Pienaar Anker

Pienaar Anker (born 4 January 1956) is a South African cricketer who played first-class and List A cricket for Boland from 1981 to 1990.

Pienaar Anker

Personal information
Born	(1956-01-04) 4 January 1956 (age 68) Bellville, Cape Town, South Africa
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm off-spin
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1981–82 to 1990–91	Boland
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A Matches 42 23 Runs scored 562 109 Batting average 17.03 9.90 100s/50s 0/3 0/0 Top score 59 26 Balls bowled 10,188 1230 Wickets 175 13 Bowling average 21.90 49.84 5 wickets in innings 9 0 10 wickets in match 2 n/a Best bowling 6/50 2/26 Catches/stumpings 27/– 3/–
Source: Cricinfo, 31 May 2020

An off-spin bowler and useful lower-order batsman, Anker took 50 wickets at an average of 14.62 when Boland, captained by Eddie Barlow, won the SAB Bowl for the first time in 1981–82. No other bowler in the competition took more than 31 wickets.^[1] He took 3 for 40 and 5 for 73 when Boland beat Western Province B in the final.^[2]

Anker's best career bowling figures were 6 for 50 in the second innings of Boland's victory over Transvaal B in 1983–84.^[3] His best match figures were 10 for 82 in the victory over Natal B in 1985–86.^[4] He played in two South African combined teams against the Australian team in 1986–87 and was reasonably successful, but was not selected for higher honours, and he never competed in the top echelon of the South African domestic competition.^[5]

References

1. "Bowling in SAB Bowl 1981/82". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
2. "Boland v Western Province B 1981/82". Cricinfo. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
3. "Boland v Transvaal B 1983/84". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
4. "Boland v Natal B 1985/86". Cricinfo. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
5. "First-Class Matches played by Pienaar Anker". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 May 2020.

External links

• Pienaar Anker at ESPNcricinfo