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evidence: Brian Dennis Gessner -LRB- born 20 June 1947 -RRB- is a former South African cricketer .. South African. South African people. Gessner was a left-handed batsman who bowled left-arm fast-medium .. fast-medium. Fast bowling. batsman. batsman ( cricket ). He was born in Durban , Natal Province .. Durban. Durban. Natal Province. Natal Province. Natal. Natal cricket team. Gessner made his first-class debut for Natal B against Border in the 1970 / 71 Currie Cup .. Natal. Natal cricket team. Natal B. Natal cricket team. first-class. first-class cricket. Border. Border cricket team. Currie Cup. Currie Cup ( cricket ). He appeared in first-class cricket for Natal representative teams from 1971 to 1977 , making 32 first-class matches appearances , the last of which came for Natal B against Border in the 1976 / 77 Currie Cup .. Natal. Natal cricket team. Natal B. Natal cricket team. cricket. cricket. first-class. first-class cricket. Border. Border cricket team. Currie Cup. Currie Cup ( cricket ). He made 19 appearances for Natal B , taking 65 wickets at an average of 19.56 , with 3 five wicket hauls .. Natal. Natal cricket team. Natal B. Natal cricket team. average. bowling average. His best innings bowling figures of 6 / 67 came against Northern Transvaal in the 1976 / 77 Currie Cup .. Currie Cup. Currie Cup ( cricket ). Northern Transvaal. Northern Transvaal cricket team. Transvaal. Transvaal cricket team. The remainder of his 13 first-class appearances came for Natal , with Gessner taking 36 wickets at an average of 22.30 .. Natal. Natal cricket team. first-class. first-class cricket. average. bowling average. He took just the one five wicket haul for the Natal first team , which came against Rhodesia in the 1972 / 73 Currie Cup , with Gessner taking 5 / 58 .. Natal. Natal cricket team. Currie Cup. Currie Cup ( cricket ). five wicket haul. five wicket haul. Rhodesia. Rhodesia cricket team. It was for Natal that he made his List A debut against Transvaal in the 1972 / 73 Gillette Cup .. Natal. Natal cricket team. List A. List A cricket. Transvaal. Transvaal cricket team. Gillette Cup. Gillette Cup ( South Africa ). Gessner made 3 further List A appearances for Natal , the last of which came against Western Province in the 1975 / 76 Gillette Cup .. Natal. Natal cricket team. List A. List A cricket. Gillette Cup. Gillette Cup ( South Africa ). Western Province. Western Province cricket team. In his 4 List A appearances for Natal , he took 7 wickets at an average of 20.14 , with best figures of 2 / 24 .. Natal. Natal cricket team. List A. List A cricket. average. bowling average. Had South Africa not been expelled from international cricket by the International Cricket Conference , Gessner may well have had an international career .. cricket. cricket. South Africa. South Africa national cricket team. International Cricket Conference. International Cricket Council. He later played for Staffordshire in English county cricket , making his debut for the county in the 1978 Minor Counties Championship against Shropshire .. Staffordshire. Staffordshire County Cricket Club. cricket. cricket. county cricket. county cricket. Minor Counties Championship. Minor Counties Championship. Shropshire. Shropshire County Cricket Club. He played Minor counties cricket in 1978 and 1979 , making 11 appearances .. cricket. cricket. Minor counties. Minor counties of English and Welsh cricket. He made a single List A appearance for the county in the 1978 Gillette Cup against Sussex .. List A. List A cricket. Gillette Cup. Gillette Cup ( South Africa ). 1978 Gillette Cup. 1978 Gillette Cup. Sussex. Sussex County Cricket Club. In this match , he took the wicket of Pakistan Test cricketer Imran Khan for the cost of 51 runs from 12 overs .. Pakistan. Pakistan national cricket team. Test. Test cricket. Imran Khan. Imran Khan. overs. over ( cricket ). With the bat , he ended Staffordshire 's innings not out on 9 , with Sussex winning by the narrow margin of 2 runs .. Staffordshire. Staffordshire County Cricket Club. Sussex. Sussex County Cricket Club. not out. not out