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Full name Hylton Deon Ackerman
Born February 14, 1973, Cape Town, Cape Province
Current age 35 years 242 days
Major teams South Africa,Cape Cobras,Dolphins,Gauteng,Leicestershire,Lions,Warriors,Western Province
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Relations Father - HM Ackerman
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
4
8
0
161
57
20.12
475
33.89
0
1
15
0
1
0
First-class
205
343
32
13572
309*
43.63
38
69
174
0
List A
210
203
23
5916
139
32.86
3
40
78
0
Twenty20
43
43
6
1463
87
39.54
1209
121.00
0
14
158
18
12
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
4
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
First-class
205
102
57
0
-
-
-
3.35
-
0
0
0
List A
210
48
52
0
-
-
-
6.50
-
0
0
0
Twenty20
43
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Career statistics
Test debut
South Africa v Pakistan at Durban, Feb 26-Mar 2, 1998 scorecard
Last Test
South Africa v Sri Lanka at Centurion, Mar 27-30, 1998 scorecard
Test statistics
First-class debut
1993/94
Last First-class
Dolphins v Titans at Durban, Oct 2-5, 2008 scorecard
List A debut
1993/94
Last List A
Yorkshire v Leicestershire at Leeds, Aug 3, 2008 scorecard
Twenty20 debut
Titans v Lions at Centurion, Apr 8, 2004 scorecard
Last Twenty20
Leicestershire v Nottinghamshire at Leicester, Jun 24, 2008 scorecard
Profile
A highly talented top-order batsman at Western Province, Ackerman showed his ability to dominate a bowling attack early on, but also developed a reputation for throwing his wicket away when just getting set. A tour of the England with South Africa A, on the back of a good 1995-96 domestic season, saw him mature and he won his Test call-up in the home series against Pakistan in 1997-98. He was given a good run in the side - two Tests against Pakistan were followed by two against Sri Lanka - but he failed to turn potential into runs and was dropped. He remained on the fringes of selection - in 2001 he was drafted into the squad in Zimbabwe - without getting another chance. At the end of the 2002-03 season he moved to Gauteng where he was appointed captain (he had already led Western Province) before surprisingly resigning early in the 2004-05 season. He opted to leave South Africa behind and headed to England as a Kolpak player after being offered the captaincy of Leicestershire. However, is form with the bat suffered and in 2006 he moved back into the ranks as Jeremy Snape took charge and the decision quickly paid off as he smashed over 1800 runs in the Championship, including a career-best 309 not out.
Martin Williamson September 2006
