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Full name Hendrik Human Dippenaar
Born June 14, 1977, Kimberley, Cape Province
Current age 30 years 338 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
Tests	38	62	5	1718	177*	30.14	4128	41.61	3	7	237	5	27
ODIs	107	95	14	3421	125*	42.23	5047	67.78	4	26	334	16	36
T20Is	1	1	0	1	1	1.00	5	20.00	0	0	0	0	0
First-class	138	228	19	8993	250*	43.02			28	35			128
List A	201	182	26	6252	125*	40.07			8	42			72
Twenty20	21	18	2	239	35*	14.93	257	92.99	0	0	21	4	9

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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
T20Is	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
First-class	138		31	17	0	-	-	-	3.29	-	0	0	0
List A	201		6	2	0	-	-	-	2.00	-	0	0	0
Twenty20	21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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 Northamptonshire at Leicester, May 13-16, 2008 scorecard
List A debut	1995/96
Last List A	Nottinghamshire v Leicestershire at Nottingham, May 11, 2008 scorecard
Twenty20 debut	Dolphins v Eagles at Durban, Apr 11, 2004 scorecard
Last Twenty20	Dolphins v Eagles at Durban, Apr 18, 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

Jun 6, 2007

Boeta Dippenaar misses the ball and is clean bowled
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Jan 27, 2007

Kamran Akmal catches Boeta Dippenaar late on the second day
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Oct 27, 2006

Rao Iftikhar Anjum tries to run out Boeta Dippenaar
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