Australia vs Pakistan One day Series : MJ Clarke completes 5000 runs and 50 wickets in one day games

Australia vs Pakistan One day Series : MJ Clarke completes 5000 runs and 50 wickets in one day games

MJ Clarke of Australia became the 22nd cricketer to score 5000 runs and capture 50 wickets in the history of one day games. He achieved the distinction during the course of the first one day game against Pakistan at Brisbane on 15.01.10 when he competed 5000 runs. He had already captured 52 wickets prior to the first one day game against Pakistan.

The following list shows the deeds of the 22 cricketers who have performed this feat

No Allrounders Team Mat Runs Bat Av Wkts Bowl Av
1 STJayasuriya Srl 444 13428 32.43 322 36.72
2 ShahidAfridi Pak 289 5878 23.23 270 34.64
3 JH Kallis SAF 295 10409 45.25 248 32.10
4 SR Waugh Aus 325 7569 32.90 195 34.67
5 CL Hooper Win 227 5761 35.34 193 36.05
6 SRTendulkar Ind 440 17394 44.71 154 44.26
7 CH Gayle Win 205 7429 39.94 151 34.03
8 A Symonds Aus 198 5088 39.75 133 37.25
9 Shoaib Malik Pak 188 5103 34.71 130 36.59
10 IVARichards Win 187 6721 47.00 118 35.83
11 WJ Cronje SAF 188 5565 38.64 114 34.78
12 PA de Silva Srl 308 9284 34.90 106 39.40
13 GW Flower Zim 219 6536 33.69 104 40.25
14 SC Ganguly Ind 311 11363 41.02 100 38.49
15 NJ Astle NZl 223 7090 34.92 99 38.47
16 SaleemMalik Pak 283 7170 32.88 89 33.24
17 V Sehwag Ind 219 7036 34.32 88 41.17
18 ME Waugh Aus 244 8500 39.35 85 34.56
19 YuvrajSingh Ind 250 7345 37.09 82 40.41
20 A Ranatunga Srl 269 7456 35.84 79 47.55
21 AR Border Aus 273 6524 30.62 73 28.36
22 MJ Clarke Aus 164 5003 42.76 52 35.25

MJ Clarke became the fifth Australian cricketer to score 5000 runs and capture 50 wickets in one day games. The other four are – SR Waugh, A Symonds, ME Waugh and AR Border

No Allrounders Team Mat Runs Bat Av Wkts Bowl Av
1 SR Waugh Aus 325 7569 32.90 195 34.67
2 A Symonds Aus 198 5088 39.75 133 37.25
3 ME Waugh Aus 244 8500 39.35 85 34.56
4 AR Border Aus 273 6524 30.62 73 28.36
5 MJ Clarke Aus 164 5003 42.76 52 35.25

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