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Donald's (
pictured in 2012
) average of 22.25 in Tests is the fourth-best among his countrymen as of August 2013.
[N 1]
Allan Donald
is a former
Test
and
One Day International
(ODI) cricketer who represented the
South African cricket team
between 1991, when the team's suspension from international cricket was lifted following the end of the
apartheid
regime,
[2]
[3]
and 2003. A right-arm
fast bowler
, Donald was described by
ESPNcricinfo
writer Peter Robinson as "South Africa's greatest fast bowler".
[4]
Donald took 330
wickets
in Test cricket and 272 in ODIs, and remains the second highest wicket-taker of his country in ODIs as of 2013.
[5]
The
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack
named him
one of their cricketers of the year
in 1992 and rated him the second best ODI
bowler
in 2003.
[N 2]
During his international career, Donald took 22
five-wicket hauls
. A five-wicket haul?also known as a five-for or fifer?refers to the feat of a bowler taking five or more wickets in a single
innings
.
[7]
This is regarded as a notable achievement,
[8]
and only 41 bowlers have at least 15 five-wicket hauls at international level in their cricketing careers.
[N 3]
[9]
Donald took a five-wicket haul in his ODI debut against
India
at the
Eden Gardens
,
Kolkata
in November 1991, taking 5 wickets for 29
runs
, the fifth best performance by any bowler on ODI debut. Despite this South Africa lost the match, however, Donald secured a
Man of the match
award.
[10]
He picked up another five-wicket haul in October 1996, against
Kenya
when he claimed 6 wickets for 23 runs at the
Nairobi Gymkhana Club
. The
bowling figures
are the second best by a South African as of 2013.
[11]
Donald made his Test debut against the
West Indies
in April 1992, collecting six wickets in the match.
[12]
He took a five-wicket haul for the first time in Tests when he took 5 wickets for 55 runs against India during the third Test of a four-match series held later that year. He took another five wicket haul in the second innings, thus collecting 12 wickets for 139 runs in the match. Donald went on to repeat this feat against
England
in November 1999. His career-best bowling figures in an innings came when he took 8 wickets for 71 runs against
Zimbabwe
in 1995 at the
Harare Sports Club
.
[13]
He was most successful against England, taking nine fifers. As of 2013, he is sixteenth overall among all-time combined five-wicket haul takers.
[N 4]
Donald took a pair of fifers for the first time at the
St George's Oval
,
Port Elizabeth
.
Tests
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References
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