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.
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| Born | (1956-01-04) 4 January 1956 (age 66) Bellville, Cape Town, South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm off-spin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1981-82 to 1990-91 | Boland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]