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Full name Gerhardus Frederick Johannes Liebenberg
Born April 7, 1972, Upington, Cape Province
Current age 36 years 187 days
Major teams South Africa,Free State,Griqualand West,Orange Free State
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium
Fielding position Wicketkeeper
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
5
8
0
104
45
13.00
235
44.25
0
0
14
0
1
0
ODIs
4
4
0
94
39
23.50
199
47.23
0
0
8
0
0
0
First-class
162
285
15
9387
229
34.76
21
45
186
4
List A
151
132
23
3169
170*
29.07
3
16
76
4
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
5
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
ODIs
4
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
First-class
162
110
51
1
1/10
51.00
2.78
110.0
0
0
List A
151
60
58
1
1/26
1/26
58.00
5.80
60.0
0
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
South Africa v Sri Lanka at Centurion, Mar 27-30, 1998 scorecard
Last Test
England v South Africa at Leeds, Aug 6-10, 1998 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
Zimbabwe v South Africa at Harare, Oct 22, 1995 scorecard
Last ODI
England v South Africa at Leeds, May 24, 1998 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span
1989/90 - 2004/05
List A span
1989/90 - 2003/04
Profile
A stylish right-hand batsman who is particularly strong of the front foot, Gerry Liebenberg's career started spectacularly when he hammered 84 and 108 in his first two games for Griquas, and his early promise continued when he moved to Free State in 1990. By the time of his selection on the 1994 tour of England he was considered one of the most promising prospects, even though he didn't play in any of the Tests and had a poor tour. In 1995-96 he made headlines with his first double-hundred, but his form fluctuated and he had to wait until 1997-98 before making his Test debut. He did enough to be picked for his second tour of England in 1998 but again struggled in the four Tests he played, scoring 59 runs in six innings. The feeling was that he was out of his depth and he was dropped and had never been picked since. Liebenberg is a talented allround sportsman and has represented his state at athletics and tennis. Martin Williamson
