H. D. Ackerman

H. D. Ackerman

Personal information
Full name	Hylton Deon Ackerman
Born	(1973-02-14) 14 February 1973 Cape Town, South Africa
Nickname	HD
Height
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	Right arm medium
International information
National side	South Africa
Test debut (cap 268)	26 February 1998 v Pakistan
Last Test	30 March 1998 v Sri Lanka
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1993–2003	Western Province
2003–2004	Gauteng
2004–2005	Lions
2005–2009	Leicestershire
2005–2006	Cape Cobras
2006–2008	Warriors
2008–2009	Dolphins
Career statistics
Competition Test FC LA T20 Matches 4 220 226 55 Runs scored 161 14,625 6,327 1,811 Batting average 20.12 43.65 32.61 37.72 100s/50s 0/1 40/75 4/41 0/17 Top score 57 309* 139 87 Balls bowled 0 102 48 0 Wickets – 0 0 – Bowling average – – – – 5 wickets in innings – – – – 10 wickets in match – – n/a n/a Best bowling – – – – Catches/stumpings 1/– 183/– 82/– 13/–
Source: Cricinfo, 2 October 2009

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

Ackerman has four Test appearances for South Africa all made in 1998. He made a gutsy 57 in his first Test innings but after that made little impact. 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

• Cricinfo Page