Doing the business with bat and ball
The List looks focuses on players who have top-scored and taken most wickets in the same match
Travis Basevi and George Binoy
05-Apr-2006
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Harbhajan Singh decimated England with 5 for 31 as India successfully defended 203 in the first one-dayer at Delhi. Before he ran amok with the ball, Harbhajan had top-scored with 37 and propelled India, floundering at 146 for 7, past 200. This week, the List looks at the bigger picture and focuses on players who have top-scored and taken most wickets in the same match.
Ian Botham is the only player to have achieved this feat in more than one Test - against New Zealand at Christchurch, Pakistan at Lord's, and India at Mumbai. Considering that only 13 players have achieved this, Botham's is a remarkable feat.
You would expect other quality allrounders like Imran Khan and Kapil Dev to appear in the list but they don't. Mark Butcher is perhaps the most surprising name on the list for his Man-of-the-Match winning performance against Zimbabwe at Lord's in 2003.
| Player | Runs |
Figures | Opposition | Ground | Date | Scorecard |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AG Steel (Eng) | 135* | 6/83 | v Aus | Sydney | Feb 1883 | Test 13 |
| WJ Edrich (Eng) | 191 |
8/172 | v SA | Manchester | Jul 1947 | Test 287 |
| DS Atkinson (WI) | 219 |
7/164 | v Aus | Bridgetown | May 1955 | Test 406 |
| R Benaud (Aus) | 100 |
9/154 | v SA | Johannesburg | Feb 1958 | Test 449 |
| GS Sobers (WI) | 174 |
8/80 | v Eng | Leeds | Aug 1966 | Test 608 |
| Mushtaq Mohammad (Pak) | 121 |
8/97 | v WI | Port of Spain | Apr 1977 | Test 802 |
| IT Botham (Eng) | 103 |
8/111 | v NZ | Christchurch | Feb 1978 | Test 818 |
| IT Botham (Eng) | 108 |
8/51 | v Pak | Lord's | Jun 1978 | Test 826 |
| IT Botham (Eng) | 114 |
13/106 | v Ind | Mumbai | Feb 1980 | Test 874 |
| RJ Hadlee (NZ) | 99 |
8/44 | v Eng | Christchurch | Feb 1984 | Test 976 |
| RJ Shastri (Ind) | 206 |
4/82 | v Aus | Sydney | Jan 1992 | Test 1181 |
| ST Jayasuriya (SL) | 340 |
3/45 | v Ind | Colombo (RPS) | Aug 1997 | Test 1374 |
| CL Cairns (NZ) | 80 |
6/81 | v Eng | The Oval | Aug 1999 | Test 1458 |
| MA Butcher (Eng) | 137 |
5/68 | v Zim | Lord's | May 2003 | Test 1646 |
| DL Vettori (NZ) | 127 |
6/29 | v Zim | Harare | Aug 2005 | Test 1759 |
The only occasion when the top-scorer and highest wicket-taker ended up losing the Test was when Allan Steel took 6 for 83 and scored 135 not out against Australia at Sydney in 1883. Australia won by four wickets.
The number of times players have performed this feat in ODIs outnumbers Tests 3 to 1. The first instance was in the 1975 World Cup semi-final. Australia had shot out England for 93, with Gary Gilmour starring with 6 for 14 from 12 overs. In reply, Australia were reduced to 39 for 6 before Gilmour biffed a run-a-ball 28 to seal the victory.
Several players have top-scored and taken most wickets more than once in ODIs but only two, and unlikely names as well, have done it thrice. Sourav Ganguly did it against Pakistan in Toronto, Sri Lanka at Nagpur , and Zimbabwe at Kanpur while Chris Gayle did it against Zimbabwe at Bulawayo and Harare , and England at Lord's .
Ravi Shastri , at Indore, and Aamer Sohail , at Manchester, were the only ones overlooked for the Man-of-the-Match award for their performances while Aravinda de Silva chose the biggest stage to turn in his effort - the 1996 World Cup final .
The following table lists the instances since 2000. No player has top-scored and taken the most wickets in the last 18 months. Click here for the full ODI tables.
| Player | Runs |
Figures | Opposition | Ground | Date | Scorecard |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GA Hick (Eng) | 80 |
5/33 | v Zim | Harare | Feb 2000 | ODI 1567 |
| SC Ganguly (India) | 71* | 5/34 | v Zim | Kanpur | Dec 2000 | ODI 1659 |
| HH Streak (Zim) | 45 |
4/8 | v WI | Sydney | Jan 2001 | ODI 1675 |
| IJ Harvey (Aus) | 47* | 2/5 | v WI | Sydney | Feb 2001 | ODI 1685 |
| Shoaib Malik (Pak) | 115 |
3/37 | v NZ | Lahore | Apr 2002 | ODI 1835 |
| RC Irani (Eng) | 53 |
5/26 | v Ind | The Oval | Jul 2002 | ODI 1854 |
| ST Jayasuriya (SL) | 122 |
4/39 | v Aus | Sydney | Jan 2003 | ODI 1931 |
| MO Odumbe (Ken) | 52* | 4/38 | v Bang | Johannesburg | Mar 2003 | ODI 1974 |
| A Flintoff (Eng) | 55* | 4/14 | v Bang | Chittagong (MAA) | Nov 2003 | ODI 2057 |
| CH Gayle (WI) | 153* | 2/21 | v Zim | Bulawayo | Nov 2003 | ODI 2065 |
| CH Gayle (WI) | 112* | 4/24 | v Zim | Harare | Nov 2003 | ODI 2070 |
| SB Styris (NZ) | 101* | 3/34 | v Pak | Auckland | Jan 2004 | ODI 2075 |
| V Sehwag (Ind) | 90 |
2/40 | v Zim | Hobart | Jan 2004 | ODI 2080 |
| DNT Zoysa (SL) | 47* | 3/34 | v Aus | Colombo (SSC) | Feb 2004 | ODI 2108 |
| CH Gayle (WI) | 132* | 3/57 | v Eng | Lord's | Jul 2004 | ODI 2140 |
| A Flintoff (Eng) | 104 |
2/21 | v SL | Southampton | Sep 2004 | ODI 2177 |
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George Binoy is editorial assistant of Cricinfo