Gary Michael Gilder (born 6 July 1974) is a former South African cricketer who played first-class and List A cricket for KwaZulu-Natal from 1994 to 2002 and for Somerset in 2003.

Gary Gilder
Personal information
Full name
Gary Gilder
Born (1974-07-06) 6 July 1974 (age 49)
Salisbury, Rhodesia, South Africa
BattingRight-handed
BowlingLeft-arm fast-medium
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1994–2002KwaZulu-Natal
2003Somerset
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A
Matches 51 55
Runs scored 408 123
Batting average 10.73 8.78
100s/50s 0/0 0/0
Top score 39 36
Balls bowled 8.251 2,267
Wickets 151 64
Bowling average 26.70 26.57
5 wickets in innings 6 1
10 wickets in match 2 n/a
Best bowling 8/22 6/25
Catches/stumpings 19/– 13/–
Source: CricketArchive, 29 December 2016

Life and cricket career edit

Gary Gilder was born on 6 July 1974 in Salisbury, Rhodesia (now Harare, Zimbabwe). He made his first-class cricket debut for Natal B in January 1995 against Western Transvaal, taking five wickets in the match.[1] The following season, he collected ten wickets in a match for the first time, taking five in each innings in a match against Free State B.[2] He was selected as part of the South Africa A team to tour England in 1996, and during that tour he had his best bowling performance in first-class cricket, when he took eight wickets in one innings against Worcestershire.[3] In the 1996–97 South African season, he made the step up to the Natal first-team, appearing in the SuperSport Series for the first time. He was a regular for Natal (KwaZulu Natal from 1998) until the 2001–02 season, when he appeared just once in the SuperSport Series. He ended his career in England, playing for Somerset County Cricket Club, though his appearances for the county were limited to six matches in July and August 2003.[4]

References edit

  1. ^ "Western Transvaal v Natal B: UCB Bowl 1994/95 (Section Two)". CricketArchive. The Cricketer. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
  2. ^ "Natal B v Free State B: UCB Bowl 1995/96 (Section Two)". CricketArchive. The Cricketer. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
  3. ^ "Worcestershire v South Africa A: South Africa A in England 1996". CricketArchive. The Cricketer. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
  4. ^ "First-class matches played by Gary Gilder (51)". CricketArchive. The Cricketer. Retrieved 29 December 2016.