP, 3 January 2006
8. ^ Dippenaar announces international retirement from Cricinfo, 30 January 2008

References

External links

• Boeta Dippenaar at ESPNcricinfo