Robert Bentley (cricketer)

Robert Bentley

Personal information
Full name	Robert Mulock Bentley
Born	(1958-11-03) 3 November 1958 (age 58) Bindura, Mashonaland, Rhodesia
Batting style	Left-hand batsman
Bowling style	Right-arm off-break
Role	Batsman
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1978-1979	Rhodesia
1980-1992	Natal
Career statistics
Competition FC List A Matches 98 100 Runs scored 5091 2455 Batting average 32.84 29.93 100s/50s 5/35 3/13 Top score 151 112 Balls bowled 6818 1158 Wickets 91 26 Bowling average 33.04 34.61 5 wickets in innings 0 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 Best bowling 4-33 3-20 Catches/stumpings 47/0 21/0
Source: CricketArchive, October 24 1992

Robert Mulock Bentley (born November 3, 1958 in Bindura, Rhodesia) is a former first-class cricketer who played for both his native Rhodesia and Natal in the Currie Cup.

Bentley lined up for Rhodesia for the first time in the 1978/79 Currie Cup. In the following season's campaign the team was renamed Zimbabwe-Rhodesia before the county became fully independent in 1980. Later that year he represented Zimbabwe in two first-class matches against Middlesex who were touring the country. While many of his teammates went on to play One Day International cricket for Zimbabwe, Bentley instead moved to South Africa and joined Natal. He was a regular batsman in the middle order at Natal, often at three, throughout the 1980s and early 1990s.

After spending the 1982 English summer as a professional at Lancashire League club Haslingden, Bentley returned to South Africa and had his most prolific season with 639 runs at 45.64.

Also a capable off spin bowler, his first-class wickets include Graeme Pollock, Kepler Wessels, Peter Kirsten and Allan Lamb.

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