da pinnacle： On 27 April 2002, during the third and final encounter of the three-match ODI series between Pakistan and New Zealand at Gaddafi Stadium Lahore, young Shoaib Malik fashioned a fine all-round performance to better his career best performance with both
Mohammad Ramis Shah06-May-2002On 27 April 2002, during the third and final encounter of the three-match ODI series between Pakistan and New Zealand at Gaddafi Stadium Lahore, young Shoaib Malik fashioned a fine all-round performance to better his career best performance with both bat and ball. Opening the batting, the 20-year old made a superb 115 and later on took 3 wickets for 37 runs to write his name in the elite club of all-rounders scoring a century and also taking three or more wickets in the same match.It was actually the 11th such performance by the 9th player in the history of shorter version of the game, with Nathan Astle and Viv Richards doing so twice.Curiously enough, Shoaib who became the first Pakistani to do so, however also provided the 13th instance of a Pakistani scoring a fifty or more besides taking three or more wickets in the match too.For the interest of the readers here are more details:
Players scoring a century & taking 3 wickets in the sameODI match (11)Allrounder Runs Wkts Vs Ground DateDJ Callaghan (SA) 169* 3/32 NZ Centurion Dec 11, 1994SR Tendulkar (Ind) 141 4/38 Aus Dhaka Oct 28, 1998SC Ganguly (Ind) 130* 4/21 SL Nagpur Mar 22, 1999NJ Astle (NZ) 120 3/40 Ind Rajkot Nov 05, 1999IVA Richards (WI) 119 5/41 NZ Dunedin Mar 18, 1987NJ Astle (NZ) 117 4/43 Pak Mohali May 09, 1997IVA Richards (WI) 110* 3/42 Ind Rajkot Jan 05, 1988PA De Silva (SL) 107* 3/42 Aus Lahore Mar 17, 1996CL Cairns (NZ) 103 3/37 Ind Pune Nov 24, 1995RR Singh (Ind) 100 3/20 SL Colombo (SSC) Aug 23, 1997Shoaib Malik (Pak) 115 3/37 NZ Lahore Apr 27, 2002Pakistani players scoring a fifty & taking 3 wickets in thesame ODI match (13)Allrounder Runs Wkts Vs Ground DateShoaib Malik 115 3/37 NZ Lahore Apr 27, 2002Aamir Sohail 87 3/43 WI Kingston Mar 23, 1993Aamir Sohail 85 4/22 SL Sharjah Oct 12, 1995Abdur Razzaq 70* 5/48 Ind Hobart Jan 21, 2000Aamir Sohail 67 3/46 SL Centurion Dec 04, 1994Mudassar Nazar 64 3/44 Aus Sharjah Apr 03, 1987Majid Khan 61 3/53 Aus Nottingham Jun 13, 1979Shahid Afridi 61 5/40 Eng Lahore Oct 27, 2000Imran Khan 58 3/36 Aus Lahore Nov 04, 1987Imran Khan 55* 3/47 WI Calcutta Nov 01, 1989Shahid Afridi 53 3/33 WI Sydney Jan 18, 1997Imran Khan 50* 3/49 SL Sharjah Mar 24, 1989Mudassar Nazar 50 3/20 Aus Sydney Dec 17, 1981