With Robin Peterson opening the ODI innings for South Africa in 2nd ODI against Sri Lanka on 23rd July, 2013, the ODI world has seen 28th player who has opened the batting and bowling both for a team in ODIs. While Ian Botham and Kapil Dev are the prominent allrounders to join the list, even batsmen like Lance Klusener, Sehwag and Mark Waugh are part of this piece of history.
Regular openers in batting: Manoj Prabhakar, Neil Johnson, DJ Reekers (Netherland), Mohammad Hafeez (Pak) and Dilshan (SL)
Achievement for only one match: Majid Khan, Wasim Raja (Pak), Kapil Dev, Sehwag, Irfan Pathan (Ind), Chris Lewis (Eng), DH Brain (Zim), Chris Cairns (NZ), Asim Saeed (UAE), Chibhabha (Zim), Karim Sadiq (Afg), Nick Carter (Scotland), and RJ Peterson (SA)
Famous Allrounders: Kapil Dev (Ind), Chris Cairns (NZ), Ian Botham
Famous Batsmen: Mark Waugh (Aus), Lance Klusener (SA), Sehwag (Ind)
List of players who have opened batting and bowling in ODIs in same match
- 1. Frasat Ali (East Africa) vs NZ in 1975 – 3 matches
2. Majid Khan (Pak) vs Aus in 1979 – 1 match
3. Roger Binny (Ind) vs Aus in 1980-81 – 2 matches
4. Wasim Raja (Pak) vs NZ, 1985 – 1 match
5. Ian Botham (Eng) vs WI (1986), SA (1992) – 2 matches
6. Manoj Prabhakar (Ind) 1987-95 – Regular opener
7. Kapil Dev (Ind) vs Zim (1992) – 1 match
8. Chris Lewis (Eng) vs SL 1993 – 1 match
9. Hathurishingha (SL) vs SA (1993), Vs Pak (1995) – 1 match
10. DH Brain (Zim) vs SL 1993 – 1 match
11. Phil DeFreitas (Eng) vs SA, 1996 – 2 matches
12. Mark Waugh (Aus) vs SL (1996), SA (2 in 1998), WI (1999) – 4 matches
13. Lance Klusener (SA) vs Aus, NZ 1997, 1998 – 4 matches
14. Neil Johnson (Zim) 1998-2000 – Regular opener
15. Chris Cairns (NZ) vs Pak 2000 – 1 match
16. JM Davison (Canada) vs SL, NZ 2003 – 2 matches
17. E Schiferli (Netherlands vs Pak, Zim, Namibia, 2003 – 3 matches
18. Sehwag (Ind) vs Aus, 2003 – 1 match
19. Asim Saeed (UAE) vs Ind, 2004 – 1 match
20 Irfan Pathan (Ind) vs SA, 2005 – 1 match
21 DJ Reekers (Netherlands) , 2006-07 – Regular opener
22. Mudassar Bukhari (Netherlands) 2009 – 4 matches
23. Chibhabha (Zim) vs SA 2009 – 1 match
24. Mohammad Hafeez Pak) 2011-13 – Regular opener
25. Dilshan (SL) 2011-14 – 6 matches
26. Karim Sadiq (Afg) vs Netherlands, 2012 – 1 match
27. Nick Carter (Scotland) vs Pak, 2013 – 1 match
28. RJ Peterson (SA) vs SL, 2013 – 1 match
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