Shaun Pollock's World Record 'Double' (26 March 1999)

26 March 1999

Shaun Pollock's World Record 'Double'

Atul Kahate

Shaun Pollock has left all the all-rounders behind with his new world record. He has completed the 'double' of 1000 runs and 100 wickets in Limited Overs International (LOI) cricket in the least number of matches (68). The previous record belonged to Ian Botham (75 matches). Interestingly, Pollock reached both the milestones (1000 runs and 100 wickets) in the same match - the fourth (replayed) match of the New Zealand-South Africa series.

Pollock is the first South African to achieve the double and the 15th overall. The following table shows the list of all of them, ordered by the least number of matches required for the double. It also shows the runs made and wickets taken at the point of completing the double. It is interesting to note that the figures for Manoj Prabhakar and Wasim Akram clearly indicate them as 'bowling' all-rounders; all others reached the batting landmark first. Sir Richard Hadlee, like Pollock, has almost the same balance in batting and bowling careers.

SM Pollock SA 68 1005 102 IT Botham Eng 75 1248 100 Kapil Dev Ind 77 1607 100 RJ Hadlee NZ 79 1000 103 SP O'Donnell Aus 80 1154 100 M Prabhakar Ind 94 1010 119 Imran Khan Pak 95 1638 100 CZ Harris NZ 98 1773 100 RJ Shastri Ind 100 1966 100 CL Hooper WI 105 2018 100 Mudassar Nazar Pak 106 2320 101 SR Waugh Aus 110 2269 100 Wasim Akram Pak 126 1013 171 ST Jayasuriya SL 129 2979 100 IVA Richards WI 162 6186 101

Note: The table shows the record for all players to the end of the match in which they completed the 'double'.

Contributed by: Atul Kahate (AKahate@yahoo.com)

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