Hylton Ackerman (cricketer, born 1973)

Infobox Historic Cricketer


nationality = South African
country = South Africa
country abbrev = RSA
name = HD Ackerman
picture = Cricket_no_pic.pngbatting style = Right-hand bat
bowling style = Right-arm medium
tests = 4
test runs = 161
test bat avg = 20.12
test 100s/50s = 0/1
test top score = 57
test balls = -
test wickets = -
test bowl avg = -
test 5s = -
test 10s = -
test best bowling = -
test catches/stumpings = 1/-
FCs = 185
FC runs = 12112
FC bat avg = 42.79
FC 100s/50s = 31/66
FC top score = 309*
FC balls = 102
FC wickets = -
FC bowl avg = -
FC 5s = -
FC 10s = -
FC best bowling = -
FC catches/stumpings = 153/-
debut date = 26 February
debut year = 1998
last date = 27 March
last year = 1998
source = http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/43913.html Cricinfo

Hylton Deon Ackerman, also known as HD Ackerman, (born 14 February 1973 in Cape Town, South Africa) is a South African cricketer.

Ackerman has four test appearances for SA all made in 1998. He made a gutsy 57 in his first test innings but after that failed to really trouble the scorers. It was thought that Ackerman had a weakness against top class spin as Mushtaq Ahmed and Muttiah Muralitharan were particularly successful against him in successive series.

He joined Leicestershire in 2005 under the Kolpak ruling which allowed him to play for an English county without being registered as an overseas player. He was the captain of Leicestershire in 2005, having some success in one day cricket.

In the 2006 season, Ackerman stepped down to concentrate on his batting. This move seems to have paid off as Ackerman scored 309 not out against Glamorgan at Sophia Gardens, the highest ever first class score by a Leicestershire player.

Ackerman's father, Hylton Michael Ackerman, played first-class cricket for Border, Natal, Northern Transvaal and Western Province in South Africa, and for Northamptonshire in England. He was picked for the World XI that played Australia in 1971-72, but did not play Test cricket because of South Africa's exclusion from international cricket on account of apartheid.

References

* [http://content.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/43913.html Cricinfo Page]