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Full name | Adolf Matthys van den Berg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Randfontein, Transvaal, South Africa | 9 March 1978|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | Zolla | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm off spin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | All-rounder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1997–1999 | Gauteng | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1999 | South Africa Academy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1999–2006 | Easterns | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2006–2007 | Mpumalanga | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:ESPNCricinfo,1 September 2015 |
Adolf Matthys "Aldo" van den Berg (born 9 March 1978) is a former South African cricketer whose domestic career spanned from 1997 to 2007. A right-handed all-rounder,he played matches for Gauteng,Easterns (which he briefly captained),and Mpumalanga.
Born in Randfontein,van den Berg played for a representative South African Schools team during the 1996–97 season, [1] and the following season,aged 19,made his senior debut for Gauteng,against Easterns in the one-day Standard Bank League. He played two more matches in the same competition the next season, [2] and in July 1999 was selected to tour Ireland and Scotland with the South African Academy team,making his first-class debut as the side's captain. [3] For the 1999–00 domestic season,van den Berg switched to playing for Easterns,where he became a regular in both the one-day and three-day formats. Prior to the 2006–07 season,he switched to Mpumalanga,which had been granted first-class status on a trial basis. In his only season,he was the team's leading wicket-taker in both the three-day and the one-day competition. However,the team did not perform well enough to secure a first-class status for the following season,which meant an end to van den Berg's career at that level. [2] [3]
Van den Berg captained Easterns in four first-class matches during the 2001–02 season,in the absence of the regular captain,Derek Crookes. Of the four matches,his team won two,lost one,and drew one. [4] In 34 first-class matches overall,van den Berg recorded two centuries and six half-centuries,with his highest score,103,coming for Easterns against the touring India A team in March 2002. [5] The other century was made for Mpumalanga against Namibia in November 2006,a score of 100 not out out of a team total of 184. [6] Van den Berg's off-spin garnered him 50 first-class wickets at an average of 33.32,including three five-wicket hauls. Two of those were made for Mpumalanga during the 2006–07 season,while his best figures,5/49,came against Boland in March 2004. [7] Van den Berg's returns in the one-day format were much diminished,with his 30 matches yielding only 22 wickets and a single half-century (65 against Free State in March 2006). [8]
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