Howa Bowl
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Administrator | South African Cricket Board |
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Format | First Class (3 day) |
First edition | 1972/73 |
Latest edition | 1990/91 |
Tournament format | Round-robin |
Number of teams | 4 |
Most successful | Western Province (14) |
Most runs | Yacoob Omar (3377) |
Most wickets | Vincent Barnes (304) |
The Howa Bowl was a
The Howa Bowl was run during South Africa's exclusion from international cricket due to
In 1991, the fall of apartheid saw South Africa's sporting isolation ended and led to the formation of the
First-class status
Although the 216 Howa Bowl matches had not been given first-class status when the competition ended, the UCB subsequently requested that these be added retrospectively. In 2006, Wisden added these matches to the official records and seven other representative matches between non-white teams.
This decision meant that West Indian Test cricketer
Further to this, two more instances of the rare dismissal handled the ball was added to the records, along with the first-ever case of a batter being given out timed out: Andrew Jordaan, playing for Eastern Province v Transvaal at Port Elizabeth in 1987–88 – he had been not out overnight, but arrived late the following day due to the roads being poor after torrential rain.
Champions by season
The Howa Bowl was dominated by Western Province, who won fourteen of the 19 titles outright (one was shared with Natal, which was Natal's only title), while Eastern Province won three and Transvaal won one.[3]
Statistical leaders
Player | Runs | Average |
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Yacoob Omar | 3,337 | 34.81 |
Khaya Majola | 2,826 | 20.77 |
Saait Magiet | 2,650 | 29.12 |
Mansoor Abdullah
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2,294 | 28.67 |
Haroon Lorgat | 2,183 | 24.67 |
Player | Wickets | Average |
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Vincent Barnes | 304 | 11.12 |
Seraj Gabriels | 254 | 15.07 |
Mustapha Khan | 248 | 19.26 |
Armien Jabaar | 233 | 13.39 |
Khaya Majola | 219 | 16.64 |
References
- ^ "Setting the records straight". Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2006.
- ^ "Overall First-Class Records". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
- ^ "Howa Bowl 1983/84 Schedule | Howa Bowl Fixtures & Results". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
- ^ ISBN 0-947766-98-7.