/ 6 February 2000

KLUSENER 2ND FASTEST TO ONE-DAY DOUBLE

LANCE Klusener on Wednesday became the second fastest player to achieve the double of 1000 runs and 100 wickets in one-day internationals when he trapped Zimbabwe’s Murray Goodwin lbw. Klusener, playing his 70th one-day international, took one for 45 to claim his 100th wicket. His unbeaten 65 earlier in the match took his run tally to 1878. Klusener’s team mate Shaun Pollock reached the milestone in two fewer matches. England allrounder Ian Botham, who did it in 75 matches, is in third place.

Top 10 doubles:

1 Shaun Pollock (South Africa) 68 matches

2 Lance Klusener (South Africa) 70

3 Ian Botham (England) 75

4 Kapil Dev (India) 77

5 Richard Hadlee (New Zealand) 79

6 Simon O’Donnell (Australia) 80

7 Manoj Prabhakar (India) 94

8 Imran Khan (Pakistan) 95

9 Chris Harris (New Zealand) 98

10 Ravi Shastri (India) 100