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Mpumalanga Rhinos

Benjamin van Niekerk

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Right-handed middle-order batter
Right-arm off-spin bowler

First-class record

Batting

	Mat	Inns	Runs	Avg	SR	100/50	HS
First-class matches	19	31	1,422	52.67	54.5	2/14	123
Last 10	10	16	680	45.33	56.7	1/7	109

Bowling

	Mat	Balls	Wkts	Avg	Econ	Best	5w	10w
First-class matches	19	60	0	–	6.20	–	0	0
Last 10	10	60	0	–	6.20	–	0	0

Batting style

Balanced middle-order batter

Tough to get out

Figure	Player	Par	Against par
Average	54.7	31.8
Average v pace	28.3	29.0
Average v spin	43.4	29.6
Strike rate v pace	41	52
Strike rate v spin	62	50
Balls per dismissal	100	60
Dot %	73.3	74.2

2,609 balls in first-class matches · Nov 2023 – Sept 2026

Compare with other players

Men's First-class

Overall rank: 200th; all first-class batters
Runs a match: +2.1; above an average player; Men's First-class batting, runs a match
AveragePeak +3.8
September 2026Now +2.1
202420252026

Last 2 years	Mat	Runs	Avg	SR	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ
First-class	13	947	52.6	55.7	0	–	6.20

Not in our first-class bowling rankings.

Team

Mpumalanga RhinosCSA 4-Day SeriesLast played Sept 2026

First-class streaks

	Last 10	Career	Now	Best
50+ score	6/10	52%	0	3	6855564572415811097
6855564572415811097

Benjamin van Niekerk has made 50 or more in 6 of the last 10 First-class innings.

Last 10 first-class matches

Date	Team	Opponent	Ground	Bat	Bowl	Result
17 Sept 2026	Mpumalanga Rhinos	Garden Route Badgers		7 (8)	–	Drawn
10 Sept 2026	Mpumalanga Rhinos	Tuskers		109 (126)	0/62 (10.0)	Drawn
29 Jan 2026	Mpumalanga Rhinos	Knights		15 & 81	–	Knights won by 9 wickets
8 Jan 2026	Mpumalanga Rhinos	Eastern Cape Iinyathi		57 & 24	–	Drawn
4 Dec 2025	Mpumalanga Rhinos	Eastern Storm		56 & 4*	–	Drawn
16 Oct 2025	Mpumalanga Rhinos	Garden Route Badgers		68 & 55	–	Garden Route Badgers won by an innings and 12 runs
2 Oct 2025	Mpumalanga Rhinos	Northern Cape Heat		21 & 2	–	Mpumalanga Rhinos won by 258 runs
20 Mar 2025	Mpumalanga Rhinos	Limpopo Impalas		83 (146)	–	Mpumalanga Rhinos won by 10 wickets
30 Jan 2025	Mpumalanga Rhinos	Tuskers		4 (8)	–	Drawn
16 Jan 2025	Mpumalanga Rhinos	Garden Route Badgers		34 & 60	–	Garden Route Badgers won by 8 wickets