ODI: Fastest to 1000 Runs and 100 Wickets

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Fastest to 1000 Runs and 100 wickets in ODIs

1. Shaun Pollock (South Africa) (68 Matches)

Shaun Pollock - Fastest to 1000 runs and 100 wickets

Among all the 64 players to have registered over 1000 runs and 100 wickets in ODIs, Shaun Pollock is the only player to achieve both the milestones in the same match. Playing against New Zealand in his 68th match, he was the pick of the bowlers with figures of 3/33 oh his way to completion of 100 ODI wickets. In the second innings, he scored 16 runs with which he completed 1000 runs and also became the quickest to achieve this feat of ODI double.

In his illustrious career of 205 ODI matches, he picked up 393 wickets which is the most by a South african bowler. His exceptional economy rate of 3.67 is also the best among South African bowlers with over 100 ODI wickets. In addition to that, he also has 3519 ODI runs with 14 half-centuries and a lone century while playing for Africa XI against Asia XI.

SN	Accomplishment	Matches Taken
1	1000 ODI Runs	68
2	100 ODI Wickets	68
3	Completion Of Both	68

Table: Shaun Pollock’s Accomplishment Of 1000 Runs And 100 wickets In ODIs

Fastest Among Active Players

Being 4th in the all-time list, it’s certain that Chris Woakes leads the chart of active players to have completed the ODI double of 1000 runs and 100 wickets in least number of matches, but find out who else are near him:

SN	Player	Team	Matches Taken
1	Chris Woakes	England	71
2	Jason Holder	West Indies	73
3	Ravindra Jadeja	India	82
4	Shakib Al Hasan	Bangladesh	87
5	Thisara Perera	Sri Lanka	91