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
Bellville, Cape Town, South Africa
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm off-spin
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1981-82 to 1990-91Boland
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.
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