Collingwood’s grand double by Rajneesh Gupta

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Scorecard:	England v Bangladesh
Player:	PD Collingwood

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DateLine: 23rd June 2005

 

Paul Collingwood, by scoring an unbeaten 112 and returning the figures of 6-31 against Bangladesh at Trent Bridge, became the first player in one-day international history to score a hundred and take six wickets in the same match. West Indian Viv Richards held the record of best all-round performance in a match for more than 18 years before Collingwood came up with his grand double. Seven other players have managed to score a hundred besides taking four wickets in a match. Here-under is the complete list:

 

Player         Runs   Wkts  Ct For  Vs   Venue         Date
PD Collingwood  112*  6/31  1  Eng  Ban  Trent Bridge  21-06-2005
IVA Richards    119   5/41  0  WI   NZ   Dunedin       18-03-1987
NJ Astle        117   4/43  0  NZ   Pak  Mohali        09-05-1997
SR Tendulkar    141   4/38  1  Ind  Aus  Dhaka         28-10-1998
SC Ganguly      130*  4/21  0  Ind  SL   Nagpur        22-03-1999
ST Jayasuriya   122   4/39  0  SL   Aus  Sydney        09-01-2003
JF Kloppenburg  121   4/42  0  NL   Nam  Bloemfontein  03-03-2003
CH Gayle        112*  4/24  0  WI   Zim  Harare        30-11-2003
Shoaib Malik    118   4/19  0  Pak  HK   Colombo SSC   18-07-2004

 

Collingwood’s figures of 6 for 31 were good enough to remove Mark Ealham from the top of the best bowling performances list (see list )for England.

 

Chris Tremlett's figures of 4 for 32 are the second best figures by an England bowler in his debut match after Adam Hollioake’s 4 for 23 against Pakistan at Edgbaston on August 31,1996. Tremlett joined six other Englishmen taking four wickets in their debut match. The details:

 

Bowler        Wkts  Runs Balls  Vs    Venue            Date
AJ Hollioake    4   23   41     Pak   Edgbaston        31-08-1996
CT Tremlett     4   32   50     Ban   Trent Bridge     21-06-2005
GB Stevenson    4   33   58     Aus   Sydney           14-01-1980
PJ Martin       4   44   60     WI    The Oval         26-05-1995
MV Fleming      4   45   57     Ind   Sharjah          11-12-1997
DV Lawrence     4   67   66     WI    Lord's           27-05-1991

 

(Article: Copyright © 2005 Rajneesh Gupta)